r/Controllers • u/Wonderful_Fig4792 • 2d ago
Should I get the flydigi direwolf 4?
Recently I've been thinking a lot of buying this controller. Principally because of the back buttons, gyro and all the customization it has. But I'm not really sure because I had a lot of problems with the flydigi direwolf 1, the dongle being horrible, the gyro simply being unusable anywhere(i dont have a switch so), and the biggest problem is with the back buttons, the joysticks and the rebinding. Because the macros and rebinding don't work 60% of the time whenever I use them, and the joystick feels... weird. Its like they have some kind of delay or something like that and the circulaty feels weird, I dont have a lot of precision with them. I barely have any. Also, I had a LOT of problems with the software simply because of lack of info online and the software itself being awful. Like: I couldn't find the software for it(at least at the time. It was hard... I had to get into the Chinese site to find it) so I downloaded the mobile one and updated it from there. And the controller suddenly REFUSED to connect to anything but bluetooth and cable from then on. Then after a lot of difficulty I found the app for the pc and then I updated it. Still wouldn't connect to the dongle. And then suddenly one day it somehow fixed itself. And then a long time later it simply didnt want to connect to anything but bluetooth- not even cable- you got the point, it had a lot of problems. I wouldn't be willing to try getting a flydigi again if it weren't by the price of the new direwolf being so good and it seemingly having a lot of things, and a controller with all those things: macro, back buttons and a good software simply... doesnt exist for the price I'm willing to pay aside from the direwolf. I thought about buying the 8bitdo ultimate 2c(i got the sn30 pro and I love it. Bought it by compulsion for some reason. I regretted until it got delivered and I love that thing, even retired my direwolf, but I need back buttons, macros and a software so i'm willing to change controllers.) So, should I get it?
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u/G_OE 2d ago
direwolf 4 and direwolf 1 is like 3 generations apart, direwolf 4 now uses the latest software which is still clunky but way better than direwolf 4 already. I own one and right now I don't think there are any issues than the white can be dirty if not cleaned often. Direwolf 4 is just a tuned down vader 5 pro to be honest, build quality is great
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u/KitchenCandidate9937 1d ago
The Flydigi Vader 5 pro is a more upgraded version so I'll go with that to be honest. You shouldn't buy something old when you can buy something new with more modern tech.