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Picked Amane. Not sure if that was the best idea as a total beginner to the series (and these kinda games in particular), but I just didn't want to play Ragna, Jin or Noel cos apparently "everyone" plays them. Still learning bnb's and I haven't had a chance to play offline yet.

Thanks for the quick replies. I might just import the new BB then, as I really want to play arc games again, and sadly the online population is one of the biggest selling points for me. (barely anyone plays those games offline here). Never imported anything before, so that's going to be a new experience for me as well lol. edit: nvm didn't think it would be that expensive to buy a game that has already been out for a while, think I'll just wait for EU or US release ;>

Any point in getting into BBCS:EX now or would some other arc game like P4U be a better bet for me? Haven't heard about any EU release dates yet which worries me a bit. I do own BBCS:EX for the Xbox, but back when I played it for a while it didn't seem to have players online, so I thought that I could give it another shot on the PS3 side instead.

Wow I'm amazed how many have replied, thanks for your comments! I've done that, and ended up learning a lot of new stuff! I probably don't remember everything since there's so many new things but it has certainly helped me. I'm aware that you're able cancel pretty much anything in this game (compared to SF for example) and it'll probably be harder to actually come up with stuff that doesn't cancel into other moves. I'm not sure if the speed of my execution is the problem though, it often feels like I would be inputting stuff too fast since the moves wont come out at all. I just got to practice more. So far I've used the "block after first hit" option in training mode, but I've also tried the recovery options like quick, random and the others. Didn't know that the combo text changes color from red to blue though, that's a nice thing to know! Can't wait to get home to continue my practice sessions. I'm still unsure on who I should choose as a main character though, not sure if I like the constant D charging when playing Tsubaki...

Sorry that's what I meant I'm still getting used to the new notations lol. But here's another one 6A > 5CC > 6BB > 22C > 6C > 236C > 214B > 22B. On the wiki it says that it should do [2271 damage] damage but I usually end up getting around 1600. I think it's something to do with the last 3 moves, I'm not sure how to time the 214B after 236C. Also just to clarify, for example 6BB, does it mean that you press 6+B then (5/neutral)B, or are you supposed to hold down 6 and input BB in a rapid succession?

Hmm I spend pretty much the whole evening yesterday practicing 2 bnb combos and I thought I got the hang of them but I guess not...the timing is really really strict then, I don't think there's even a point for me to try to them in a match, rather just do specials. Ooooor then swap to Noel and roll my face on the stick for instant profit. >.<

Okay well currently playing with Tsubaki, and I wanted to ask if there's anything you can do to stop your enemy from escaping/recovering from your combos before they're over? I get them in training mode but as soon as I go play against a real enemy they escape in the middle of the combo. Am I missing something here? (Currently stuck on Hazama last boss of arcade mode for 2 hours since I don't have any combos that would keep him still for longer than a second which means that I get hit way too much and end up dying constantly)

New BB player, new "anime" fighting game player and a new Tsubaki player here wondering what I'm doing wrong with the BnB combos which I seem to get in training mode but as soon as I go play against CPU's they just recover or escape somehow before the combo is over. (Example combo in corner: throw > 236C > 214C > 22B > 6B > 236236A) Same happens with every combo that I've found on the wiki and on other places. I'm currently trying to beat Hazama (last boss in arcade mode) but because I don't have any longer combos that could keep him still for longer than a second I end up getting hit from him way to much edit: I did not have any problems with combos with Noel for example, and I could even mash out random moves and got much longer combos which gave me an easy victory.

I just paid 40€ for the limited edition since it was the only copy of the game that I found in Finland. A bit of a salty price, but I don't wanna start waiting 1-2 weeks for it to ship here from other countries. Now trying to figure out who to main, probably going for Noel or the girl whos name starts with K and has a shield and a sword of some sort. :>

Heh yeah I live in Europe. One can only hope that the game wont be dead before it's even released here lol. Anyway, I think you're right and that's how I usually think myself as well, it's just that the amount of hate messages towards Noel came as a surprise for me which made me wonder. Thanks for the advice!

Hello everyone! Registered here today mostly cos of my interest towards the upcoming Persona 4 Arena game, but I'm now also thinking about picking up the newest BlazBlue (the extended version). My question is which character to pick? Some background: I played BB:CT years ago, but only for like 10-15 hours before trading the game away so I can't say I have much experience in the series. While I did play the game I mostly played Noel as I liked her style and her name is pretty much the female version of my own name Joel (lol best reason ever). However after reading a few threads here and over on shoryuken.com I noticed that there are lots of people disliking Noel for some reason, I think one of them is the fact that she is an easily accessible character with somewhat easy combos etc. (How can this be a reason to hate someone? ) This has lead me to thinking about switching to another character, but am not sure if I should just fuck everyone in the eye and continue with my Noel or be a nice guy and focus on something more likable? I've never played any other anime fighters either, so it's not like there would be any specific type of style that I'd like. I'm open for pretty much anything but Ragna and grappler characters. If it helps, in SF4 I usually play Juri, sometimes Cammy and in Soul Calibur I play Pyrrha or Hilde. Thanks!