Me too! I got it to replace my x55. So far I love the 2 additional analog sticks.
One of the things that I've found most useful is using "directional axis" for quickly manipulating shields. I have them bound to the top and bottom rotational knobs on the throttle. It works like a dream. I'm also experimenting with using the new stick on the throttle and various button configurations to replace EVA and non-combat FPS.
Cool, I'll give that a shot. I haven't set up things like shields yet, I've just been trying to get it so I can fly it without running into stuff, target enemies and shoot.
(Before now, I was a M+KB user, so I'm new to SC HOTAS _and_ I have a HOTAS that doesn't have a decent in-game config. So I'm learning what I like and don't like as far as control positioning).
One thing I noticed - SC seems to ignore the programmed settings. So if I change the hat switches to send keyboard presses, somehow SC is still detecting that it came from the joystick, and it's ignoring the keypress.
Or maybe I'm just an incompetent user and I think the profile has taken effect when it really hasn't. But it looks like the profile is active, and yet SC refuses to see the keypresses and instead sees joystick action.
