Zeromus_X

I never played any Atelier games, I heard they were alright I guess. Not a fan of that moeblob character design.

GGs to everyone at Ruben's this weekend. Burrito Company was godlike. Also thanks Brian for unlocking Kliff and Justice, now I just need to unlock the old school stages.

I think Elizabeth is pretty good for Naoto, but having a good matchup against Liz isn't saying much. Kanji is supposedly a good matchup but he only needs one lucky guess to ruin Naoto's day. Other than that...yeah, every other matchup seems bad or annoying at best for Naoto. Hopefully if Arcsys/Atlus ever update this game they buff her traps and give her an actual anti-air and damaging combos that aren't SMP loops. Better trap oki that could cover more options would be nice too.

Heyyyyy Lukeeee Edit: GGs, we got a pretty solid connection. God I forgot how fucking annoying Teddie is.

Izayoi = True Valkyrie from Valkyrie Profile 2. I hope her and Tsubaki get VP shoutout palettes. Also I'm down for the veterans event, that's not far from where I live.

Yoooo I'm very okay with this. I wonder if that's Tsubaki possessed by the Izayoi or if she actually got tempered into a Murakumo unit. Also I remember reading that the window you have to input your tech option got smaller in CP, to stop delay getup/tech roll shenanigans, dunno if that's true or not though.

I'll be over at PCP around 2. I'll bring BB and P4A if you want to play those Ryan.

Oh then I am totally down to eat pizza in honor of our nation's veterans. I'll bring an extra stick if you need it.

Oh shit I should've checked here earlier, I literally JUST left PCP. Oh well, I already told some friends I would hang out today anyway. Btw, Pack Rat is broken in draft.

I actually was just about to leave; do you need me to bring something (like another setup) before I head over there? I'm already bringing Magic and my arcade stick.

I'll be there around 5

Well, I meant instead of making the orb explode with D-dive, you do a delay A/B/C dive which knocks the opponent down, and then the orb comes down on top of them. If timed right, it could beat everything but backward techs giving Tsubaki some pseudo-oki. Not sure if it would still work with the new j236A, or the lack of j214A/C versions of dive.

Brian are you bringing your setup to PCP?

22[D] guard crushing in Mugen is a cool middle-ground, I mean, 22[D] unblockable is like, what everyone remembers when you mention Tsubaki so it'd be a shame to take away such a signature move completely. Echoing sentiments of how nice Tsubaki's new tools are, hopefully she'll finally end up as a good, fun character. Meterless 3CC FC followups are nice, it was always stupid how you could call something out with it, but still had to spend meter to get less damage than most characters anyway. 6A > IAD combos will make people care about getting hit by her overhead too. I wonder if we can use a dive after j236A? It would be nice if we could do orb oki setups (air combo > orb > delay dive) without having to use a charge. It always seemed like something fun that she should've been able to do without having to spend resources.

Yes

Does this say Nu and Mu are unselectable? What's the point of another loketest then?

GGs everyone. Next time I won't fall asleep, wish I could've played more of you guys. I was hoping Chris would be able to make it so we could play BB. And yeah, I'll probably play mostly Ky until +R comes out, I still want to try out other characters though.

Just to confirm whether I'm crazy or not, but to anyone who got the Japanese PSN release, does the "Character" and "Random" BGM select disappear if you try to manually select your music? Really weird.

The US 360 version has the move names, albeit in Japanese, and I assume the NA PSN release will be the same. I guess it's better than a mysterious blank space above all of the inputs lol.

So I succumbed and bought 2 1000 yen PSN cards off PlayAsia, just waiting for the codes to come in my email. There will be GG at Ruben's this Friday.

The AI definitely got more tolerable once you have access to all the command settings, but it still added a significant level of artificial difficulty to the game, which is more apparent when you go through P3P to compare, despite the "easier" P4 battle mechanics like dizzies, multi-hits granting One More turns, etc. I mean, when I play an RPG, especially a turn-based one, I want to actually control my party members, this ain't Dragon Quest IV. Skill cards were admittedly kind of broken, but I definitely enjoyed not having to shuffle through the fusion menu a billion times to get the skills I want. Fighting Margaret and the EX boss rush was definitely a lot more fun than Elizabeth too. I think overall I enjoyed P3P more, but FES might be a better experience for someone playing the game for the first time with all the animated cutscenes and such. You say this now, but wait until you fight Sleeping Table. Where were you when I posted the link to that lol? Hope it gets a console release.

Apparently sword is gdlk now, also centipede super giving orbs makes Zappa a lot scarier. Also there were PSN avatars for BB, but only for the Japanese PSN store, and they could only be used on the Japanese account you purchased them on. Hopefully the GG avatars will be available for NA PSN store.

Ryan, if you have a PSP you should get Persona 3 Portable. You can actually control the party so you don't have to deal with MARIN FUCKING KARIN. Plus you get to listen to the MShe's totally hot battle music if you play as her. Also apparently GG won't be out on PSN until next week or even later, major sadness.

I'll always play BB with you Chris. I am hype for GG though, Wednesday can't come soon enough.

GGs LK and La-La-Lasagna. Nice to see people still playing this game.