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Go ahead and keep posting changes here, but let's take the character change discussion to their respective boards. General system changes can be discussed here.

What little info we have now: 6H wallbounces. Slide Head gives ground bounce with normal knockdown. No OTG pickups, FRC to combo. j.S causes ground bounce on air hit. Mega Fist causes knockdown.

We're all chomping at the bit for any information we can get our hands on, I wouldn't worry about Robo-Ky being left out.

Air Michael Sword didn't exist before as far as I'm aware. There's no matchup information because no one gave a shit before now.

Don't know what you mean by default ones. These are the files in the game - this is how they are rendered. Even the "still" images (for characters besides Hakumen, Arakune, etc.) are actually built off the base and various expression files. Aside from characters that are never animated, there are no pre-built images.

We lose the loop but there's still an unblockable there, so that's cool. Also hnnngh that combo.

Stick with Axl (who has real counters and sweet air combos) or try Testament (who has real counters, sweet traps, great air combos, and can get in).

Stop panicking. We don't know how long Slide Head is untechable for. You may still have time to get across the screen while they bounce, especially with the FRC to speed up your recovery and let you go straight into Hammerfall. If the opponent is clear across the screen: you're Potemkin, deal with it. Do another Slide Head. You've got options. Speaking of options, do you realize the cool shit this new Slide Head could give us? I'm guessing not. Also, Judge Gauntlet feint. Really, you can't see the usefulness in that? Just having that option will scare off some of the JG punishes. If they run in and mash jabs, cancel and Buster. If they go airborne to avoid it, cancel and Heat. If they clear outta town, cancel and get back to business. It makes JG useful as more than just a hail mary. Please, remain calm. Let the loketests do their thing.

Believe it or not, Hazama's actually a pretty unique character. What do you like about his playstyle?

I blame anime.

Millia has everything you want. Zoning, rushdown, gdlk oki. Give her a shot. Might also try Venom.

The standard they showed looked more or less like the old one, so maybe FB Fafnir will be made more awesome. Dunno until we get more footage.

Stop derailing.

Sol didn't lose FB Fafnir. He just has two Fafnirs now, and Chipp still has his FB off of 41236K.

Guys, this IS the next GG.

It's a loketest, if it looks broken in actual play they still have time to change it. Don't freak out over this first batch of changes.

Execution and patience.

Everyone's getting buffs, it's the GG way.

Well everyone has good defensive options and big damage off single combos (except maybe Bridget, but that could change). Solid footsies/neutral and resets are fun... any of the assassins, any of the holy order... actually you're gonna have to narrow this down, we're talking about GG here.

That's how you should always handle loketests, yes.

Normal Sidewinder still exists, the FB version is an extra. Sure seems to. Also, if someone else can confirm: during Faust's segment, when he throws the dumbbell, Zappa is crouching while it's airborne, but then seems to stand back up before it hits. I'm wondering if that's part of his normal ducking/blocking animation, and if so, is dumbbell an overhead?

If you're gonna post a change list, make sure every change you're listing hasn't already been listed.

From the looks of it, each special move takes off about the same amount of Charge Gauge. But the "red health" drains much slower than normal, and that's what determines your actual charge level. So you can get more Level 3/Level 2 attacks into a combo, but afterward it'll drain all the way to nothing.

PV with annotations regarding the changes. If anything's missing let me know.

These are the changes for the upcoming loctest.