Which of these two pads would be the better choice?

JP_Sasuke17 · Post by **JP_Sasuke17** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:11 am

I want to buy a "foam" soft pad for my home version until I can save the money to afford a arcade-style pad. The best pad I have is the official Konami brand pad and even that slides around and gives me pad misses. Which of these two would be better off and why? I plan on buying the blue-shark pad w/ bar later but for now these are my two options:

http://redoctane.com/ignitionpadv3.html

or

http://mymybox.com/ddrmbsdx.html

danc1005 · Post by **danc1005** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:49 am

Ignitions are GARBAGE. I had three defective pads in a row.

SoDeepPolaris · Post by **SoDeepPolaris** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:55 am

dance1005 wrote:Ignitions are GARBAGE. I had three defective pads in a row.

Funny, my 2.0's lasted a year.

Post by Ho » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:38 am

I had Ignition 1.0s that I liked just fine. The Ignitions were my favorite home DDR gear (believe it or not, I actually preferred them to Cobalt Fluxes) back when I played on home pads. Although I must admit that, with the exception of Mario Mix, it's been a good 3-4 years since I've bought any or really bothered to follow what's available or what's good.

I think one of my Ignitions finally died at some point and the other one has been loaned to someone for years, but they've never mentioned any problems. I doubt I'll ever ask for it back...though I'd kinda maybe like to get my PS one and Konamix back one of these days.

Amp Divorax · Post by **Amp Divorax** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:28 pm

I would go for the MyMyBox pad cause it's cheaper and RedOctane's stuff has really not been as good as it's 2.0 heyday.

danc1005 · Post by **danc1005** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:44 pm

I meant Ignition 3.0s*.

chocobojoe · Post by **chocobojoe** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:53 pm

You should check ebay or other DDR boards and find someone who is selling a cobalt flux, cause in the long run, they don't wear down and break as easily as soft pads.

Gallonigher · Post by **Gallonigher** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:25 pm

As far as price goes, and you're looking for a multi-platform pad, I'd go w/ Ignition 3.0 I've got one 2.0 and two 3.0 pads here, for use on Supernova and Stepmania.

I recently bought one of the 2 remaining Ignitions at Gamestop in Bloomington, and it was only $50, and it works well on Xbox, PS2, and PC.

Cbav · Post by **Cbav** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:21 pm

If you play heavy don't get anything other than metal.

Foam / Soft pads are only useful for getting from noob-Heavy. Heavy and up it's just a waste of time.

danc1005 · Post by **danc1005** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:52 pm

Cbav wrote:If you play heavy don't get anything other than metal.

Foam / Soft pads are only useful for getting from noob-Heavy. Heavy and up it's just a waste of time.

And just because a pad has metal on it doesn't mean it's good, either. Get something reputable, like a CF or Afterburner.

Post by Ho » Wed May 02, 2007 3:08 pm

dance1005 wrote:just because a pad has metal on it doesn't mean it's good, either

Dude...my TinfoilMania pad is da bomb!

lgolem · Post by **lgolem** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:23 pm

Ho wrote:
dance1005 wrote:just because a pad has metal on it doesn't mean it's good, either
Dude...my TinfoilMania pad is da bomb!

LEAD PAD FTW......

Well I bought the Ignition 3.0 for my girlfriend and it works great for stepmania, of course we can play like some 8s...mostly 6s and 7s. I will probably get her a metal one if she gets like up in the harder songs....Cobalt Flux FTW...

Jeff Jeff Revolution · Post by **Jeff Jeff Revolution** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:48 pm

dance1005 wrote:And just because a pad has metal on it doesn't mean it's good, either.

I found that out the hard way. I have some $70 knockoff, but it was better than a piece of fabric with "sensors" in it.

Post by **MonMotha** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:59 pm

I passed everything but PSMO using arcade timing on Extreme JP on an Ignition 2.0. They seem to work just fine. Anyone who says 10s are impossible on them is lying or not trying hard enough. It isn't like playing an arcade stage, but they work just fine.

Pheonixguy · Post by **Pheonixguy** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:16 pm

MonMotha wrote:I passed everything but PSMO using arcade timing on Extreme JP on an Ignition 2.0. They seem to work just fine. Anyone who says 10s are impossible on them is lying or not trying hard enough. It isn't like playing an arcade stage, but they work just fine.

same here