What's broken is the potentionmeter's sensor wheel - which is made of a very thin electric film.



99% of the time the cause of analog stick drift, press L3/R3 to sprint duck not actuating is because of this film wearing out.

I've fixed several of my DS4's by changing out the sensors sourced from unused DS4s. This is the ONLY legit fix out there, all the stupid stories of "lubing" your stick or changing the analog cap does not work. Once you get a drift/unresponsive analog stick, the sensor is pretty much almost dead.

No that's typical assumption. They didn't intentionally make it so they can be broken easily.

The spring on the L2/R2 triggers are prone to breaking or losing its tension because it MUST adhere to the controller's L2/R2 design. In order for the triggers not to be harder to press and depress, the spring as a result needed to be that small and flimsy.
Unless people want Xbone controller triggers which are significantly larger and has a bigger housing space for a bigger spring, then this is the way it is. You cannot beat physics.

One other thing, because of how little space the L2/R2 electrical film sensor has (again, because everyone cannot fathom larger triggers for some weird reason), a membrane needs to be used as the actuator. The electrical film is so thin so of course it's prone to wearing out and membrane isn't the toughest type of silicone in the world.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 6 2017, 08:05 PM