GlassMan

So, I've come to the conclusion that the recent BlazBlue game is finally the 2D fighter I really want to put some time in to try to be at least semi-decent with, but I'm having trouble picking who I should try learning. In Extend, I really liked using Hazama, since he felt fairly well-balanced while still having a bit of a gimmick to him (And his ability to endlessly annoy my younger brother was definitely a plus,) but I've been thinking of changing things up a bit for CP. Since I got the game a few weeks back, I've been thinking of maining Kokonoe since playing her's been fun on a bun, but I've heard she's wicked-overpowered. Would it still be worth learning her?

Well, it seems that the verdict here's that I can't count to 4. Also, on a more relevant note, I guess I should get to playing some BlazBlue online, then. I do want to stray a bit from the Ragna safe-zone that I seem to have, so I'll likely take some time to try that out this weekend. Thank you guys for the relatively quick response! I'm looking forward to improving, and eventually becoming a bit more active here.

Within the past five years, I've bought many great fighting games, such as Super Street Fighter IV, BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend, Skullgirls, and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, and since I'm now the only one who plays my PS3 at my place, I've finally had a chance to play them all. I've grown up mostly on 3D fighters like the Soul Calibur games or Dragon Ball Z fighters, but I wanted to get into 2D fighters more for whatever dumb reason. I picked up Street Fighter fairly easily, and while I was one of the people who had trouble in vanilla SFIV's Seth fight (On the easiest difficulty, no less!), I eventually overcame my frustrations once Super rolled out. I've gotten to the point where I mostly play as Cody and Hakan, and I don't have too much of a hard time beating Arcade Mode on Normal. I've gotten to the point where I'm still not necessarily great at most fighters I play, but at least I've got the system mechanics for a few of them down, and when I get over my crippling autism that forces me to mash buttons, I can usually win Arcade fairly consistently at those, as well. But now it feels like I'm not necessarily improving that much. I realize that playing against all sorts of people can help me out, but I'm very much afraid of trying out the online modes in Street Fighter, BlazBlue, and Skullgirls. The only fighter I've been playing a lot of recently has been Guilty Gear, but since I play it on the PSP, there's no way for me to do things online, at least as far as I can tell. Since I've got basically no one to consistently play against (The only person I play BlazBlue against is somehow worse than I am, and they've been a fan longer,) I'm wondering if there's still ways for me to improve my playing, to maybe clear Arcade on a higher difficulty or start playing a bit better on the rare occasions I do have a human opponent. So I have a few questions: 1. Would it be worth trying online mode out for certain games, just to get a grasp on how human players perform? I know that I can't necessarily ask people over matchmaking for advice on certain things, such as what I could do differently to stop my face from becoming a heavybag, but would it still be worth trying a few online matches and seeing how it goes? 2. Would it be better off for me to try just learning one game to get better at than having four+ on my plate? I'd love to get moderately good at all of them, but would it just be better to drop the games that would more be "dead weight" and try to get better at current/more popular games? 3. For some of these games, would it be better if I ditched the PS3 controllers and used a third-party setup like a fightstick? 4. Have the countless hours I've dedicated to 3D fighters (And I mean countless, since I'm not good at maths.) perhaps somewhat hampered my ability to learn the systems and playstyles in 2D games? I'm sorry if this seems like a waste of time (Or a waste of an account, for that matter.) But after realizing that I have four fighting games I really enjoy playing, and I'm mediocre at all of them, I'm just looking for a few ways to improve. You can yell at me for being a stupid newbie all you'd like, and I'm certain this post is probably incredibly redundant.