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Incitemaybe
Member
I'm absolutely terrible tonight.
But I'm learning 👊😂
But I'm learning 👊😂
I really struggled last night on level 3, managed to get to round 5 and had to stop.
Very embarrassing.
I can't ever see myself unlocking ranked mode.
Spine_Ripper
Member
Sucks being the mummy online in 3+ ffa. Everyone gangs up on you since you're too slow to dodge every grab.
SimpleCRIPPLE
Member
Just ordered the yellow joy cons off Best Buy. I'm so weak. I love this damn game.
UberTag
Member
Look for the ones with the low viewer counts. They'll be less obnoxious.
I think the heavy characters are probably more difficult to play, maybe try someone lighter and once you're better use a heavy in Grand Prix?
I'm rank 5 and I'm losing like a 5-10% of rank points per loss, so even if you lose 5 and win 1 you will still rank up
Nico_D
Member
Discord link in the OT.
JStein0222
Member
This game is better than I thought, very impressed with how hard it is. Maybe someday I'll unlock Ranked play lol
Incitemaybe
Member
Incitemaybe
Member
Byte &Barq are a bit more for someone who's familiar with the mechanics.
I will brute force it.
I will brute force it.
BurritoBushido
Member
Grand Prix is friggin brutal. Struggling way hard on difficulty 4 :/
lol yeah, it's a great title!
How are people finding the singleplayer grand prix mode? OP says it's just 10 rounds...does it feel like a punch out sort of deal or more like a tekken arcade mode? Are the fights really good and quite unique?
StarPlatinumTheWorld
Member
Oh shit, didn't expect it to be so hard.. My copy hasn't turned up yet, worried I'm going to suck haha.
Just stop attacking first. Let the AI attack first, dodge, then counter attack.
GiantBreadbug
Member
Got my yellow Joy Cons and a copy of the game at Bic, excited to get my ass kicked :^D
Gonna spend a lot of time playing offline and getting my bearings before heading online.
Gonna spend a lot of time playing offline and getting my bearings before heading online.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
This is seriously the best advice. Also:
-rock Ninjara (invincible evade, fast default arms) for a little more room.
-change arms to counter the CPU's setup
-Mummy's guard heal is too weak to make it worth it and super armor doesn't reduce damage
It is, because longer games increase your chances of getting clock pickups which extend your sessions.
freethought
Member
Amazing thread title. Hoping to pick this up today, may have to wait until next month though.
My arms are so sore. Got tilted by the end of the night, but can see I was​ making progress before my mind stopped working. A couple weeks and it should be a lot easier to throw out what I want, but actually thinking about the arms trajectory and your positioning is a lot tougher than I expected. Especially with kid Cobra, who's dash is a skill gap all its own.
BBPunjabi816
Member
Wow this game is fun and addicting. Still working my way through the Grand Prix level 4, but feel like I'm getting better at it.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
So hyped. It's arriving tomorrow but I won't get to play it till next week. Can't wait to get creamed online.
SaiyanRaoh
Member
Should one bother with this with if they have no intention on playing online. Is there enough for single player to get by?
I love fighting games but I don't do well competitively.
I love fighting games but I don't do well competitively.
Incitemaybe
Member
Took me long enough to beat the first fight on level 4 in Grand Prix (Mechanica)
Required A LOT of readjustment of my tactics. Now to die at the next fight 👊
Required A LOT of readjustment of my tactics. Now to die at the next fight 👊
I had to fight the final boss a few times before I beat him. Idk how I'm gonna get ranked either.
Right now, I would say no. Single player content is just playing grand Prix with any character and then going to unlock more arms. You can also do versus cpu or another player. If the game let you freely access the mini games that would be nice, but yeah, very very light on single player stuff.
Do you have friends to play with locally? If yes, you should buy it as a party game. If no, then wait until more of the free DLC drops before deciding.
donkey show
Member
Was learning Byte & Barq while dabbling in ranked finally and was getting my butt handed to me. Channeled my inner Mr. Yabuki, switched to Twintelle, and went on a lovely streak in ranked. Parasols are my anti-lamer Grabjaras. 
Also turned on my workout activity on my Apple Watch and clocked in 1085 active calories in 2 1/2 hours. Not bad.
Both my quits were when I had a significant life lead in the winning round from people that were higher rank than me (like 3 & 4). I was expecting to get the points and a message saying you won as their characters just flop and die after the disconnect like in Party Mode during the testpunch, but I just got the connection error message. My connection is pretty solid as well.
LOL people rage quit on me. I'll take my lickings, but won't intentionally cut it off if i'm losing.
Also turned on my workout activity on my Apple Watch and clocked in 1085 active calories in 2 1/2 hours. Not bad.
Both my quits were when I had a significant life lead in the winning round from people that were higher rank than me (like 3 & 4). I was expecting to get the points and a message saying you won as their characters just flop and die after the disconnect like in Party Mode during the testpunch, but I just got the connection error message. My connection is pretty solid as well.
LOL people rage quit on me. I'll take my lickings, but won't intentionally cut it off if i'm losing.
Hahah
Incitemaybe
Member
Well you can save your progress through GrandPrix, awesome
Also this replay feature with slow mo and different angles is actually helping me learn where I was hasty or slow to react or did a bad read. Very cool.
Also this replay feature with slow mo and different angles is actually helping me learn where I was hasty or slow to react or did a bad read. Very cool.
Party mode is online but separate from the competitive stuff.
There are modes there that help newbies to defeat even good players
DangerMouse
Member
Yeah, got in some time on it and I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with this for a while, but I wish we got that.