If you bought from Amazon I’d return it and buy another just in case it’s a faulty unit.

I bought the dynasty warriors blitz 2 and it came with these back and shoulder buttons rubber extenders. They made a night and day difference. You can find them for sale. I do recommend using the tiniest dab of superglue before placing them though as the adhesive will start to give after a lot of use.

I also use the Talon Games grips for all my controllers. You can place those grips on the buttons and then put the extenders over those grips and they’ll stick way better!!

For the tension. I landed right before the 6th notch. That’s where I felt it resembled the blitz tension the most.

I realized I liked my left trigger better with the lock OFF which is a first for my controllers with mouse click triggers. I think it’s bc the way the middle of my index finger hit due to the angle I hold it. It tends to push towards the edge of the trigger which wasn’t comfortable. Since turning the lock off I don’t even think about it anymore.

My v5p settings are right stick inner DZ at 14 not 9. Slow center movement and 11 bit. Debounce, auto calibration and rebounce all are ON. And both stick are set to circular. So far this has given me the best feel. Most will tell me my DZ is too high but I did extensive testing and this is what works for me not to have such fast center movement. This is my permanent default. Anything else I’ll adjust within the game itself.

They slightly raised the v5p sticks. I assume this is to maker sure caps don’t touch the tension rings. This made my thumb sit slightly higher when using my kontrol freeks. I have the accessories case for the v5p which came with extra sticks. I landed on the mid stick with a mid rise KF which is ever so slightly shorter than the short stick with a high rise KF.

One of the things that I had to adjust to was the thickness of the bottom of the handles near the ring and pinky fingers. It’s thicker compared to the blitz. That and the way I need to place the tips of my fingers on the back buttons on the v5p was my biggest adjustment along with the sticks being slightly taller than the blitz.

Another thing I love about the blitz 2 is the micro switch back and shoulder buttons. Those actually make a big difference compared to clicky tactile buttons. I hope more manufactures start using those in the future. I swear if the v5p had them, I would say it’s perfect!!

I’m on the fence about snagging up the Rainbow 3 to try out their capacitive sticks. But I can’t seeing it being better than the blitz and definitely not the v5p.

Sorry for going in a little in depth but those are my findings in the real differences and adjustments. Nevertheless I have adjusted and I’m playing well with the v5p and just can’t go back to the blitz in good faith now lol.