If the Hall effect sticks are what youre worried about, II personally haven't had and stick drift after 2 years, even with kids chucking the things all over. But if It happens I'll be out $70 I suppose. You might just wait and see if it happens, could save $70 that way.
It has analog triggers. On windows you can even adjust the haptic trigger feedback manually. Plugged in you can even get the inbuilt mic to work through your PC.
I seem to remember having to download the mods and put them in MO2 manually.