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I need help finding a good 8 way joystick
Grasshopper:
The competitions find the diagonals more easily than the Supers however they have a similar throw.
Have you considered the Ultimarc/IL T-Stik? It has the same shaped bat as the Super but a much smaller throw, and in 8 way mode (it is 4/8 way switchable) it easily finds the duagonals.
rampy:
One note: I thought people *liked* the supers for their 360 smoothness... If you have the x-arcade desktop controller, you do know you can take the bottom off and adjust the joystick actuator arms to be a little bit more sensitive in the diagonals right?
With that said, seems like the competetions are pretty popular amongst the fighter crowd, because you can "feel" the corners.
I'ts my understanding that p360's are the best, a little pricey, you shouldn't need to replace them unless you spill crap on them... they are more precise in a *good way* from what I understand. If you catch them on sale, they aren't *that* bad price wise (if you consider buying 2 -3 other sticks and still being unhappy)
*shrug* good luck! (although if you ARE using x-arcade controller/interface P360's are right out anyways do to the active HIGH nature of the encoder)
Rampy
Tiger-Heli:
Well, I don't play fighting games, so just parroting what others have said in the past, but generally, the Comp's are preferred for games that want really distinct diagonals. The supers (which are similar to X-arcade's standard joys) are preferred for Capcom games where you want round circular motion.
If Howard C. gets out of the software forum, he could comment on this, I might have the games mixed up.
And OSCAR's review above is well worth reading.
2slk:
As someone said above, you should check out the T or J stick at www.ultimarc.com. They are both really fantastic joysticks. They are great fighter sticks with well defined but not too 'sticky' corners. If you want to play some classics from time to time, they easily switch to 4-way as well.
jakejake28:
i bought 4 of those j-stiks, and i would never choose another type. they are AWESOME. though if those p360s were less than 25-30 each...