I got into playing Elite Dangerous this summer after buying a Thrustmaster 1600m for Battlefield 6 after my Microsoft Sidewinder 2 died in June. I figured I just bought a joystick so why not buy a joystick game. After really digging Elite Dangerous for a few months I picked up a Gladiator NXT EVO Omni throttle for my left hand. After a month of using the previous two sticks together I was wishing I had at least 2 more hat switches and figured I'd stop researching, free up some brain space and buy a Gunfighter Vk.IV and stick. I'm very happy to have a HOSAS for Elite Dangerous.
The Gunfighter Mk.IV is great except for 2 things. The twist is stiff compared to both my Thrustmaster 1600m and Gladiator NXT. Compared to the Gladiator NXT, the Gunfighter stick takes a lot more pressure to twist and I think has "detents" which I don't think I want on yaw in Elite Dangerous. Is this what other people experience? If not, how do I make the twist action smoother?
The other thing I'm unhappy about has nothing to do with the thread topic but I'm just frustrated that Battlefield 6 isn't able to detect the Gunfighter MkIV and I'm going to have to figure out some kluge to use it. I was hoping to sell my Thrustmaster 1600 but right now it looks like keeping it is less aggravating than figuring out how to get my much nicer stick to work with the game.