I've got a Logitech G-15, but I don't use it. Mainly because it's a USB keyboard and I can't use it in conjunction with a setting in my motherboard's bios to turn my computer on by pressing a key on the keyboard. (USB devices only become active after the computer's already on).
The Logitech keyboard also lost out to the old Microsoft keyboard I still use when it came to ergonomics and looks too.
In regards to the macro keys on the Logitech board, that was one of the main reasons why I tried the keyboard, but for some reason I never really bothered with them, can't remember why. Maybe I stopped using it for other reasons before I even got the chance to set up the macro keys.
By the way, as I understand it, the macro keys are set up within the keyboards software, not in any game you're using, so it should be compatible with IL-2. You press the macro key on your keyboard and the keyboard then effectively splits that keypress up into the combined keypresses you assigned to that macro, and sends those separate keypresses to the game. The only reason I can imagine why it might not work is if the action triggered in game by the first keypress in the macro group requires some time to pass before the game will recognize the second keypress in the macro group. You might even be able to set up such time delays in the macro software anyway though, but I can't be sure.
At the end of the day, IMO, gaming keyboards in general are a bit of a gimmick, just like 'gamer' versions of any standard product. Just like all such products though, there are people who swear by them and who wouldn't use anything else.
I'd rather just use a keyboard I find more comfortable and aesthetically pleasing, press button combo's the old-school way if I have to, and do without all those little extra features that I don't really need (the little screen and backlit keys on the Logi boards for example). Remembering too that those gaming keyboards sometimes lack some features you might be used to using too (in my case the Media type button arrangement on my old board, and its ability to switch on my computer).
There are some better than basic keyboards around that aren't gaming keyboards, too. Might be worth considering those as well.
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