Hey huys I been thinking about upgrading from a regular controller and here is what I am lookin at 
fightpad
or  
save up for 
fight stick 
note if I go with the fight stick I won't have it till the end of summer

It's the transparent chest vs. big chest discussion all over again.

how@REDRUN: 
umm how ?

It's all personal preference.  But I'll point some stuff out:

Get a Fightstick if:

1. You intend on getting serious/competitive into a fighting game.
2. You've had lost of prior arcade experience with sticks.
3. You intend on using it for multiple games and not just one.
   
4. Cash is not a problem for you.

Get a Fightpad if:

1. You'll be less serious into the game.
2. You prefer the feel of controllers to arcade sticks.
3. You intend on using it for multiple games.

This one is a fight stick and it's only $100.

flux@JJOR64: 
ryu, abel, ken, and c.viper I switch between these a a lot

" This one is a fight stick and it's only $100. "

" @Skytylz said:

" This one is a fight stick and it's only $100. "

The TE stick is only $100?  Damn, that's a good fucking buy. "

" @JJOR64 said:

" @Skytylz said:

" This one is a fight stick and it's only $100. "

The TE stick is only $100?  Damn, that's a good fucking buy. "

Yah, I'm probably going to get one soon! "

lol don't flame me for this but after reading reviews and blogs from you guys  Static Falconar made me want the Hori Pro he used  
  what he uses

" lol don't flame me for this but after reading reviews and blogs from you guys  Static Falconar made me want the Hori Pro he used  
  what he uses "

Fightstick is much better IMO.

Stick all the way buddy. 

Real men use the 360 d pad like me.
 
edit
 
Just ordered at TE from Amazon. Hopefully I learn how to do srk's quickly.

i wonder if there would ever be a device that had a d-pad + arcade style buttons. 
I hold the pad area, and the buttons rest on my lap. 
 
What an ugly idea.

" Real men use the 360 d pad like me.  edit  Just ordered at TE from Amazon. Hopefully I learn how to do srk's quickly. "

" @Iceman2913: It's your decision, I'm not sure why we'd flame you for that.  But that's a good stick, so go for it. "

Its all comes down to preference. I have been using a fightstick for a couple months and, I hate the fucking thing. When I have the money I am going back to using a fightpad. I just feel alot more comfortable using a pad then a stick.

" @Gambit: I will sell you my fightpad real cheap if you want it. Either that or I will do another "beat me to x" when Super is out.
 
@lordofultima: Is cr. jab x2 tatsu even worth it? I can do cr. jab cr. strong xx short tatsu all day long....is there any reason to struggle with the jab jab combo when I find the jab strong tatsu easy? As far as hit confirming is concerned they both accomplish the same task. Am I missing something? "

Get whatever you like. Unless you're going to use Blanka, Honda or any of those kind of characters you can use a pad pretty well.

definitely a stick.

This might sound stupid but how is the game with the regular controller?

Stick is a must.

" @Gambit: I will sell you my fightpad real cheap if you want it. Either that or I will do another "beat me to x" when Super is out.
 
@lordofultima: Is cr. jab x2 tatsu even worth it? I can do cr. jab cr. strong xx short tatsu all day long....is there any reason to struggle with the jab jab combo when I find the jab strong tatsu easy? As far as hit confirming is concerned they both accomplish the same task. Am I missing something? "

all comes down to your money. how much do you want to spend. me personally. i use the xbox controller. i just use the analog stick instead of the dpad. and i won a local gamestop tournament on SFIV. im not saying im good. cuz i suck and thats why i havent played in forever. but i owned a fightpad and fightstick and returned them both after figuring out that for me personally, the analog stick on the original xbox controller worked great. id recommend trying that before spending the cash. and yes, ill be getting SSFIV. looks a lot better with the balanced characters. the game is a blast to play. im just not really into competitive playing. i got to much going on in life to get that into it. more into playing for fun, but on an almost daily basis.

" @HDTran: It was a timing issue, nothing more. Like I said, I could do it with Ryu fine, Akuma has different timing. I had about 5 hours of play time with Akuma at that time, compared to about 800 hours with Ken. It is extremely hard for me to change my timing if I try to use anybody else. For instance I can fadc ultra with my toes, but if I move from Ken to Ryu there is a chance I will botch the cancel simply because I have to cancel after 1 hit instead of 2. Same goes with Kens cr. jab - cr. strong or cr. jab - cr. fierce one frame link. Hit that shit all day with Ken, but not with Ryu. Part of being a Ken scrub I guess. Thanks though. "

I've been looking around at the various sticks and pads around, what's the consensus here about the Hori EX2? Price makes it attractive as an 'entry level' stick, I don't really want to fork out for a TE (£127), or the £66 MadCatz "Arcade" one on a hunch.

" @HDTran: Nah, I understand exactly how it works. My problem simply put is that I have spent too much time with a single character. Ken's frame data is different from Ryu's, Akuma's, Sagat's etc. Ryu's cr. jab - cr. fierce is fucking easy compared to the same link with Ken, but I can only do it reliabely with Ken because he is the only person I use.  I understand fully that chaining instead of linking causes a move to lose its ability to cancel into a special. For me, it is a matter of feel. Feel is why I hardly ever miss my links with Ken but I do with anybody else. Cr. short - cr. jab - st. jab - cr. forward xx ex tatsu is my main Ken combo, in most situations when my opponent is standing I use it.. You would think I could do the equivalent combo with Ryu or Akuma consistently also, right? Nope. "