I have a stick now, but the month I spent being frustrated every day and losing a tournament because I was stuck on pad really soured my enjoyment of the game.
It used to be that I couldn't wait to get done with work to play. Now I'd rather just play FFXIV until Spinal is available. I still plan on going to SCR and grinding for that, but unless the game is announced for Evo, or I really, really enjoy Spinal, I may not play much until Fulgore is released.
I guess the launch roster impacted my enjoyment of the game as well. Sabrewulf was the only launch character I used regularly in the original games and I'm not a fan of his new play style. I also used Thunder, but I'm not a fan of grapplers at all. Spinal was my big main, followed by Combo in KI1, and in KI2 I switched up to Tusk and Kim Wu. Not having any of them doesn't help matters.