zerosoulreaver

I did some testing last night and for some odd reason I get godlike connections to people in New England and Mid Atlantic. I have no clue how or why but I was in a lobby for Mid-Atlantic for 4-5 hours with 2-3F lag which felt like absolutely no lag or input delay. I did notice that everyone was PS3 though and when one person who had PS4 played me it read 12F lag and have some small but very noticeable input lag. I think that cross play might be part of the issue but not sure. I have no clue what changed or why it's like this but now I know what lobbies to play in from now on. I will also be testing out some more with PS4-PS3 connection just to see how it goes or if anything changed. One major thing I did notice when playing PS4 people is it felt like they had no input delay but I did...meaning they were playing just fine but I wasn't. However it could have been the character, I mean they had Sol and were hitting combos on me but I could barely move.

Well you know what people say about opinions. I feel like Xrd tiers are a lot closer and hard to develop than most think, one week Zato may be top the next he may be high/mid. People get so wrapped up in what others say that they forget their are many things that go into developing an actual opinion. Like if you think about it in perspective to someone Zato may not be top because of the hard work he has to put out in order to be that good. I kinda hate when people ask for tier lists but don't ask for an explanation. It's kind of pointless especially in a game like GG where it's so close.

I have a question. I don't have the game yet but was wondering what is her gameplan in a match? I have seen a few vids of her but man it's hard to even understand what her concept is. She seems to have some zoning but it doesn't look like Yukari/Yukiko level keepaway. She also seems to have some attacks that put her in close range but they look so unsafe. So I wonder if she is more poke/counterhit oriented or something.

Worst fighter has to be Rise of the Robots for me. I rented it as a kid and thought my copy was broken when I played, that's how bad the game is. Rise of Robots is such a broken mess, is no fun and unplayable with how delayed everything is. I really don't consider many games "bad" unless something is seriously wrong with it. Just because I may not like it personally doesn't make it bad. I'm actually shocked at some choices here like Fighting Vipers and Evil Zone. Those games I find a lot of fun and they can be competitive with the right people playing.

Well, he will def be the character to look at in the coming weeks to see if he's any good. Right now I feel he gets away with murder online because most people have no clue how to fight him. If you are against people who don't respect webs or destroy them and know what he's doing then it kinda blows. I just feel he is extremely limited and every Byak has the same gameplay. I don't think he's bad, he just doesn't have enough defensive or neutral tools for most situations. He basicly has a terrible neutral game that is really unsafe. Anyway, I hope I am completely wrong and he turns out good.

I have question, is there any benefit to using j. 2C > j. 214B instead of just using j. C or j. A as a starter? I just find j.2C to be a bit wonky to hit in certain situations.

I have been slowly learning Vatista and man it's a pain. I notice her A drill charge after 5C> j B feels like you have to start to charge it during the very ending frames of 2C. Now the only issue I have now is bombs, it just messes with me holding buttons to execute them. I'm used to playing charge characters but both charging and holding buttons is messing with me lol. She doesn't feel like many other charge characters because to me her charges feel a bit longer than most characters I have played. Guile, M Bison , Venom, Leona all have very leniant charges imo.

I think Spiderboi is a fun character but man he has some holes in his gameplay that are quite concerning. I was watching Brett stream yesterday and he was able to mash out 5C and 5A with Seth against the blockstring. You can also divine thrust right through it. I also feel like he can be pretty good at mid range but the issue comes in when it comes to playing the chase or neutral game(fishing for hits). He doesn't seem to have many good options against zoners or good/safe characters like Orie. He has web at a range but that's kind of it, the point is he absolutely has to get close enough to do decent damage. As said above, no reversals really blows and he has no real useful overhead because B+C is terrible. At the end of the day I think Byakuya is an all in style trap character. Yeah he can run away but he can't do anything substantial from that range except try to go for mostly unsafe and situational options from his web jump.

Well his fly seems to be used for a lot of air normals that are really good at air to air and air to ground. He also has a crawl which seems like a pretty good and quick escape tool.

I have seen a lot of players break through Hilda's pressure game. She seems like a turtle character but the problem is she has to act or her defense is broken. From what I have seen she is pretty limited in the mixup department aswell which makes her tactics seeable and more easy to avoid. Pretty much she is limited to her knockdown as a combo ender which just casues more problems since you can wakeup tech and her oki isn't so good either. She seems like a decent character for people who are king at fundamentals, however she is missing a lot of tools. One thing I did notice is she has a teleport but I have yet to see it used. It makes me wonder if it's even any good at all.

From what I have seen Akatsuki has a lot of tools like reflect, dive punch and even has a projectile. Hilda has like no good reversals that I know of, so getting in on her is pretty much her death. Been watching a lot of torny vids where Hilda gets destroyed by rushdown and doesn't have many answers to it. The same can be said for Chaos though Chaos has a bit more tools, but he seems to need Azhi for most of them. The things I'm talking about are the dp and fireball. Merkava seems really great at mobility. He has a flight mode, an airdash glide, a crawl and divekick. That's pretty darn good if played correctly.

Yeah I can't wait to play Ramlethal. I just love trap zoning characters like her and Venom. I really hope they announce the release dates at Evo this weekend, but that's high wishes.

People are still complaining about this? I thought this day 1 stuff was over with? I do think they will have classic costumes like for Millia and Pot...but that's just a guess. Overall, once you actually see the character models in action is completely different than just looking at screenshots. My point is watch some vids on the game and look how Sol looks then, he looks like classic Sol and doesn't really seem as big as his model may imply on first glance.

I will take off, I have a lot of sick time and vacation time stored. I wouldn't do this for any other fighting game.

Hello guys, I am looking to get better at GG. I have played since X but have never gone into depth in the games. Really looking to learn. Feel free to add me my PSN is hedgez00 I play on the JP AC+R.

I still hate how people use the term "anime". If you play fighters long enough you start to see they are pretty similar across the board and are always over the top (isn't that the reason we play them?). To me it's like playing games and calling everyone else a "nerd". It is a very pointless argument to make. Almost all fighting games are anime/cartoon influenced, if you think not you are fooling yourself. In the end, I'm sick of people alienating themselves and others just to look cool. I mean their is nothing to look cool about anyway...we are all on the same freakin level. The bickering will end when people stop getting butthurt over dumb name calling that has been going on for ages.

Marvel is anime, and so is SF. It's just people don't consider it because it's more Americanized. You can't deny it...Marvel has Shuma, MODOK, Raccoon, Phoenix Wright, Ammy, Morrigan. SF has Seth, Hakan, Sakura, Dan,. I don't like the term "airdashers" because their are so many games that are anime oriented that don't use airdashes like DOA, KOF, SG, in fact SG should be called reset fighter 2013 lol. My point is we shouldn't bother thinking this hard. The people using the term "anime" to describe most games barely even understand what they are saying anyway.

Exactly, I agree with this. People call games "anime" just to be negative, SF is anime too but nobody calls it that because its more widely accepted. It really has nothing to do with art style or gameplay anymore.

I have been playing GG for ages and still can't put my finger on how to get new people into it. The problem with GG is that people who do touch Melty, Persona, BlazBlue don't always necessarily play or want to learn GG. Let's face it, the learning cap is way different for them and we shouldn't compare those other "anime" games to GG just because of the style of art as they aren't the same. In fact I hate when people lump every game together of any style just cuz. Maybe GG is an old man game, the problem I see is dedication from those who say they want to learn. No I'm not saying it's really their fault, why pick up a new game and learn from scratch where their are guys who have played or ages that are killers? People want easy access and easy to jump in and out gameplay these days. This is partially why games like KOF, Tekken, VF have trouble catching on with many folks. I feel like when you go to play GG you really have to do your homework. Looking at videos, going to forums (like this one), playing for yourself with trial and error. It's really a lot to fathom and not everyone is that dedicated to go out of their way to find info. So trying to bring the info to them is a good idea which is what guys like Koogy and Klaige do. I do want to give props to Klaige and Koogy for their efforts in making GG accessible to those who aren't always in the know. Anyway, not quite sure what else people can do to get others interested even in xrd. I see people jumping on xrd day 1 and then hopping off because it's new and because it looks as if it's going to be as deep as the other GGs.

Oh goodness, looks like the Lichi/Mu matchup is still as annoying as ever for Mu .

This pretty much. Every new trailer from this one on will be a new hissy fit it seems lol. Let the butthurt begin!! Oh wait..it has already

Hey, Their are some spacing, zoning heavy characters in GG. I think Axl is one of the most spacing dependent like V-13 is in BB. Most of the characters with some ranged traps/zoning are Eddie, Axl, Venom, Anji, Bridget. Ky is a good start to learn the basics with. Labrys is a momentum based rushdown character. She is kind of like Chipp in GG, meaning you have to keep the pressure on and make good reads but she is a bit risky to use. Her weapon changes color based on how much damage and momentum you keep up. Grey is the worst, green is normal, red is the highest. When the color goes up a tier it means you do more dmg and hit stun.

Yeah b/c god forbid we actually like and grow attached to some new characters. Just a thought, but I don't think all the fan favorite characters will stay. If they do that's fine, but just saying.

I can understand removing some characters such as ABA, Kliff, Dizzy can go, I like Justice though I'm sure she may be gone . I hope to see Raven, That Man and some new characters. Hell I wouldnt mind if they keep everyone and just add new characters.

Hey, welcome. I always had a guilty pleasure of liking Anji's gameplay. I don't like the character but man he has some cool setups. I hope he's in as well, would be interesting to see how he has changed.