hey does anyone of you know a good arcade stick for ps2?
i've only played with normal controller until now but i think such a stick could take it to another level..

at least they use it in the vids and therefore it must be good

Trumpet

United States1935 Posts

October 01 2008 20:05 GMT

#1167

Most common I've seen is HRAP2 with modded buttons. Seems to be the clear favorite among 3S players. (Looks like this )

Since you're not from the US I'm going to assume you don't play marvel and don't want an american bat stick =p

Unless other posters happen to know a good deal, it'd probably be best to look up information on shoryuken or dustloop for specifics.

MCMcEmcee

United States1609 Posts

October 01 2008 20:48 GMT

#1168

Horis are the easiest to acquire since you can buy them straight up from many sources. Hori Real Arcade Pro (HRAP) 1 and 2 are your best bets, since they come with a Sanwa stick (ugh) and it's easy enough to mod the buttons if you really want to later on.

There aren't really many other good out-of-the-box, commercially available options. I guess you could possibly get a good Saulabi (Korean) stick though I hear those come with not-so-great buttons... kinda like HRAPs lol.

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

October 01 2008 23:19 GMT

#1169

Seimitsu mods go

New Zealand6138 Posts

October 02 2008 00:04 GMT

#1170

On September 28 2008 01:09 Folca wrote:
Guilty Gear has the best game-music ever created

The best announcer, too. At least before they made him shitty in AC.

Scooter

United States747 Posts

October 02 2008 01:14 GMT

#1171

Been playing a ton of accent core lately. I switched from Eddie to Venom, dunno. Venom just plays easily for me. Cranking guard gauge then going for throw traps seems to work so far.The hardest part for me was learning how to do the carrion loop (6P, 6H, [2]-8S), but I have it around 80% consistent now. I'm not ballsy enough to do grab, 2 carrion loops, S ball S, followup, but with 1 loop I can manage. I'm pretty much limited to the basics right now since I only have 3S and MvC2 experience. I've been trying to incorporate things like dash brake and stinger aim FRC pressure but they don't come out on reflex for me in game like all the other stuff does. Does anyone know if I need to learn any impossible dust or jump install combos with Venom to be competitive?

Other than that, an arcade about an hour away from my place got their hands on SF4. I'm still trying to decide who to play (leaning towards Ryu since he seems familiar). When I was looking around on youtube, I came across these:

In a few of the videos, there's a player named かきゅん playing, who I presume to be the same as Kaqn, the HOS player from GGXXAC. It's the same arcade, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

He plays a pretty wide range of characters, although I've only looked at his Ryu games. He looks like he has really good game sense although he's a /\C player, and his hit confirm reflexes are top notch (but I dunno how good you have to be to SADC ultra on reflex :\).

Dunno if this has been going around, but Inoue (Makoto/Ken from SF3/Kuroda's team) goes against Daigo in this one. If you've been looking on SRK, Ino has released some great articles on SF3 you should check out if you read moonspeak.

MCMcEmcee

United States1609 Posts

October 02 2008 06:59 GMT

#1172

DP SADC Ultra is a pretty easy hit-confirm.

I honestly don't think you should use stand dusts at all ;o but if you do, you might as well learn the impossible for Venom, since it gives you a knockdown, and near the corner you get loop into knockdown.
Don't always need to FRC Stinger Aim in pressure if you know your ball setups during pressure. Proper setups give lots of hit-confirms into loop -> knockdown for no tension.
Crank guardbar into high/low/throw into loop is a pretty strong plan for when you get them in the corner, just need to know your ball formations after knockdown really.

Ghardo

Germany1685 Posts

October 02 2008 12:26 GMT

#1173

thanks for advice on the arcade stick.. i'll see if i can get a hori's somewhere here though ebay fails me atm..
i'm not that technically gifted i fear so i prolly won't mod it (at least not without the help of someone competent) but it should still be adequate for my needs
gonna use it for GG:AC btw

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

October 02 2008 12:48 GMT

#1174

Get a custom Ghardo lololol although hori w/ mod would be cheepar

MCMcEmcee

United States1609 Posts

October 02 2008 12:50 GMT

#1175

It's hella easy to mod a HRAP2. Let me know if you find one and I can link you to guides or just walk you through it myself.

Ghardo

Germany1685 Posts

October 02 2008 14:51 GMT

#1176

i found a page which sells custom parts: http://www.arcadeshop.de/index.php?cPath=103

dunno which stick is the best for guilty gear, maybe you can tell me

on top of that i don't even know what else i need and if i find it all in that shop

i can get a HRAP2 on ebay for like 160 euros (~250$) ... dunno if it's really worth it for such a price - how much costs a custom?

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

October 02 2008 15:05 GMT

#1177

I think thats a custom price not a hrap price. But I guess hraps are scarce!? No idea

Bill307

Canada9103 Posts

October 02 2008 18:50 GMT

#1178

HRAP2s were typically ~$130 when I was shopping for one last year.

I saw my friend modding my buttons for me. They don't call them "quick disconnects" for nothing ^^. Basically, all he needed was a screwdriver and a pair of pliers:

1. Unscrew the screws to open the stick up and lift out the faceplate on top.
2. Use pliers to yank the quick disconnects out of the old buttons.
3. Un-snap(?) the old buttons.
4. Snap-in the new buttons.
5. Insert the quick disconnects into the new buttons and secure them by using the pliers to squeeze the metal parts together.
6. Screw everything back together.

Just make sure you buy the right buttons (the snap-in kind with the correct diameter). E.g. the Sanwa OBSF-30 buttons.

MCMcEmcee

United States1609 Posts

October 02 2008 21:20 GMT

#1179

You don't need to "secure" your QDs imo. They should stay on just fine unless you messed them up taking them off. Best way to take off QDs is to stick a flathead screwdriver under and turn it to push the QD up, yanking them off is probably not the best approach imo.
Pliers help for opening up the stick in the first place, though. Just no reason to ever use them once you've actually opened the stick.

Also screw-ins work, though you might have issues if you use Seimitsu screw-ins (you'd have to file a bit off of the mounting ring for the X button). Otherwise they work just fine.

KOFgokuon

United States14900 Posts

October 03 2008 04:46 GMT

#1180

out of principle i need to post this for probably the 5th time
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3282106748351936981&hl=en
everytime i watch this video and the renic vs sextaro match i laugh my ass off so hard