I was playing street fighter with my brother yesterday and in the heat of the moment I realized that if I apply less pressure on the pad I can still have my mobility and all of my inputs are " clearer" if that makes any sense. Are there any more tips out there to keep my thumbs from getting tired with out sacrificing input speed.
I think the harder you push down on a pad, the more likely you are to smush down on multiple directional inputs. Not sure if there is any advice to prevent thumb tiredness. My thumb used to get tired when I played on a pad. I just took a break once and a while.
I never really thought about the way I pressed the d pad till yesterday and now my whole outlook on fighting games have changed
their severeal way how to use the d-pad just as their severeal ways how to hold an arcade stick. with that said I reccomend exploring different d-pads as each technique compliments a different pad. My personal favorite are nintendo pads (excluding original Ds pad) snes, n64, wii classic and even wii u controller all seem to do well in my fighter. ( be weary as getting converter for these i pain)
I was thinking about getting a different controller. I mean a stock ps3/4 is great but I wanna see if what you’re saying is right. If it is I think I really have tapped into something. Do you have any suggestions
I have a non-suggestion. My friend bought a fight pad (not sure the make or model, but that’s not the point) and I didn’t like it at all. Instead of a d-pad, it had a sliding disc. Maybe it’s good if you get used to it, but I think a regular xbox/ps3 controller is better than that.
Personal tip, try wearing a glove on your d-pad hand. It helps with really rapid and consistent movements. Different types of material result in different benefits.
Too much pressure can ruin a d-pad. Mine broke off from doing shoulder charge xx aegis reflector so many times in third strike. It just snapped and rolled off in the middle of a match
After playing on an arcade stick for almost 5 years now, i recently was forced to play on pad because of Xrd. I found that like you said just having your entire thumb making the motions and pressing hard just fucks up the inputs. Slowly transitioning to useing more just the end of my thumb and focusing on clean motions did improve consistency, unfortunately when i need fast inputs sometimes they still end up sloppy. But yeah pressing hard doens’t seem the way to go.
I find that I generally panic and mash inputs when I’m using a standard 360 controller. I’m not too bad with the PS3/PS4 d pad, but still they both feel sluggish and inaccurate. Fight stick makes you move your entire hand so I guess it makes me generally pay more attention to what I’m doing, and I don’t tend to flop my inputs. I know that no controller actually offers any advantage to a player, but I think that if you’re having issues with the d pad, and you’re playing a lot of fighting games then you may want to consider buying a (cheap/second hand) fightstick. As for ‘thumb tiredness’ just be lighter on the controller and that shouldn’t really be a thing.
Hmm I may have to try the glove thing. I’m terribly intimidated by fight sticks though I don’t know how to move and execute inputs at the same time. To me a d pad would be faster. However the fight pad sounds interesting.
IF going with sony i reccomend trying to get a digital psx controller as the lighter, general made of better qualit than what sony dishes out not. you’ll need a converter
try looking at these and see witch best fit you
If playing on ps3 or pc I would recommend getting mayflash for either the will classic/pro wii u pro controller. (be mindful if you go with the wii classic/ pro that the may flash have button switched around so their will be some adjustment)
@UYG_Ookami Don’t be intimidated by a stick. It takes time to learn and it can be frustrating, but it’ll become second nature.
All you have to do is play with the controller under your tshirt or some fabric. Helps considerably with inputs without having to cosplay as Michael Jackson.
And here I was enjoying the thought of having a personal rhinestone glove (kidding )
What was the hardest thing in your opinion when you were picking up a stick.
Thank you very much for these I haven’t had any time this week to look at the link ( I’ve had work and other engagements) but I’ll browse over them later today and get back to you
@UYG_Ookami The hardest thing for me was everything. I felt like I was in a foreign country without knowing the language. It felt unnatural. I didn’t even attempt having a real match until 2 weeks with it. I would practice with my friend and it was like my brain was fighting against my hands. My brain was telling my hands to perform a certain move or action, but my hands couldn’t do it. It was frustrating.
Eventually, I just started from scratch again, as if I had never played a fighting game in my life. I did a lot of simple stuff in training (like dashing, jumping around, throwing Hadokens, etc.). I also re-did a lot of the trials for all of the characters. It was good to just have the game say “take your time and do an Ultra”.
Over time, it’ll slowly start to click. I don’t think it’s something like “player A doesn’t have the talent to use a stick”. It’s just a matter of practice.