Reisi

Hmmm, changes seem actually decent. I honestly just assumed pineberry to lose its hitbox so I couldn't feel sad about whatever they were going to nerf. These changes seem fine so far. Pineberry doesn't completely screw over zoning characters now and as people have said already, it should still be a great tool for oki. f.S seems like the more major nerf, makes confirming quite a bit trickier. Harder to get knockdown off f.S > 214K and I'll miss going into 2HS > shotgun as long as you were out of throw range, but that was probably a bit too good anyways. X: Wonder how the proration change on 214K will affect damage, might be strictly better to save meter and go for the corner carry and YRC pineberry afterwards. Doesn't really matter for now anyways, we'll have to see if these changes even stick or if there are other changes coming.

Now that the patch hit, I mashed a little bit around in training mode. Decided I might as well post the tiny findings before returning to lurking 24/7. I can't get 2A > 5B > 6C > 214A~C~236D > 6A > j.B > j.D to connect anymore. Might just be me, since you have less time after j.B now, but I think it doesn't work anymore. :/ Slight improvement on the 5B starter midscreen (unless this is already outdated, then I apologize): Old: 5B > 5CC > 2D(2) > 5B > 6A > 2D(3) > 2C > 214A~A > 5CC > j.C > j.B > j.CC > j.623C~D (3460/24) 5B > 5CC > 2D(2) > 5B > 6A > 2D(3) > 2C > 214A~A > 6A > 6BC > j.C > j.B > j.CC > j.623C~D (3554/25) I'm having a rather easy time comboing after PF now, this might be why? Could also be my imagination. I really hope some better combo paths will open up somewhat soon though, Makoto needs it.

Glad to hear some Bullet love, you can add me to the list. ASW just dropping this on us was the hypest thing, now to wait for info from the loketests this week.

While still all in theory, I'll challenge that. Her neutral stance looks akin to an animal and her Emblem looks somewhat like one as well. I'd go with a panther, but let's just wait for two hours, Akihabara will open up by then. We should get some info from overseas then. And hopefully some leaked footage.

Well, you saw Amane's already. :3

I love how everyone is interested in Bullet already (same here). Plus, she's a beast-kin too. ASW turning us into furries, calling it now. xP

I'm confident in my ability to get bodied by the CPU! Woohoo~

Might be a little late, but welcome anyways. x3 And yeah, I totally forgot about the Olympics already. :V

Then you are playing Tager wrong. Although, the occasional 720 doesn't hurt~

Europe, son. Europe...

*insert bitching about FF9 not being top in above list*

Fooling around in UMvC3 until P4A hits. Playing Deadpool/Sentinel and suddenly getting Touch-of-death combos because of discovered glitches is pretty cool though. :V

I honestly think it's the game's fault in general and not just this or that character. There are still some people sticking to it and I find that commendable (and I feel like an ass for not being around online to be still part of their competition), but in the end, this game hasn't gotten any newer with Extend. Usually, fresh wind comes not only from character changes, but from engine changes as well. CT to CS was a drastic change, everyone can see that. But even the change from CS to CS2 (along with character balancing and, more importantly, character gameplay changes) brought some different system mechanics with it. Most notably gravity and cancelling dashes from the first frame, as far as I can remember right now. With that in mind, I hope we get some new characters, a change of how the current cast plays and obviously an engine that handles (slightly) different. (Makoto buffs are welcome too, just sayin'.)

Doing much for CS:EX is probably wasted effort by now anyways. No matter what your opinion is on the current situation of BB, you can be pretty sure that we won't be getting a lot of new people into the game. As stated above, I think we should focus on the next installment for that.

Regarding SMP combos: I tried to get a 5D loop going, but that's not going to happen. I was able to stuff enough 2Cs in a combo to get the 10 moves in before going for 5D. Problem is, they can tech before it connects and even if you hit it (236A~D > RC > 5D ftw :V), proration is already too bad to connect the next 5D afterwards. tl;dr She doesn't have enough SMP moves to make the glitch work for her.

Disregard because I'm a scrub for not reading through other threads first.

Shout-outs to sitting in school with nothing to do and suddenly reading about AC+R streams.

Yeah, P4A doesn't look good at all. At least it looks amazing, so no worries there. I'll import from the US at least, can't let the people with a JP copy get too far ahead. D:<

I still think MLG and the FGC don't mix. We've got EVO and all those other events. And I can't imagine giving up on commentary by the people we've learned to love/hate. =P

If you intend to go for 2D > 2C > 236A~D, you can dash either between 5D/2D or 2D/2C, whichever feels easier for you. Once you get a feeling for when 236A~D would whiff after you've placed the orb, you can usually recover the combo into knockdown at least. Something like... stuff > 2C > 236A > 5A > 6A > j.B > ender.

I think we can all agree that he is the best Makoto player ever. Also, never would've thought 5B CH > 2D would've worked, especially with the BBS tacked on later. Good stuff~

Unless Zen announces a release date for EU soon, I'll just import from the US as well. I still can't trust them. :V

Guys, I'm pretty sure it's fake. Not only is the interface the old one, if you watch the transitions (cheers Sakaku), the borders stay. That wasn't the case in the announcement video. This is most likely fan-made. Which would explain the whole font/announcer thing as well. Announcement video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8mwuFY0X4o Colour palettes video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r786PkyD4GI

Hiago coming back to post how boring CS:E is? Seems appropriate. (Yes, I'm too.) Makoto mirrors in CS:E! *wipes tear*

Labrys/S-Labrys/Kanji/Yosuke Glad I didn't miss much of this E3 (damn you, vocational school! *shakes fist*).