Just starting my first patrol with this... and the compass dial is 10x better with a hotkey.
SInce i use a heavily modified WASD scheme to keep my hand in one place.. its just a flick of the finger away if i ever need it.
Less Mouse Clicks = Happy gutted.
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Ill have to add a case for the Shift & Control keys so it doesnt fire the command on Shift+C and Ctrl+C. Whoops.