Yeah theres just a lot of weird choices. There is no benefit to being a faster character vs being one of the stronger ones. Especially since the stronger guys have the ability to grab two people and their grabs and more damaging (???)
There are alot of subtle advantages that aren't really apparent to new players starting out.
Smaller characters usually have better tools to mount an offense off of or keep them safe.
Like Ai Rin(lightweight character I play the most) can jump cancel the first hit of her KW attack on block or on hit. She can also stop after 3 hits of it and continue with a weak string while her opponent is in a juggle state.(off of which she has multiple options where she can go for maximum damage, positioning or meter gain)
Vs someone like Douglas(grab character I play the most) who has none of those.
When he does his KW he either has to finish it or he doesn't. He recovers too slow from any single hit to gain any advantage and the last hit knocks them too far away for him to continue any offense. On block it's extremely punishable as he has no cancel options.
There are tons of character specific options across the whole cast. If your pick isn't suiting your playstyle, try someone else out and see if what they have fits what you want to do in the game
As for big characters in dominating in general, my theory is just that new players don't know how to deal with it. A common early bad habit I see with lower rankings is that they never jump. Which is why I pick douglas vs them because I know I can charge grab them all day as they try to roll out of the way instead of just jumping or simply stuffing it with a hit.
Okay, serious question, can anyone help me out?
I thought I finished campaign mode, but in White Side stage 4, I somehow managed to unlock and beat the final main mission, which caused me to miss several free missions. This in turn, is causing me to miss some character models etc.
What's weird is that I'm barred from selecting stage 4 again in the stage select. It shows the medals I won for the missions I did complete, but it simply won't let me select stage 4. I selected stage 3, and noticed all missions are unlocked once I'm in the main map. I thought If I finished the last main mission, (teaming with Nikolai and Sasha to beat Max) then I would trigger into stage 4, but it just lets me free roam around stage 3 after the cutscene finishes.
Argh, how the fuck can I finish what I need to do in stage 4? There's no earthly way I'll need to finish the first 3 stages all over again is there?
I did this too
I thought there were 3 main missions in white side 4 like all the other acts.
So I did 2 without doing the last Free Mission for stage 4. Which took me to redside after its completion
To unlock a stage in stage select you have to complete all the free missions.
and it doesn't look like there is a way to do that after completing campaign. So right now the only option appears to be starting a new one from scratch and getting it that way.
Sucks but I planned on doing that for the trophy anyways at some point.