Hi all,
I've been using most recent product revision for League of Legends nearly half a year. The functionality offered in League /w this product is the most effective I've found after a lot of trial and error. It's really quite nice.
Problem is the placement of the thumbstick which over time causes RSI. I'm prone to tendonitis, but any user should eventually develop the same thumb tendonitis as I have. The reason is that when the user rests hand on the device, the thumb must be extended outward (wide/to the side) to near it's max range. It doesn't matter if you slide the thumbstick assembly near or far, your thumb still has to extend down and outward to the side to near its max range to sit on the thumbstick.
Neutral position thumbtip with hand at rest away from computing or gaming is nearly touching side of index finger (try it). But when resting hand on Orb device, user's thumbtip is at nearly max range sideways away from index finger. This extension, held for an hour or two of daily gaming over the course of months, eventually causes a tendonitis RSI in the ligament that's stretched.
My League career is now on hold (not the first time for various finger and thumb issues) because of this tendonitis. The only solution is another device, which doesn't exist (haven't tried G13 because my fingers need mech switches, and King's Assembly still isn't available), or to mod this one.
The mod solution would require bringing the thumbstick assembly rotated upward and around quite a bit to bring the thumbpad higher, closer to fingers, and into suitable orientation. To see the location I mean by this, just put your hand on the Orbweaver, remove your thumb from the thumbpad, relax thumb muscles entirely, and observe where thumb is. Thumbtip will now essentially be pointing at the 20 key, and will be very close to fingers.
I have no modding experience, so I'm basically just starting to research the possibilities while trying to figure out how to play Smite /w controller as a way to give my whole League control scheme a rest (great, now I can't ping effectively). I'd really like to return to League. Any thoughts would be appreciated.