BladeOfJustice7

@king of hearts, Valentine is the strongest character in the game?! o_O If you really mean that, those are some hefty words, I know she's very strong for sure, but I find it hard to believe she's the strongest character in the game lol.

Is this Beak Driver: http://www.famitsu.com/images/000/056/468/l_53b3c6d506cf7.jpg Is this his projectile he only has access to in Overture when he's in his Install state: http://www.famitsu.com/images/000/056/468/l_53b3c6d68fe3f.jpg If so, I'm surprised they made it into an OD, nor does he looks like he's in an Install state. Still hoping for Big Beak Driver to jack up people's guard gauges lol. Sad we didn't get to see what his RTL looks like.

*Can't resist SNK/KOF pun* .... Are you, *OK*?! But real talk, where's the scans though? I thought we would get them by tonight, I wanted to see 2.5D Beak Driver, and meat buns in the middle of matches...

It's also a reference to his Likes: "His Raging Appetite". Makes sense, I can only imagine the memes and jokes that will come about from this character once he hits NA. I hope his goofy eating habits are balanced out by his awesome specials and supers, if they are anything like his Overture move set. Slightly off topic; do you guys think Testament and Raven play too similarly to one another, with the whole "status effect and traps" playstyle?

I think it's worth testing out honestly, maybe someone going to AX could see if it works or not. I don't think would do it if it couldn't work, if only Roi didn't burst....

Why not gold burst? I can't see why you shouldn't take advantage of your opponents recoiled state in that manner.

Is this what you mean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doQ4nBOPitY&t=153

Ain had some interesting ideas with BS, and Roi had a very interesting reaction to his ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doQ4nBOPitY#t=153 Can you BS bursts btw?

Sometimes riot stamp can go right through his stance, i've seen ti occasionally and it's not something to be abused, but ti is an occasional option

^Now that I had a chance to read that, good article, can't wait to hit training mode and do a lot of testing experimentation.

I took one look at Byakuya, and I knew he was some sort of sociopathic shounen highschooler. That adorable young face of his combined with that boyish cute hair style, is the face and appearance is that of a sociopathic murderer if anime has taught me anything. He seems to be trap oriented, the Testament/Rachel of UNiB I guess. I like his spider theme, very slick.

Millia looks good in this iteration of the game, but I feel like half of her plethora of moves (both normals and specials) are useless now. And her only really good moves are the ones she uses for combos after a mixup or the moves that start up her combos and then into mixup. And is it that Chrome Rose is useless or people are still experimenting with it?

ftfy Max only really plays Capcom games, and KI. Anything that's not within that category is played for a bit then dropped, forever. If he does have a secret project, then he should work with GG Bits, only if he intends to get real serious with Xrd and the GG community/scene.

Ky is a bit more difficult to play since you can't be balls deep on your opponent at all times, so yeah like everyone has already said, he really teaches you how to improve your fundamentals and spacing. But his combos are incredibly easy to pull off, doesn't take much training honestly, except his more advanced combos like his VT loops, both mid and corner ones. Otherwise very easy combos to make up for his slightly more complex playstyle than Sol. Sol is easier to play and have fun with compared to Ky, but his optimal combos are much more complex than Ky, whether it's Dustloops or Sidewinder Loops, requires a lot of training and getting used to pulling them off. So take from that what you will.

Play the latest version of GG, Accent Core + R. It's out on both box and ps3 now. It should allow you to get acclimated with how the game works as well as it's mechanics.

Your posts are always appreciated elven. You're the bright Xrd light a midst all these gloomy wall of texts. It's not the GG wanted, not even the GG we needed, but the GG that is necessary. And it's willing to be the -SIGN- that the world needs it to be. We shall chase it, harass it, bash it. And we'll continue to do so, because we know it can take it.[/end comic book quotes] Naw but seriously, it's nice to see someone enjoy the game this much and is one of the top players in all of Japan. It gets people like me excited, and it's way more encouraging since you've been playing so long, you're like a voice for OG players who were/are looking for something new, and encouraging newer players that investing in Xrd will still be a good entry point for them into the GG franchise. Without calling Xrd a fake scrubby version of GG. Much appreciated, and continue with your 12th Dan RR Faust

Going off what Titanium said: I've actually gone out of my way to limit my use of FB's because, at least Ky's are so strong that it makes me lazy. Why practice my FRC's for CSE when I could simply do his FB projectile for the same meter use? When Xrd was first announced and it was stated that FB's were gone, I was asking myself how am I going to optimize my pressure strings to punish mashers without his FB's??? So, to me those sort of changes are a good thing, now I actually limit my sue of FB's to about once a match, otherwise I've been forcing myself to make use of my FRC's in matches. But I'm just a Ky user, I'm sure other characters have even better FB's than Ky's, like Eddie (at least in AC).

I can attest to this.

@AllyOfJustice, not to fuel the fire of this, but are you comparing BB's IK's to GG's Supers? Wouldn't it make more sense to compared Astral's to Instant Kills? That's some flawed logic, IK'S/Astrals are MADE to be flashy, supers are just made to look cool and are more practical, IK's/Astrals are made to be hella flashy so people will go out of their way to execution them and get empire swag wins. I really don't think he's trolling, but we're not all the same age here, so we all have different ways of seeing and perceiving the world around us, or a video game franchise we all love. No offense to anyone. I hope we get a trailer with new alternate DLC outfits and new characters/modes soon enough. I thought Daisuke would give us a fresh trailer or something like I said before, but wtv. My main is in the game I can't complain lol.

I was just hoping for a new trailer along with a sneak peak preview of 2.5 Beak Driver and Mist Finer. I guess not

WhiteMan, Ask if we can finally record offline matches? For God's sake, people have been asking for this for years, and yet we still go unheard when ti comes to this issue...

@Dai, so that's 6pm EST right?

Eh-sama once again thank you for the write ups. Do you think we can use majority of these matchup write ups you have and apply them to Xrd, Do you have any advice on improving one's airthrows, to keep people afraid of jumping/;leaving the corner? I have been trying to work on that this last month, but not clear consistent results. Does anyone have advice for dealing with Robo-Ky?

I've always been a one character per game type of person, but since the cast is limited and those who have always played GG have some sort of leverage. I've gone to great lengths to develop a sub in Flaming-Dive-Kicks-R-Us, he looks hella fun. And with show much I intend to play this game, having a sub (or two) will keep the game fresh and fun for me. Also I think the balancing is pretty damn good, but some characters lost more from the removal of FBs than others, and some characters didn't get enough utility from their new moves to overcome these loses, examples like Slayer and Potemkin (among his nerfs). He played a nasty Testament during AC too.

GGs to everyone tonight, it was awesome.