I dunno about that. This is just my opinion of course, a hall effect joystick is nice ice but it isn't THAT MUCH better than decent potentiometer joystick. Certainly tfor me here's not a big enough difference between the two to make me want to forego the throttle, extra hat switch, and extra buttons that come with the HOTAS system in order to have magnets and hall effect sensors... at least not in a game like ED that has so many more controls than the basic 4 axis.
I wouldn't argue with statement one. Certainly a good pot stick is better than a bad magnetic stick, but I've had pot sticks for 25 years, and I just can't go back. I'd say that the biggest proof of your statement is the extra hall sensors in the X52 pro. Obviously the single sensors in the standard X52 weren't enough to eliminate jitter. I will say though, that the X52 Pro is the closest in accuracy to the simulators we used to build at Boeing(about 10 years ago), that is still reasonably affordable. I've never used a pot stick that matched the smooth sweep of the X52 across the entire movement range that wasn't built into a professional sim unit costing 20-30k.
Statement 2 though can be (mostly) fixed with an add-on throttle and voice commands. On some levels, I like voice command better than using pinkie shift, etc, to program all functions to the HOTAS. Once I get VERY used to the button setup though, I'll rarely use voice command instead.
Mostly, my reasoning for the previous post was saving money, while still having the latest non-mechanical sensing (aka hall sensors). If money isn't an object though, obviously go for an X52 Pro or X55.
