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It really is a matter of a preference
As a kid, I grew up playing with games that used only one joystick. When I first drove Hammond's 98 robot on one stick, I almost wiped out the store we were practicing in! I did learn to control it much more easily, but once we hooked things up with two joysticks, there was no turning back for me. Maybe I just never had enough time to practice with it, but I could never achieve the range of arcs with one joystick.
The new WildBeast robot this past year was set up with one joystick for driving and one joystick for activating our articulate treads. This was one difficult machine to get used to, for me at least. But our driver did really well with it. The whole season I tried to get him to use a two joystick configuration just once though. In the offseason, at the Wisconsin State Fair, I believe it was team 357 allowed him to try their robot with two joysticks. He absolutely loved the ease of control and was instantly hooked.
These are my experiences, but your preference is the only thing that matters.
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Team 71: 1999, 2000 (Driver), 2001-2002 (Driver, Animator) // Team 1064: 2003 (Co-founder, Coach), 2004 (Coach) // Team 1714: 2006-2007 (Mentor, Coach) Team 1675: 2005-2007 (Mentor, Coach), 2008 (Mentor), 2009-2017 (Mentor, Coach) FLL: '04 (Judge), '05 (Ref), '06 (Ref), '07 (Ref), '08 (Judge, Ref), '09 (Judge), '10 (Ref), '16 (Judge Advisor) // Ref: '05 (IN, IRI), '06 (IN, IRI), '07 (IN, IRI), '08 (WMR, Curie)
WI RPC: 2006 - 2016 // FRC Inspector: '07 (WI), '08 (WI, IL), '09 (WI, IL), '10 (WI, CMP), '11 (WI, IL, CMP), '12 (WI), '13 (Northern Lights) 2007 WI Woodie Flowers Award Finalist // 2011 Wisconsin Regional Outstanding Volunteer // 2011/2013 Midwest Regional Chairman's Award
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What seems logical to you will seem strange to someone else. Never assume that someone else will do the logical thing. - Wetzel [more] 
06-10-2003, 10:04
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