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Amane is probably going to an interesting fighter, he looks like a rushdown/zoner character like Hazama. (But I might be wrong)

It also looks like while doing a mission for Sector seven, Makoto bans together with Noel to help save Tsubaki. (Or something like that, my computor isn't all that great at translating) It also said something about Makoto having a mission from Sector Seven.

Sector Seven would probably revolve around Tager, Kokonoe (NPC currently) Makoto, and Bullet The Free Lancer group would probably be Carl, Ragna, Noel, Jin, Rachel, Amane, Tao, Bang, Platinum, Hakumen, and Valkenhayn NOL will most likely focus on Azreal, Litchi, Tsubaki, Relius, Hazama, Arakuna (Currently being held captive) and Nu.

To those worrying about Makoto's nerfs (Myself included) Almost every character thread that has discussed characters in CP has started out with a pattern. People getting all excited about the characters strengths and them being hard to beat in this game, and then after awhile, the nerfs become apparent and they start going into a doom and gloom state. It's to early to tell anything, not a lot of combos have been tested, no one has actually had the time to sit down for awhile and actually play around with Makoto (Or any other characters who supossedly got nerfed.) It's just to early to tell anything, the best we can do is wait for the Arcade release to get clear footage and ideas from there. Bitching about nerfs and cons to Makoto is going to do very little Arcsys's plans for Makoto and any other character. In other words. Don't worry until we need to start worrying.

Maybe it will be devided by affiliation Like Sector Seven, Free Lancers, and NOL.

Yeah, it's to early to tell anything just yet. Makoto could be really strong once all of the combos are figured out!

Either way, i'll still use Makoto. The few characters that are getting strengthened, Like Carl or Noel, are kind of hard to use without a lot of practice. I'm just curious about how well she'll do against Amane, Bullet, and Azreal.

Sorry. i wonder if they changed the general animations of Astrals, or just the one's for the characters who got there Astrals replaced. (Noel, Carl, Litchi, etc.)

Thanks for the advice, Makoto is one of my favorite characters and Rush-down is the general playstyle i prefer. Anyway, thanks for the tips. Even the stuff on Lambda. (I was actually going to ask about that, but I was beaten to it. Doesn't matt though as long as I some advice.) I already said it a lot, but I'll say it again. Thanks!

Yeah, those are some good points. I think it's personally fairly noble that Lichi cares so much, and I didn't think of it from the point of view that she was being corrupted to, and needed a cure. The main reason I was arguing against Litchi and her general character, is because people think that her rich back story gives her the excuse to show as much clevage as possible, and that Makoto, who dealt with species inequality and is desperately trying to keep her friends from fighting, was kind of a cliche and that did not justify her under-boob. Bottom Line - Characters dress the way they do because that's how there design. I mean, some good looking women with some revealing clothing is a good way to attract a certain audience. It just goes along the line, "you can't judge a book by it's cover" and stuff like that.

I'm not trying to debate anymore on Makoto's wardrobe, I just think they did it so that it would fit her sporty personality (One of her hobbies is Lacrosse and her Physical Abilities were recorded as "Off the charts" By the NOL academy.") And to service some male players. (It can't hurt to have some beautiful woman in game. I'm sure that was one of the motivations behind Litchi Now to the Ragna Point, Ragna is fighting for hope anything like that. He's fighing back out of vengance! Because it's being controlled by Hazama/Terumi who pretty much ruined his life. It also took away Jin and and his sister Saya. He's basically fighting cause it he would rather die fighting and rebelling then to sit around and do nothing. Litchi on the other hand has anything a Woman could want, admirers, beauty, inteligence, kindness, but she's throwing it all away for Arukune because she believes that he's the only thing that matters. I'm just going to say, it's not healthy for a lady to throw away everything, just for the sake of one guy. And Terumi is using that to his advantage and she could even die for a guy who she loves, but who doesn't love her back. (Tager even said that, I mean. Lotte would've rather been corrupted by the Boundary for wisdom then spend time with Litchi. How does that hint not come across!) And last but not least, she uses the same power that corrupted Lotte/Arakune to save him when she could end up like him or worse. I'm sorry, but Love is not the hero with Litchi or anyone in this story.

This is going to sound very stupid, but how do you Super Jump Cancel from Rachel's 5B?

I kinda need some advice. I've been practicing some Makoto Bnb comos and I have the jest of it down. (I usually end the Midscreen Overhead Combo with Corona Upper because I can't get the timing of 2D(1) right. But once I get into battle, I have hard time executing them. (I actually got beat out by someone spamming Noel's Chain Revolver). What should I do to help make sure I can pull off combos other then practice. (Which I'm doing) The BnB's I'm working on are: *2A/2B > 5B > 5CC > 214A~CCCC *6B~C > 214A~C~B > 2A > 5C > 2D(1) > 5B > 6C > 214B > j.A > j.B > j.D > 214A~C~A. (This is the one where I usually end with Corona Upper instead of following with 2D(1) Because i can't get the timing right, so i'm still working on it. 5B > 5C > 6C > Asteroid Vision A > Lunatic Upper > Shooting Star (This is a slightly modified version that I made based off the first BnB) *5B/6B/5CC > 5D > 214A~C~B > 5B > 6A > 2D > 2C > 214A~D > 5CC > j.B > j.D > 66 > 5CC > PF. (I sometimes use BBS or Corona Upper depending on the situation.)

Okay, sorry. Back on topic. I think Amane's astral is pretty cool. I think it would be cool to see all the characters all kidified or de-aged, or what ever you wan to call it. The younger version of Noel is just so adoable. And even ax kid, Ragna still looks like he'll snap you head off or something like that.

I have to agree with this, Tager pointed out that she had what anyone else could possibly want, and still hopelessly chased Arakune. Not to mention the people she hurt without think hard about her decision to join the NOL. Like Linuah, Tao, and Bang. Not to mention that desperation makes her just that much easier for Hazama/Terumi to manipulate and use.

But it's not just the racial inequality, Makoto's trying to hold her friends together, no matter what. She's putting her life on the line to perserve the people who showed her kindess. She's actively trying to keep her friends from fighting. Litchi's backstory is interesting, but does that still justify that she's revealing as much clevage as possible, without the game becoming rated Mature by the ratings board!

It's more of matter of oppinian. I could easily look at Litchi's backstory with Arakune and call it a cliched crush gone wrong.

Makoto isn't just boobs and beauty too, she had a rough childhood because of racial inequality, and throughout Continuum Shift and most definitly in Chrono Phantasma, she tries to hold hold her friends together. She's trying keep her friendship with Noel and Tsubaki from falling apart. That same friendship was so important to her, is was the only reason her soul wasn't destroyed when she was sent to the boundary and witnissed the timeline where Noel didn't exist in her Story Mode. And from what was revealed, Bullet will probably have rich backstory to.

There's some element of looks to Bullet, I've seen several pictures of Bullet Cosplay. And I have to say, Bullet was made with Cosplayers in mind, that's for sure. That, and a hot, bad ass chick can't do the franchise wrong. But looking at some of her loketest footage, her playstyle looks very interesting and fun, and she looks like a better grappler then Tager. I have high expectations for Bullet. And Amane, I think Amane is going to be a funny character in the series that will get several laughs. (Along with some interesting backstory or something). But Bullet is by far, my favorite new character. EDIT: Makoto and Bullet aren't the only Over sexualized characters, May i mention Litchi. Not to mention on the male nudity flipside, Azreal. Besides, when you look it at either way, you can sexualize any character. Have you seen some of the fan made images for Rachel?

On another note, I'm looking forward to the new characters in Chrono Phantasma. I'm guessing that Bullet will be a Rushdown/Grappler Hybrid of some sort, and Amane will be more Zoning based. The general gameplay of Azreal is still a mystery to me, but think it's probably going to be more offensive then passive based on character description. Out of the 3, I'm looking forward to Bullet the most. Although her tortured hero backround does remind me a lot of Ragna and Makoto. Not that I mind.

Well, after playing some Storymode (When all i did was button mash) and I discovered Rachel, I thought her character and appearance was awesome, so i gave her a shot and I sucked at first. Then i started looking at online guides on how to use Rachel and some basic principles, and I got the basics down. After that, I had tons of fun playing with Rachel (And sucking on online play) Although after awhile, I started to get bored with Rachel, so i thought i would freshen things up. Afterawhile, I mastered the basics of Litchi, Makoto, Noel, and Tsubaki, so those are the characters I'll probably use the most and as Mains. On another note, I decided I would also try and work on Carl to. Long story short, I practiced with characters until I found playstyles that like/enjoyed and felt natural to me.

Now that i think about it, they called Tsubaki useless when other then slightly fragile defense, is a very strong rush down character in the hands of a proficient player. And called Tager a god send when Extend came out.... Yeah, i'll probably use Dustloop from now on. But eitherway, i did see shots of Nu verses Mu on places like Facebook and other gaming websites.

Litchi has some slight Zoning capabilities that might make it hard for Makoto, but I think if Makoto goes all out rush down, it will exploit Litchi's weakness to overall pressure. You just have to be careful with any zoning and cross ups.

I'm not sure if they'll be playable in the Loketest, but the screenshots were of them durring battle. So they'll probably be playable. I've also read in certain websites that Noel will be a lot more confident in CP. EDIT: Will not use that as a source from now on.

According to Blazblue Wiki, Mu will come back with Noel's mindset after being awakened by Rachel, and Nu regenerated from being murdered by Terumi as Lambda. I've also seen several screenshots of Nu verses Mu.