half_silver28

wish I could have shown up, but I haven't had time to practice lately, and calling off saturdays from work is difficult. I'll try to make it out next time. Expect some noobish Blazblue play

Oh, I forgot. Relius also seems very good to me. His mixups and pressure make me feel right at home after playing P4A for so long

just recently picked up BBCP, I want to get a bit more serious about the game after being a more casual player of Extend. The first step is obviously choosing a main. I generally like faster characters who can easily rush in and put on the pressure/mixups/oki. I do also like my characters to have some ranged options, either with longer-ranged attacks or projectiles. And of course, I'm not very good at execution and don't have a TON of time to put into the game, so ease of use is a big factor. I mained Cammy in SF4, Chie in P4A, and Millia in GG, and am definitely comfortable with them. Characters I may want to use: Jin - I don't personally like him that much, but he's got an easy time pressuring, is fast, and seems to be pretty good at everything Noel - this is who I "mained" in Extend. She's definitely changed, but she's still got everything I want in a character. But I kind of fear my habit of mashing might return if I go with her Bang - the only thing that I don't like about Bang is his finite and small amount of nails he gets for each round. Otherwise he's the aggressive type of char I like. Nu - yes she's obviously outside of what I look for in a character, but I think maining her could be useful for learning how to fight at a range and actually be patient in fights. though I don't know how hard her combos are Platinum - I wouldn't have considered her in Extend, but it seems like she's gotten easier to use. Azrael - I don't really like the guy, but I can't deny his in-your-face playstyle is appealing to me Terumi - I hear from some people that he isn't very good, but he seems like a char I'd like to use. Huge meter gain, huge damage potential from distortions. sounds good to me suggestions would be appreciated : )

Thanks for all the advice guys! Well first of all, I was never too serious about my GG play. I was basically just playing it for fun, and I probably would've gotten blown up by that player no matter which character I played. I'll probably still play it on occasion and go back to my original main, Millia. As for switching games often, that's just something that gonna happen with me. I like to play a wide variety of games, fighters included. At the moment though, I'm dedicating much of my gaming time to P4A. I suppose I should just put more effort into training mode and really get those important combos down, doing them 10 times in a row like you suggested. And definitely working on hitconfirms and blocking. And yeah, I'll definitely try borrowing a stick the next time I'm at the arcade to play. I'll probably pass on the Injustice stick and just buy one from the arcade if I really want one (it'll probably be cheaper too). Online play is still pretty tough on me. I could probably stand to stay away from the horrid lagfest known as P4A Ranked (there are better things for me to do then try to improve that meaningless big letter next to my name), but I'm still gonna get salty. I want my opponent to be there in person to talk to, not some random guy hiding behind a screen.

thanks for replying! I play with an Afterglow PS3 controller (the left analog and D-pad are switched). It's honestly served me pretty well aside from the aforementioned low blocking issue (and it doesn't destroy my thumb). I could definitely experiment at the arcade (they have sticks available to borrow), but maybe one of those fighter pads would be an option too. Probably the most infuriating thing is when I actually start to get off a combo, and then randomly Power Charge and screw it up when I SWEAR that I didn't do 236 twice. I guess I just have to play/practice more, but I'm impatient as hell and get bored of training within minutes - I'd rather fight someone. But I also get incredibly salty when playing online and usually ragequit. It's a brutal cycle. I need to make more time to go out and play in person.

I'm fairly new to anime-style fighters and obviously just signed up for this site. I've got a bunch of questions mostly relating to P4A (and BBCP, which I'll definitely be picking up when its out). Before that though, I'll give you a long-winded story that you can just ignore and skip to the numbered questions if you want. My first fighter was classic SFII when I was like 7. I basically just spammed random things and got beat by the kid down the street. In 2002/3 I loved playing smash bros Melee and Soul Calibur 2. For years I actually did toy with getting better at them, but I could never wavedash correctly and SC2 was always a distant second. Fastforward to 2008 and I suddenly get interested in fighters again. I was in college and had no money, so I was reduced to emulated Street Fighter games on keyboard (protip: never do this). Then after college I finally got a PS3... and the fight was on. I bought MvC3 and SFAE initially, and BBCSE a bit later. I tried to get good at MvC3 as my first serious attempt at fighting: it was awful. I simply fail to wrap my head around any fighter with assists and literally do most of my damage when down to one character. That's why my purchase of Skullgirls never amounted to anything. I sold MvC3 and continue to hate it for preventing better fighters from getting more popular. I got pretty decent at SFAE, maining Cammy, but I just sort of lost interest when I started playing other games. As for CS Extend, I never really tried to get good at it, never picked a main and sold it the second I heard about CP. My first venture into the fighting game community was for Smash Bros Brawl. Yep. I found out about the arcade near me (a freaking awesome place) and went to some Brawl tournaments there. I mained Zero Suit Samus and never did well. I'm already starting to lose interest despite a tournament being held this weekend. And now, thanks to a recent Persona obsession in which I played P4 and P3, I'm trying to legitimately play P4A. I was trying to learn GG for a period, but I'm not sure if I want to go on with it after being embarrassed by a Jam player on a tournament stream (I played May btw, who I realize now is a horrible main for me, as I suck with charge characters). For P4A, I settled on Chie as she's a powerful character that doesn't require a whole lot of complicated knowledge or inputs to do. I am managing to go toe-to-toe with some of the better players in my region, and I did make top 8 at a tournament last week (I think I just got a favorable draw). That said there are a lot of things I think that are preventing me from getting better and taking games off of those top players. The thursday fight nights at the arcade also introduced me to Chaos Code, which is one of the most fun fighters I've ever played. I'm not that good at it though, I basically just play a basic Rui, and I don't own the game or know a lot about the system yet. If it got a US release though, I'd be ALL over it. For right now though, P4A is my sole focus until Injustice comes out (Raven clinched it for me) and holding out for CP. I was thinking of trying out Arcana Heart 3 too. 1. yes questions, finally. Should I get a stick? Most of my input issues come from my awful mashing tendencies - I'll try to do B Skull Cracker and get B Power Charge... and you all know how much of a problem that can be. But I also can't block low at all in this game, which also explains why I can't beat Mitsuru for the life of me. I play pad, and I have to literally wrap my thumb around the joystick uncomfortably to block low reliably. I think a stick might make that easier. And of course if I do decide to get a stick, should I get a custom one, a cheap one or should I get the stick with a special edition Injustice pre-order? I should probably at least make an effort to learn to play on stick first, as I've proven almost horrifically bad the few times I've tried. 2. I'm awful at hitconfirming. Half the time I get a neutral ground hit with Chie, I panic and just go into auto-combo instead of knockdown oki like I know I should. It doesn't help that I mistime my oki so much. And hitting with anti-airs ever? forget it. My most common tactic is to just spam C and j.C and hope to get a hit. How do I get better at this? 3. Training mode - how do? I mostly tend to mostly just practice basic combos and oki in there. I know enough to actually do well, but I just panic too much and usually mess up my combos in actual matches. But the really good players as far as I can tell know EXACTLY what to do in training and go through the dummy settings like wildfire. 4. Typically whenever I get pushed into the corner and have to start blocking, I'm toast. Whenever I try to tech out I get reset, if I try to evasive action out I get hit, if I try to DP it either doesn't come out fast enough or I get baited. Mashing out usually gets me DPed or grabbed. Apparently I have to tech forward specifically, but I haven't gotten that down yet I guess. Ironically, I'm pretty good at blocking in the corner, just terrible at getting out. How do I not get rolled over? 5. I also am very bad at paying attention to my meter. It's fine if I'm playing SF or something, but for P4A I have to keep track of my burst, persona cards and SP meter. I'll often try to do a combo or super or something and then fail when I remember that I'm persona broken or don't have enough SP. Not to mention trying to burst when I don't have it ready. Is there some sort of trick to this? Also should I be using my burst more in combos or for defense? Or yellow bursting for meter? I feel that if I can get help with even one of these, I'll get WAY better. I hope you didn't read the story before my long-winded questions. If so, respect.