Pro Ace/Micro Ace Joysticks - how are they?
Dear WOS,
After suffering one case of sore thumbs too many on my Suncom TAC-2, I'd like to move on to something a little more... clicky. I've disregarded the Competition Pro series of joysticks, as they are a little too ubiquitous and there are multiple variants - leaf-switch, microswitch, hybrid, autofire/slow motion, some with crap microswitches, etc - it's like a bloody Kalashnikov, it's been copied so many times.
What I am looking at is the Euromax series of Pro Ace or even Micro Ace (a microswitched version of the PA with a red stick instead of black) joysticks, which look like they were based on Suzo's "The Arcade" with a slightly more conventional-looking base and a rectangular fire button (not sure if the button on the Micro Ace is microswitched or not) - see image below:
What are they like (if they suck, then I'll just get a "The Arcade" and have done with it)?
Yours sincerely,
S.
After suffering one case of sore thumbs too many on my Suncom TAC-2, I'd like to move on to something a little more... clicky. I've disregarded the Competition Pro series of joysticks, as they are a little too ubiquitous and there are multiple variants - leaf-switch, microswitch, hybrid, autofire/slow motion, some with crap microswitches, etc - it's like a bloody Kalashnikov, it's been copied so many times.
What I am looking at is the Euromax series of Pro Ace or even Micro Ace (a microswitched version of the PA with a red stick instead of black) joysticks, which look like they were based on Suzo's "The Arcade" with a slightly more conventional-looking base and a rectangular fire button (not sure if the button on the Micro Ace is microswitched or not) - see image below:
What are they like (if they suck, then I'll just get a "The Arcade" and have done with it)?
Yours sincerely,
S.
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But that does look like a solid joystick, if it has good microswitches then you might be onto a winner. One option that might be cheaper is The Cruiser - absolutely terrible microswitches, but easy to replace with better ones, then it becomes a really nice joystick instead of just overrated.