Like the title says, will GameSir ever make a controller with this configuration? I love my G7 Pro, but not having 4 back buttons (in addition to the extra 2 shoulder buttons) is a deal breaker for me when playing FPS games. I’d like to move to GameSir for all of my gaming but the lack of back buttons/paddles is forcing me to use other controllers.
I bought the Vader 5 Pro from Amazon with my own money and have no affiliation with Flydigi or any other controller company.
TLDR; the Vader 5 Pro is almost perfect, but the actuation of the thumbsticks sucks, leading to accidental presses and making consistent high-level gameplay impossible.
I love the Flydigi Vader controllers - the looks, the button layout, the software (when it works as intended), but after owning the Vader 3, 4, and now 5, I might finally be ready to stop spending my money with them and move on.
I received the Vader 5 Pro v2 (yay) and got everything set up. Software works great, love the new shoulder buttons, and just like previous iterations, the size of the controller just feels good. Also, the addition of paddles on the back is a welcome change with perfect placement (IMO) and the tension adjustment knobs actually finally working as intended.
But for whatever reason, it’s always 2 steps forward and 1 step back with these Vader controllers. I haven’t seen a ton of posts about this, so maybe it’s a one-off, but the amount of force it takes to depress the right thumbstick is next to nothing. It’s the equivalent of the old butterfly keyboard Apple tried on their Macs for a while (IYKYK).
I play FPS games almost exclusively in ranked lobbies, am consistently in the top 1-2 tiers across multiple games (Halo, CoD, Apex), and have all of my buttons mapped the same on every game, with R3 being melee. The number of gunfights (and matches) I’ve lost because of the constant melee interruption while firing is astonishing. Why is it that GameSir, Microsoft, Razer, and SCUF can all have perfect joystick depression force without a single accidental press over hundreds thousands of games, but I literally cannot make it through a single game using the Vader 5 Pro without at least one, but usually multiple accidental depressions?
Before coming to Flydigi, my go-to controller was the Wolverine series by Razer. The 4 back buttons and 2 additional shoulder buttons are a must for me, but I grew tired of Razor’s constant stick drift issues and the absurd cost of their controllers. And before I’m told to just remap R3, I don’t think I (or anyone else) should have to change their play style because a company can’t make a better controller. I’ve looked for any kind of fix I could find for the issue, but have come up empty handed. After owning the last 3 iterations of the Vader and the hope that the next one will be “the” one, I think I’m finally ready to move on to another brand. I just wish there was another one with wireless capabilities and 4 back buttons + 2 additional shoulder buttons that didn’t cost $300.
Is anyone else having issues using/opening Sleep Cycle on their Apple Watch? This has been going on for at least 2 weeks now. I cannot open the app on my watch unless I uninstall and reinstall the app each time. I’ve made sure my phone software, watch software, and app version are updated, tried rebooting both devices, and even uninstalling and reinstalling the app on both my phone and watch. No matter what I do, I can’t open the app on my Apple Watch unless I remove it and reinstall it. Extremely frustrating.
TLDR; AT&T will offer aggressive promotional offers to entice customers to sign up for services, then refuse to honor them.
I moved to a new state late last year where AT&T is the dominant fiber service provider. I was considering trying 5G home internet through my wireless carrier, T-Mobile, but AT&T was running an offer that seemed nearly impossible to pass up. $250 in rewards cards, free Bluetooth speaker, & free installation. After confirming all of this with a rep, I signed up and scheduled the service date.
Everything got installed, then fast forward a few months and I still haven’t received my Bluetooth speaker or the rewards cards. After speaking with someone in customer service, I was told their records show they should have sent me an email after installation, but they never did. Now the “escalation” starts. He transfers me to another department who says too much time has elapsed to claim the promos, escalated again. And again. And again. Being told all kinds of things, emails were never sent, emails were sent and I should have checked my spam, they can transfer me to someone else who can apply current promos since the previous had expired, etc. etc. I’ve spoke with several managers, been disconnected as many times as the number of representatives I’ve spoken with, spent more hours on hold than a standard CS shift, and was even pitched adding a wireless service to bundle and save on my home internet costs.
After all of this, AT&T never honored the promotions they used to get me to sign up as a customer.
I know that they don’t care. I’m one customer who is only purchasing home internet from them, but the fact that an organization of this size can so easily get away with false advertising, provide different completely opposite answers to the same issue, and just generally waste manpower and resources like this is mind blowing.
Im curious, has anyone else had similar experiences? Did you ever get AT&T to honor their deals, or did you just end up canceling and go to another provider?