I actually think it's a good exercise for anyone, as it pretty much requires you to be able to make some reads and make adjustments depending on how your opponent is acting in a way that may not always happen with other characters.
And if he was to just play the game with the dumbest grapplers, he would end up playing something like Vanguard Princess or Aquapazza (that is, if he ever found someone else to play with). Examu in particular seems to have a tendency for making that archetype really stupid in their games.
It's no coincidence that a beastly grappler like Bella cribs some stuff from Kira in AH3. If you've ever played her you know why grappler must be kept in control.
I get to advanced when the idea of when to push what buttons is second nature to me. I have to be able to play all of the character's basics without thinking so I can concentrate on my opponent.
Sounds about right. I can always tell right away when someone is advanced. Third Strike fights in particular are giving me a rough time with all the advanced players knowing their characters to a tee lol.
So Ed Boon kinda teasing about GGPO for mkx? Oh my god, anything would be better than what it is now. Tyler Lansdown said we're getting an announcement tomorrow.
You'd think so, but proper application of GGPO takes a lot of work. SG's online didn't really reach it's best state until more than a year after it's launch. Mike worked on the netcode practically every single day after the PC release in particular (lobbies and general bugfixes were also issues). Iron Galaxy and Capcom also had rocky starts with 3SOE and SFxT that initially did a lot of damage to the reputation of rollback netcode. KI seems to be the only game that got it right from the start from what I've heard.
This is the highest quality of bait. Even I'll nibble on it. Do it, Boon.
Does MKX have cross-play?
We haven't even crossed rollback netcode as regular feature yet. Crossplay as a standard will be one of the last great features added to the genre. Can't wait for Capcom to kickstart the movement.
Wish Capcom would hire Mike Z to fix Iron Galaxy's shit
Which "shit" in particular? If we had to hire him for anything I'd send him to ASW so we can get competent GGPO using ports of +R, UNIEL, Melty, Arcana Heart and BB. ASW really has got themselves quite a catalog with potential.
I can't stand characters with a bug aesthetic. Same reason I won't play Arakune (aside from his high execution and that, he's perfect for me). Bugs are just gross. :-/
It's too bad Goro isn't even vaguely interesting, since I like his aesthetic.
Q.Bee is pretty neat and her real eyes are a neat surprise for anyone just hearing about her.
if mxk gets ggpo then what will asw excuse be? both games run on ue3 too.
Their excuse is they don't give a flying fuck what anyone else is doing.