i'm getting the sticks too. i finally found some of the fightpads, but as i posted above they felt kinda off to me. not bad, but for me i was having some trouble pulling off combos like i normally would with an arcade stick.

then i read about how some of the moves were set up in IV, like what you mentioned with the two middle attack buttons, and i thought that it would be much more difficult to pull off on a pad compared to a stick.

dammit, guess i gotta shell out some more money.