Fight sticks a niche for fighting games, now I've read everything on here.
Anywho just got my XRD stick a week or two ago. A PS4 stick in time for MK was always the plan, for me, but I feel for all my pad brethren. There are pros and cons to everything in this life, this is a major con.
For stick players, pony up the mod cash, new stick cash or die. Our problems are minuscule by comparison.
Sucks, and not something anyone wants to hear, but our hobbies arent obligated to be cheap, or convenient. These are the f'n breaks as the saying goes. If EVO matters to you, then you'll just have to make the best of the options available to you.