I've had both electronic and mechanical failures on different sticks. Are we talking about mechanical durability or the quality (and longevity) of the electronics? I can't seem to find pictures or youtube videos to give me an idea.ĭepends. If so, is it really that much of a difference? Which reminds me of something I read in some reviews of the Combatstick, they say it has a very wide "throw", my knowledge of english is a bit limited in certain semantic fields so I'm not sure I grasped what it meant, it means that to achieve maximum movement speed for the aircraft you have to move the stick farther compared joysticks I gather.?
Flight X, while an HOTAS isn't an option for both cost and space requirements (I use one of the old pieces of furniture studied for PCs and the keyboard retractable shelf doesn't seeem big enough to accomodate a HOTAS) I would like to have a better one for once, with at least some programmable functions and most of all durable, also I don't really like the flashy designs they use nowadays on entry level joysticks, it gives me the impression of something more cheaply made than it probably is (look! we have LEDs and bright neon colours! of course the buttons will break in a week, but PRETTY COLOURS!).įunny thing is at first I leaned more on the Flightstick but here it seems to cost the same if not MORE than the Combatstick, probably they just don't stock it nearly as much here as it isn't very popular so the price goes up, and I think even being ambidextrous doesn't help its popularity as even my very much lefthanded brother uses his right hand to play XvT even when using my ambidextrous Saitek ST200 (the stiffness doesn't seem to be a problem for him because he plays sports so he actually has muscles). That's why I was tempted the CH Combatstick even though it costs more than double than the Thrustmaster T. While I do play a lot of X-wing vs Tie Fighter, Freespace 1 & 2, etc, I still play some older games that run under DOS and being able to use all the additional keys in that games without passing through the DosBox keymapper would be nice, if not completely necessary. I put my eyes on it and while here in Europe costs about 100 Euros, it's still cheaper than the CH Fighterstick (which also has more hat switches and fancy modes than I think I'll ever need) but it's still very expensive.Īnd last but not necessarily least: do the various mapping softwares with the various thrustmasters, CHs, Saiteks have the ability to emulate buttons for Dos games?
That said, is a CH Combatstick worth the price?
ROGUE SQUADRON 3D JOYSTICK NOT WORKING FULL
Flight stick X was tempting me as it cost only 30 Euros at a Gamestop (the full HOTAS cost 50), but I'm really worried as I read over the internet of people that lament problems after only a few months or even weeks.Īlso, I'm not a fan of the buttons on the base (a point in common with the cheap sidewinder I'm currently using) as I never use them on spacesims unless I play something really arcadey like the old Rogue Squadron 3D. I first heard of those when all the various spacesim kickstarters went up, it was kinda strange for me as I always used the old "right hand on the stick, left on the keyboard" setup and I barely heard of separate throttles before.Īre current low-budget joysticks durable enough? I'm thinking of buying a new joystick (it's been more than a decade since I bought one) as I'm currently borrowing my brother's as my old Saitek ST200 became a bit too stiff for me and I wanted to ask a few basic questions: