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My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:59 pm
by Scarstitchez
Subject line says it all. And My hands are not so good with M/K due to severe diabetic neuropathy. Will be a month or so before I can get a new equivalent setup.
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:41 am
by Flip
Unlucky!
OTOH, 11 years is quite a lot of time, for something like that! I really doubt my X55 will last half that long.
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:42 am
by HuntersTalon
Glad to hear it lasts that long though! My wife just got me one for Christmas
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:55 am
by Scarstitchez
I REALLY babied it and tried to keep it clean. It did some IL2, X2 through X:Rebirth, Jetfighter 4, F-22 Raptor but most of the time it was used in the X Series from egosoft. It has been a great HOTAS.
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:23 am
by Emanon
Scarstitchez wrote:I REALLY babied it and tried to keep it clean. It did some IL2, X2 through X:Rebirth, Jetfighter 4, F-22 Raptor but most of the time it was used in the X Series from egosoft. It has been a great HOTAS.
Sounds like you got some great times out of it!
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:48 am
by Krystyn
Sad that your old one passed into that great recycling bin in the sky -- but the good news is the X55 is incredible, and absolutely DELIGHTFUL with Elite:Dangerous. Hope you recover from the pain of your sad loss, and then manage to upgrade to the X55 soonest!
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 5:33 pm
by Scarstitchez
I have a family member that is going to look into trying to get a X-55 for me today. Also had a group member offer to help me out on the honor system which floored me. We have good people in this group especially such that would help a complete stranger in this way. I did do some flying from Leesti to 78 Ursae Majoris last night via voice attack and keyboard/mouse. It wasnt a very pleasant experience when one has been spoiled by the x-52 lol.
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:04 pm
by RedQueen
Another joystick combo you might look into is the Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X. It can be found for around $50 if you search. Fry's Electronics has it for such (if you are in the US). However, Amazon and others might list it for as high as $85, so watch out.
As you might guess, I recently purchased one. My very old Saitek Cyborg has serious problems. I have to have the null zone be 50% of the stick, and if I push the hat switch right, my trigger becomes buttons 2 (alt fire), 3 (boost) AND 4 (target forward) as well. Under my current configuration, this happens a lot during combat.
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:44 pm
by Scarstitchez
X-55 will be here sometime Thursday!!!! Thanks to my Mother and Father. They love their old fart son with no life lol.
Re: My 11ish year old X-52 finally died. I am SAD!!!
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:55 am
by Flip
Good for you! Congrats!
