I have recently purchased a gaming mouse from Steelseries to replace my non gaming mouse and I want to know if a mouse pad is needed to improve performance/accuracy in gaming. Right now, I am using an 800 DPI mouse on a smooth (I think polished) wooden surface. If I were to get a new mouse pad, what should I be looking for? Or maybe if my wooden surface is good enough, will this affect or damage the laser on the mouse?