Help a noob out

Columbosteel

New Member
So I have been browsing online for a good modded controller and every one of them seem to be the same and have the same basic functions. Rapid fire for semi's, jitter for 3 round burst and maybe a drop shot. I came across viking and it seems like their controllers give you a little more, especially when it comes to your ability to make your own. My question is how meny here have used other modded controllers besides viking and is there a noticable difference? Are there macro's that you have made or discovered that have significantly helped your game besides the typical rapid fire? I hear there is a no recoil feature. Is that true? Help a noob out guys. Thanks in advance.
 

Sgt Jax Mehoff

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i dont have a macro controller yet but i can tell you they are definately 100% the best. reason being is because this isnt a rapid fire this a fully reprogramable controller you can make any mod that other companies charge you for for free using The Viking Software. another thing is apart from being the absolute best the controller firmware updates are 100% free unlike evil controllers and other mod websites. so unless you want just a basic rapid fire with jitter and dropshot (which are just a little cheaper), but like i said before this controller can have virtually any mod, and it has 16 different color leds. so i dont have a controller yet but i bet any owner of the Viking Macro Controller would agree with me. hope this helps.
 

odingalt

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Staff member
Welcome prospective customers. As the inventor, I will refrain from giving my super-biased opinion on my own products :D. I'm sure somebody else will chime in when they see this post.
 

NYjetsNY1

Active Member
Take a look at some of my mod videos: http://www.youtube.com/fusionprimezero

You can see my videos using the viking controller.

I make a ton of macros. All of these macros significantly improved my game. There is anti-recoil so you can limit recoil.

My K/D went from 0.76 to 2.25 using the viking360 controller. I dropshot, I turboknife, I rapid-fire. I sometimes use jitter, anti-recoil... and many others. Every game is compatible and I make some for just some random games I feel like playing sometimes. If you have any questions or need any help, do not hesitate to ask or PM me.
 

Columbosteel

New Member
Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the info NY. Thats pretty much where I stand in my K/D ratio right now. Drives me nuts how I can have a 30-8 game then turn right around and have 3 or four games where i will be lucky to have over a .5 . What would you say is the one macro that has helped you out the most, or combo that has helped you out the most?
 

NYjetsNY1

Active Member
Columbosteel said:
Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the info NY. Thats pretty much where I stand in my K/D ratio right now. Drives me nuts how I can have a 30-8 game then turn right around and have 3 or four games where i will be lucky to have over a .5 . What would you say is the one macro that has helped you out the most, or combo that has helped you out the most?

Dropshot on a tac switch + turbo knife. I hate knifing and missing. Takes like 2 seconds! Enough time to get shot. With my turbo knife... have no fear! Knife in about .5 seconds and no fear a miss... you can just reknife or shoot.

Dropshot is so key as well to avoid bullets. Dropshot to have them miss you, then stand up (keep holding that dropshot!). They will aim high, you drop, they miss. Then they aim low and you pop up - they hit your feat. I never go under 2.0 K/D in games and am very angered if I do.
 

Columbosteel

New Member
Good deal. It would be nice to have more games with a 2.0 k/D. Cant wait till I get back to the states and can try all this stuff out
 

odingalt

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Staff member
Columbosteel said:
Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the info NY. Thats pretty much where I stand in my K/D ratio right now. Drives me nuts how I can have a 30-8 game then turn right around and have 3 or four games where i will be lucky to have over a .5 . What would you say is the one macro that has helped you out the most, or combo that has helped you out the most?

I have loved our Akimbo mod. It was available on Thor's Hammer and Odin's Raven. I almost like it more on the Macro. I assign my right tac switch so that when I press it, I get rapidfire on both my akimbos. I CANNOT miss or not kill a close-range enemy when I unload both barrells of USP .45's or CZ75's on an enemy. It doesn't happen. You can also use jitter with shotgun to blast enemies at close range. Basically in my opinion the Viking really helps you out with your short-game.

Long range... well.. we are experimenting with anti-recoil but so far if your long distance aim sucks Viking can't help you there :lol: I also like to use tac switches to replace the annoying right-stick-press for knifing... I damn near end up spraining my thumb every time I try to knife a guy and by the time I press down hard enough on the damn thumbstick I've already screwed up my aim and miss the guy.
 

HippieMagic

New Member
Another bonus to knifing on the tac switch is you can EASILY wear out a controller by using the sticks to run or knife. Those sticks take a ton of abuse from your thumbs so by re-routing the stick presses to the tac switches you really help the life of the controller. I can honestly say that it tends to be your dominant thumb that kills the controller the fastest. I have broken PS2, PS3, AND 360 controllers ALL in the same exact way... R3/RS drifts on its own and loses accuracy.

With this I can just map the turbo knife to the bottom right tac switch and easily tap it in a panic. It knifes 3 times for every one normal knife and you wouldn't believe how many times I have gotten jumpy and accidentally hit the button to knife and actually killed the guy.

These controllers ARE expensive, complex, and frustrating when you are trying to get it just right. It will take you days or even weeks to figure out what you honestly want. The difference is you can have a true jack of all trades controller as opposed to a one trick pony that kills over a few months down the line. You can set it up for whatever game you want, you can have pink LEDs, you can make a button to teabag anyone you want, and you will eventually get in the habit of using rapid fire on a toggle in a way that allows you to easily keep your accuracy at range. No annoying hitting the sync button or any of that crap to turn your rapid fire off.

General rule of thumb is if you want accuracy at range with a semi, turn rapid fire off, if you want it at range with an auto, turn rapid fire on. It is really that simple.

No it won't increase your KDR, make you some god, or make you magically invincible. You will have to learn to set it up to your play style then most likely adjust to it but yes it WILL make your life a little easier. CoD is a tricky game... the main factor in it is your connection. The controller won't save you when your connection sucks and you may even have issues with rapid fire at that point. I do a LOT on DSL. I had to slow mine a little to get it to be more reliable. Just play around with it and you will see.

It is by far the best modded controller on the market though. My friend has a competitor and his can't do anything at all better than mine and I can easily switch pages while he is fidgeting with god knows how many button presses. If you are going to spend the money on a controller just spend more on a Viking so in the long run you don't waste even MORE on other controllers once yours gets patched or a new game comes out.
 

NYjetsNY1

Active Member
Glad to hear it HippieMagic. I love using 8.9 SPS rapid-fire on my RT, then switching to 5.0 SPS on tac. That way fast = rt, or for far away shots FAL 5.0 SPS has no recoil, 2-4 hit kill.
 

HippieMagic

New Member
I tend to just keep the 8.9 on a toggle. I can actually cap the FAL or M14 on my own without rapid fire so I tend to only use the 8.9 up close to keep it simple... less room for error when the controller does half my work... then when I go to reach out and touch someone it is a LOT easier to just turn it off and conserve ammo.
 

Columbosteel

New Member
Any little thing can help. I am a little tired of losing close range gun battles and getting knifed even though I could swear I hit the button first. I am hoping the controller can at least help me out in those departments. Course I am also going to invest in different internet when I get home. Hoping to find one that gives me full bars on a consistant basis
 

GJUnLeAsHeD

New Member
Columbosteel said:
So I have been browsing online for a good modded controller and every one of them seem to be the same and have the same basic functions. Rapid fire for semi's, jitter for 3 round burst and maybe a drop shot. I came across viking and it seems like their controllers give you a little more, especially when it comes to your ability to make your own. My question is how meny here have used other modded controllers besides viking and is there a noticable difference? Are there macro's that you have made or discovered that have significantly helped your game besides the typical rapid fire? I hear there is a no recoil feature. Is that true? Help a noob out guys. Thanks in advance.
i bought a gamingmodz controller and was very disappointed it didnt match a friends mod (which happened to be a viking) it would fire randomly because it was cheaply made and also took 4 EVER to switch modes using the sync button i decided to do some more research and i found viking i have been forever great full lol they have amazing customer support and have the best product available if i were you i would pull the trigger.
 

HippieMagic

New Member
I am not saying this is the reason but the stuttering on the controller you used COULD be lag related if you are using it in Black Ops. If the gamingmodz was set too high for your connection to the room you would end up skipping, locking up, and having all kinds of issues. That's not so much the controller as it is the game from what I have seen. My Macro skips like that sometimes as well if I have a 2-3 bar connection and almost always skips if I keep the 8.9SPS standard. I actually run closer to an 8.5 to avoid skipping.

Keep in mind I am saying this just in case you load up a game while using your Viking and think the controller is garbage due to a similar scenario. It's happened to me a few times and I had to keep toning the speed back until it worked for my podunk dsl.
 

NYjetsNY1

Active Member
HippieMagic said:
I am not saying this is the reason but the stuttering on the controller you used COULD be lag related if you are using it in Black Ops. If the gamingmodz was set too high for your connection to the room you would end up skipping, locking up, and having all kinds of issues. That's not so much the controller as it is the game from what I have seen. My Macro skips like that sometimes as well if I have a 2-3 bar connection and almost always skips if I keep the 8.9SPS standard. I actually run closer to an 8.5 to avoid skipping.

Keep in mind I am saying this just in case you load up a game while using your Viking and think the controller is garbage due to a similar scenario. It's happened to me a few times and I had to keep toning the speed back until it worked for my podunk dsl.

How's the turbo knife working for your connection?
 
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