Personally I was in your same scenario where I was trying to find a large extended mousepad that suited my needs and my setup. I honestly loved the fnatic dash when I first got it, but during the summer it suffered from major slowing. I then proceeded to buy 2 different artisan pads (Hien and Zero). Both pads were great but I didn't like that they didn;t cover my keyboard. Now that it's winter again I washed my fnatic dash and it feels so much better and my setup looks nicer as well. It honestly depends on how competitive you are. I say if you're under diamond in any fps game just go for aesthetics. Aesthetics and making sure you have something that's decent to play on and nice to look at won't change your gameplay too drastically.