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Yay! Although this is motivating me quite a bit to get a PS4 next year, but I need the PS3 version to keep me over.

Yeah, I figured the argument was over Elphelt/Ram, but I just felt like Ky would have reacted differently to such behavior, say, during the GGX period. I could be wrong regarding Sol, since I'm not that sure how Order Sol acted. I only have X to XX characterization to go on.

Something I noticed from the latest trailer was how little fucks Ky gave when Sol grabbed him in whatever argument they were having. I don't know whether it's intentional or not, but I think it makes a nice point how little Sol has changed compared to Ky (from what I gather, Ky was a brat in that relationship, then slowly became less bratty and more reasonable). I wonder that's also a gear thing? Stopping maturing emotionally/mentally when they stop aging physically as well. Then again, I could be reading too much into it, but I hope they at least showcase it in Ky and Sol's dynamic.

I actually don't know who that refers to.

I just realized something. Robo-Ky was looking for a wife in AC. Elphelt is looking for a husband in Xrd. Could we possibly see a wedding-styled VS theme for them if they ever add Robo? Because that would be amazing.

What happened to Ky and Sol's Thunderseal and Fireseal swords, since the ones in Xrd are different?

Considering it took them 5 iterations to fix Akumetsu grabbing dolls, 6 iterations for "fixing" Enma doesn't sound too far-fetched.

Maybe because it won't be jump cancellable anymore, they wanted to appease us with "ZOMG LOOK AT THAT EPIC BRUSH STROKE IT'S BADASS AMIRITE GUYS? What? You're still whining about 6D? Fine, it'll get a brush stroke, too."

Thanks! Does anyone remember how long the gap between CS2's arcade release and console release were? Or Extend's? I'm guessing this isn't gonna take as long as CP1, since they already have most of the console content done.

https://twitter.com/ARCSY_Event/status/511797258832973824 If I got this right, 2.0 is dropping this Fall?

I'll be playing for the next hour at least if anyone wants some matches.

Forgot something in my last post. If your opponent's 5D catches your 5C, you can cancel the 5C into a Shippu. The step back from the move will make the opponent's grab miss you. Doesn't work if he's in your face, but works at some distances where the 5D would otherwise catch you.

I'm guilty myself of complaining about Ram and El, although El ended up having shotguns so that turned out fine. But even with the complaints, the cast in GG has always been really, really diverse. Guro, amputees, pantyshots, pretty boys, buff boys, not so boy boys. There's something for everyone in the end. (Also, Bedman is totally GG material.)

That's what I-no's for. She has that raw rock'n'roll sex approach. It's a really different tone from um... contemporary fanservice I guess? But then again, GG covers a lot of ground. I mean, Millia's new design is really normal. I guess they want to have characters for all tastes.

Some gimmicks I found today: If you do jB on his 5D or jD, you can do a Hotaru to ignore the grab. Sadly, you can't follow up said hotaru, and in most cases you can block the counter anyway; You can counter your opponent's 5D, 2D and 6D with an Astral by cancelling 2A or 2B. Regular drives won't work, although doing a Yukikaze will eat your stock (funnily enough, you can see the startup of Yuki, but apparently 1F startup isn't fast enough); You can OD cancel the above normals (plus 5A and 5B) and then instant block your opponent's drive grab; If your OD is active and you're at 8 magatama, you can hop Agito into a Yukikaze and buffer an Astral as you land (it will catch it); If your OD isn't active and you hit your opponent's Yuki with a hop Agito, you have enough time to do an OD after you land and ignore the Yukikaze damage. Mostly useless circumstantial stuff, but I guess if you want to blow someone's mind online, you can always try it.

Random highly situational trivia: if you do OD while next to Ragna when he's waking up, he'll say "INFERNO DIVIDER" before the animation of the move starts. So it's like a complicated pause button if you are insecure about your read.

If that happens, I'm most likely gonna drop out of the game completely. I can't really afford a yearly subscription to two fighting game series (since they'll likely pull the same thing with Xrd). Not to mention it'll kill the small local scene I have here. I kinda get it when they had to do it in the PS2 era, but it's really pushing it these days. I love ASW, but my wallet and I can only tolerate so much. They could at least make it a DLC expansion or something.

GGs to Verimeloni. Hopefully I'll catch you for a longer session next time.

https://twitter.com/Kurushii/status/507209594931015680 OK, I'm sold on the character.

And now that Arc Revo has come and gone, we saw 0 Zato players (top tier) and 2 Potemkins (bottom tier), one of which took a spot in Top 8. GG's tiers are far more forgiving at highest level play. They'll probably annoy you at lower level play, though. Of course, we saw a bunch of Fausts, so it's not like tiers don't matter. It's not just as bad if you want to be a low tier hero.

I know, there's Venom, then there's Robo-Ky spam and whatnot. I'm just generally worried because this is a character equipped with guns, rather than having other weapons and heavy ranged options as a gimmick (like having cueballs but essentially fighting with a stick). I'll probably be proven wrong, but it's just a small concern I have.

Nah, it's not about top tier, it's just certain match-ups being pointless. I'd guess a Murakumo-styled ranged character in GG would neuter Potemkin, for example.

I seriously hope she's not a ranged character in the same way the Murakumo units in BlazBlue are. That will make me sad. GG always managed to keep ranged options in check.

Yea, I just realized this myself. Doesn't sound too bad in any case. Wonder what other stuff we'll buy with currency? Maybe sunglasses for the entire cast?

I generally think unlocking characters is an outdated concept for fighting games, but it's not a deal-breaker for me. I was gonna play the story mode anyway.