Main > Main Forum

Best mechanically restricted 4-way stick for all-round 4-way gaming?

<< < (3/6) > >>

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on December 14, 2014, 06:06:58 pm ---I love the consensus of this thread.  :)

--- End quote ---

It IS a pretty subjective question.....  >:D

I've used all sorts of 4-way sticks, and the Pac-Pro is my favorite, especially for most of those games that you mentioned.

wp34:
I'll second the Wico 4-way.  The rubber centering grommet is hard to beat.  That being said I bought a couple of Pac-Pro's and am anxious to give them a try in my next cocktail build.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: jimmer on December 14, 2014, 02:22:36 pm ---Leafs aren't so big an improvement on a 4way compared to 8way, because on a 4way the microswitches don't distort the actuation pattern like they do on an 8way.

--- End quote ---

Not true.  At least the part about a big improvement.  Leaf switches don't have the hysteresis associated with normal microswitches, which means that there can be a virtually zero reset distance if the player wishes to pause momentarily, but continue quickly in the same direction.  They are also much easier to tune to one's preference.


jimmer:

--- Quote from: RandyT on December 15, 2014, 12:22:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: jimmer on December 14, 2014, 02:22:36 pm ---Leafs aren't so big an improvement on a 4way compared to 8way, because on a 4way the microswitches don't distort the actuation pattern like they do on an 8way.

--- End quote ---

Not true.  At least the part about a big improvement. 

--- End quote ---

I didn't mention, let alone deny, a big improvement. So I don't follow what you are disagreeing with.

If you want to disagree with my statement you'll have to say that leafs give more of an improvement to a 4way than to an 8way, or that they give the same improvement in both cases.






RandyT:

--- Quote from: jimmer on December 15, 2014, 02:33:31 pm ---I didn't mention, let alone deny, a big improvement. So I don't follow what you are disagreeing with.

If you want to disagree with my statement you'll have to say that leafs give more of an improvement to a 4way than to an 8way, or that they give the same improvement in both cases.

--- End quote ---

Each stick, 4-way or 8-way, has it's own dynamic.  Obviously, concerns related to a specific dynamic may not be reflected in the dynamic of the other.  That, however, does not negate the overarching benefits of the same switches to that specific dynamic.  So my disagreement would be to state that they give the same amount of improvement to both 4-way and 8-way sticks, but possibly for different reasons.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

Go to full version