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SoulCalibur VI |OT| A Tale Eternally Retold
- Thread starter SolVanderlyn
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The devs have already commented that the matchmaking isn't working as intended (a fix is coming), but it's definitely annoying. I'm currently a C5 and will get matched up with G and F-rank players, along with the occasional Sapling rank. I don't think those matches are fun for anyone.
Meanwhile, I'll fight the same 3-4 C rank players over and over again during the course of an hour or so. These repeated matches also aren't that fun, win or lose.
Nightmare is actually one of the slowest characters in the game. It's really just a matter of knowing what he can do and when. The best way to find counter strats is to play the character yourself for a day or two. You'll quickly learn when he can be stepped, interrupted, ducked, etc. The character isn't bad by any means, but a lot of his strats don't hold up in higher level play. Sieg on the other hand... he's borderline top tier IMO.
From what I've been told, she needs this. Hopefully it's either intended, or Namco just leaves it in.
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Most Nightmare players aren't an issue once you learn the match up. I've been matched up against the #1 Nightmare several times over the past few days. I've won most of the sets, and while I don't know exactly how he feels, he no longer rematches me.
As a somewhat decent Xianghua player, I agree. I have a much harder time against Siegfred than Nightmare in 6. I played botg characters over the previous games so i know them a bit, but I agree that Nightmare from 6 is not his most op form.
As a Xiaghua player the most difficult character to face is imo Seung Mina presently.
I played against quite a few and I cannot consistently win, even though I now know her moves better thn before. She can be almost as fast as X And can pop me from afar quite fast too (and also I dont know why she is one the hardest char for me to read moves on reaction, I often end up freezing in guard when she is pressuring strong)
Might actually start to learn Mina just for scientific purposes ^^
As a X main and Mina sub, Mina can be bullied pretty hard with X because of her speed. It's been said before but Mina is pretty damn slow and she's in trouble once someone gets in on her. Every time I fight a Mina, I just poke them till they get scared and mash a basic AAA or BBB string which are easy to aGI for a LH. The better ones will catch on though and end their strings early. SC Mina is a different story though. That's when she's really scary.
I feel you. Gonna have to take a break from that as I miss the action in Sc
My issue with Mina is actually getting in kill range ^^ once im pressing and in her face I can manage, the problem for me is I have a harder time getting close, Mina players manage to keep me at bay more easily than other long range chars, maybe cause shes faster too. I really have to use my fastest moves when Im away to be able to get close.
Anyway getting wrecked tonight lol, I knew I shouldnt play when I passzd by the pub to meet some friends afterwork^^ but at least I keep learning, fell against a Raphael that really knew his moves, it was quite nice to see even if I was on the receiving end ^^
X can dance under Mina's best keep out move 6A since it's a high. Pain in the ass when I'm playing Mina, her mid horizontal moves aren't that great for covering people's approach.
Character dependant for me. I use them on Astaroth and Mina who both get a lot off their vertical options. Rarely use it on Ivy, she doesn't seem to get much off of it.. but I could be wrong.
Matchmaking is not working as intended at the moment. Sometimes you'll have instant, back to back matches, other times you'll wait 10 minutes or more. There's a patch coming to fix that, but right now you can improve it by backing out after you wait 2-3 minutes to reset the search.
I very rarely use it, and I generally punish people who use it frequently. It's a very good defensive tool, and saves a lot of novice players, but unless you're skilled, I don't think it's a good mechanic.
You know, I try my best to think strategically and carefully plan out my attacks, mixing up highs and lows, horizontal and vertical, throw vs attack etc. But I just lost ten in a row.
Just to make sure that I'm the worst player online, I then got my wife who's never played the game to give it a try. Wouldn't you know it, she button mashed her way to victory against two different opponents in a row.
It really feels like this game rewards reckless attacking.
Just to make sure that I'm the worst player online, I then got my wife who's never played the game to give it a try. Wouldn't you know it, she button mashed her way to victory against two different opponents in a row.
It really feels like this game rewards reckless attacking.
Most fighting games do when both players are at a low level. Good defense doesn't exist at that level, so offense becomes that much stronger.
So am I not supposed to try and play the game right? Should I just mash? It seems to be working for everyone else against me.
It works for them until they fight someone who knows how to defend and punish them for attacking recklessly. You can join them and mash, or learn how to defend/punish them and rise above it.
Oh, I do lots of blocking but then when I try to counter attack I get stuffed by the next reckless attack.
Blocking doesn't mean good defense, it just means you're blocking. If you counter attack and it gets stuffed it means you don't know how to defend/punish correctly.
Sounds like you don't actually know when you can attack. You can block, couch, gi, sidestep, re, use auto-gi moves...
If you're losing to people mashing, it's your bad, not theirs. You just don't know what you're doing as well as you think you do.
If they were reckless attacks, they wouldn't be working. They'd get punished for it.
Not all attacks are created equally. Some attacks are faster, some slower, some give advantage when blocked, others are safe, and others still are completely unsafe if you use a fast enough attack to punish.
Just blocking at random isn't any better than attacking at random. To become a better player you need to know what attack you're blocking and what kind of situation it leaves the opponent in. Is the attack advantage when blocked? If so, that means it's not your turn unless you can predict a vertical is coming and step it, or a high is coming and duck it, or something similar.
Were you close to ranking down at all? I don't think I've seen anyone rank down, so I'm curious if it's even possible.
Nope. It feels like you have to lose over a dozen matches, and that's if you have JUST reached a new rank. I got a good chunk of what I lost back with the next win too.
Keep consistently getting matched up with teabaggers who go for nothing but ring outs. And while it would normally be infuriating (and definitely is in a lot of cases) it's also led to some of the most satisfying wins I've ever gotten.
Tonight's was at least a decent enough person to not go for ringouts (though the stage may have also had something to do with it), but was still taunting plenty. It's just that moment where they go from constantly teabagging to suddenly losing in the most easily avoidable way possible that really connects with me...
Tonight's was at least a decent enough person to not go for ringouts (though the stage may have also had something to do with it), but was still taunting plenty. It's just that moment where they go from constantly teabagging to suddenly losing in the most easily avoidable way possible that really connects with me...
She's not. Even in sc2 in her most powerful form she wasn't way too good.
Jer, mitsu is fucking sweet right now.
Took me like 3 weeks to get the knack of his new shit but god damn I don't think I will ever bitch about them taking them away 2kb goodness now that I have 1bb or 236[k]. Jaeger has shown me the light. His mixup game is so fucking strong once you get a good read on your opponent. I will miss sc2/sc3 mitsu but sc6 mitsu I'm liking a lot more than sc4/5 mitsu.
You can disagree all you want, but calling for nerfs a month after the game is out sounds like a you problem.
Shes good. Not way too good. Not broken or op.
I think that the best, A tier characters right now are Ivy, Mina, Siegfried, Yoshimitsu and Azwel. I don´t see them escaping a few nerfs in the first balance patch. Nightmare will probably also be nerfed, even if I think he isn´t as strong as the ones I listed.
Raphael. He's very strong too. Him, Siegfried and Ivy are my worst ennemies! Never encountered a good Yoshimitsu yet, and I'm in D rank.
One of the best SC5 players, whoaazz (never sure how to spell that), picked up Raph, too.
He seems super strong for sure.
He's one a tourney or two and I feel the same. His punish game is sick.
What's wrong with Ring Outs?
What platform are you playing on?
That Hulk is amazing lol.After all the negative comments I heard about the character creator I was expecting to hate it, but there's actually a lot of stuff I wouldn't have been able to make in V.
I can't believe there's so few Voldo players online. In at least a ten or so hours of Casual and Ranked matches so far, I've fought one other Voldo player.
I mean....have you SEEN Voldo? :p. He looks....he's clearly an acquired taste.
Just finished Libra of Souls. Starts of boring and slow but after a few hours it starts getting addictive and has a pretty good pace. Had a ton of fun with it!