Yeah I guess Kan Ra is facing the other way but I busted out laughing when I first saw it.
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Killer Instinct Season 2 |OT| It's international RIPTOOOOORRRRRR day.
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Yeah I guess Kan Ra is facing the other way but I busted out laughing when I first saw it.
Troubled Bat
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Holy shit at that ender! xD Very unexpected for Aganos. 
Also, seeing Kan-Ra in his retro during that intro made me enjoy it more.
Also, seeing Kan-Ra in his retro during that intro made me enjoy it more.
He's so damn tiny against him.
Wow, one of the best sounding musical ultra's of the season. It has defined beats, which sound more in line with the S1 characters Rhythm. Might become a favorite.
Kan-Ra's Classic Mummy Alt looks much better animated; I'm impressed with how decayed his face looks. Yay for uneven details!
That People's Elbow... I wanna see how it blows away a grounded opponent before I really comment, but it's a pretty nice animation, for sure. Love it when characters have Ultra Enders I actually wanna see, that have solid OOMPH to them.
I hope they continue to leak little teases to Aganos over this week; it'll make the wait more interesting. Been a while since we've seen Max show us pre-release higher-level matches...
Kan-Ra's Classic Mummy Alt looks much better animated; I'm impressed with how decayed his face looks. Yay for uneven details!
That People's Elbow... I wanna see how it blows away a grounded opponent before I really comment, but it's a pretty nice animation, for sure. Love it when characters have Ultra Enders I actually wanna see, that have solid OOMPH to them.
I hope they continue to leak little teases to Aganos over this week; it'll make the wait more interesting. Been a while since we've seen Max show us pre-release higher-level matches...
BananasWithGuns
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Love the ultra ender. Probably the best one in the game so far.
Also think Forgotten Grotto will end up being my favorite stage as well. Love the overall atmosphere and the music is incredible. Will probably alternate between that one and TJ's stage when I'm not just picking random.
Also think Forgotten Grotto will end up being my favorite stage as well. Love the overall atmosphere and the music is incredible. Will probably alternate between that one and TJ's stage when I'm not just picking random.
Poker Face
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I hope it continues to grow. The IG and MS guys are doing a great job and the game is a ton of fun.
too much eslim
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The saucey suite
http://www.twitch.tv/st_ultimate
http://www.twitch.tv/st_ultimate
.la1n
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Aganos' ultra is damn good. I like the little attention to detail like the finger flick he does part way through. Kan-Ra's classic looks pretty good in game, I see now that his teeth look the way they do because of the decay to his mouth and gum line. As usual I have to learn to keep my knee jerk reactions in check
Oh and it's been said before but deserves repeating, Aganos' theme is so good. Mick back in form.
Oh and it's been said before but deserves repeating, Aganos' theme is so good. Mick back in form.
HD Aganos vs Cyber Riptor via Max
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncjxrSqh4EE&feature=youtu.be&a
His theme is so goooooood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncjxrSqh4EE&feature=youtu.be&a
His theme is so goooooood
.la1n
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Riptor has his old school purple blood back.
BananasWithGuns
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I really get the impression that Aganos is going to struggle mightily against characters that can pressure really well. The armor will help but seems like he needs a lot of time and space to build up his resources. On the bright side he does have the resource ender at his disposal.
I could be completely wrong though. Will be interesting to see how the matchups play out.
I could be completely wrong though. Will be interesting to see how the matchups play out.
Riptor has a bad match up with him can't even jump over him.
My hope is that his resources will allow him to totally throw off blockstrings and pressure, by just taking the blows, and starting combos.
People Can't run to lame him out, because he can make the screen smaller with proper actions. His limb length and armor should let him out-prioritize everyone when used right.
It'll take a LOT of work, but once people find his groove, I really hope people find a reasonably overwhelming strength that's worth playing him for.
.la1n
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Mick posted this:
https://vine.co/v/OQx2vUtiL29
I assume it's ghost girl related, maybe Cinder. Also, he posted a tease of what he is working on next with the word "Inferno" so I guess if we weren't sure before we are now that Cinder is April's character.
https://vine.co/v/OQx2vUtiL29
I assume it's ghost girl related, maybe Cinder. Also, he posted a tease of what he is working on next with the word "Inferno" so I guess if we weren't sure before we are now that Cinder is April's character.
Sounds like Cinder. Unless Ghost Girl's stage is dramatically different from what I'm expecting, it feels out of place with her.
Maybe it could also be a redo of Riptor's?
.la1n
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I assume what we heard at the end of the Aganos trailer is a tease of ghost girls theme, that combined with the teaser Mick already posted does make this clip seemingly belong to another character entirely.
Yah the inferno tweet makes it seem like Cinder's.
He has already finished Ghost's also, so I wonder why we haven't had that much teases.
Troubled Bat
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It's bothering me. I wouldn't want that to be Ghost Girl's theme and then I wouldn't want that to be Cinder's theme because it's not hardcore enough. Lol.
BananasWithGuns
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.la1n
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Nothing too crazy in there. I agree with the changes made and I say that as someone who still mains Fulgore.
Crossing fingers.
The Jackdog
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2.4 contains the new ladder system too correct?
Im honestly most excited to see how that works
Im honestly most excited to see how that works
I finally got my Shadow Jago!
It only took a few waiting weeks.
Maybe my chat with microsoft helped.
By the way you guys should try to have battles with the music and announcer set to zero.
You would be surprised how many hidden sound effects you can hear without them. =)
It only took a few waiting weeks.
Maybe my chat with microsoft helped.
By the way you guys should try to have battles with the music and announcer set to zero.
You would be surprised how many hidden sound effects you can hear without them. =)
.la1n
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Why are they keeping it so that you can lose rank titles, it's one of the things I think turns people off of playing ranked. It's very anti-player for people to lose things that they have worked for. It would be better to just have the new tier grouping and top 32 killers be the incentive for more competitive players.
Troubled Bat
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Like what exactly?
BananasWithGuns
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This sounds good to me, the only thing I can really wish for is individual ranks for characters but with the way the system is setup it doesn't really seem plausible without a complete overhaul.
It's just frustrating for a new character to come out and then you get squashed in ranked because you achieved a higher ranking with your main. Although this wouldn't really be an issue to me if they just ditched the "win 20 ranked matches" achievements that have come with every character except Omen. That's obviously a much easier solution.
They remixed the sound in tomorrow's patch as well. So that might help without doing that. From the KI Forum:
I finally got out of 20 in December and got 22.
I then tried learning Omen.
I am now 15
Poker Face
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adam said patch should start rolling out around 1AM PST.
hope i have it when i wake up tomorrow!
hope i have it when i wake up tomorrow!
I know that feel.I finally got out of 20 in December and got 22.
I then tried learning Omen.
I am now 15
BananasWithGuns
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Reinstalled and got the Aganos update. So if you're impatient like me it's worth a try.
If a counter breaker connects it sounds much more aggressive without music/announcer.
Or a throw sounds like a cannon thats fired.
BananasWithGuns
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Messed around with Aganos a little bit. He's a really interesting character. The armor gives him so much leeway. It permits him to make a ton of mistakes and get away with them. Even more so that there's really no reason to use anything other than the resource ender unless you have a wall up.
He's almost unbearably slow though, and that's coming from someone who mostly plays Thunder and TJ. That's my biggest negative from the dozen or so matches I played with him. He just feels insanely sluggish, especially when he's armored up, but I suppose that's all part of the balance.
Aside from that, the new colors are hit and miss. Some are incredible and some are just flat out ugly though I guess that's a matter of taste. The color 9s aren't as crazy as previously suggested but some still look pretty awesome. Also just briefly glancing through it seems like Glacius made out the best with the new colors but there are definitely a lot of good ones.
He's almost unbearably slow though, and that's coming from someone who mostly plays Thunder and TJ. That's my biggest negative from the dozen or so matches I played with him. He just feels insanely sluggish, especially when he's armored up, but I suppose that's all part of the balance.
Aside from that, the new colors are hit and miss. Some are incredible and some are just flat out ugly though I guess that's a matter of taste. The color 9s aren't as crazy as previously suggested but some still look pretty awesome. Also just briefly glancing through it seems like Glacius made out the best with the new colors but there are definitely a lot of good ones.
Guh, what? That's terrible if so. That's a huge difference.