X3 while you wait

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The main thing that has kept me from playing X3 reunion is it not liking 5 axis joysticks, like this high-quality one.

If it would just ignore the 5'th axis there won't be a problem. However. The moment I pushed the joystick button to go from 4 axis to 5 axis, it begin using the slider (which slides left-right and goes back to the middle if you let go of it as part of the joystick design) for ship speed rather then the throttle. And I found this change to be permanent.

In other words, I am stuck moving at middle speed constantly whenever I try to use my joystick. Which does not work well.

Already played that game out though, not really getting anywhere. I'm not returning to X3 anytime soon.