gli

Don't sweat it. I went through the same phase when I was still playing with rei-Scarred. You will undoubtedly feel like you can't play as well as you could with the d-pad but the long-term improvement in execution is worth it once you adapt to the arcade stick. I use an HRAP3 and then later I changed the stock buttons to white SANWAS. I tried using an octagonal gate but after playing around with that I decided square gate was better for me. tl;dr: Keep at it. Your Bang is also good. I have no idea how to counter TK'd nails into command grab. I also need to stop going for throw attempts and respect Bang when he has any chance of Daifuka on wake-up or reaction :X