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Persona 4: Arena |OT| Midnight's Just Around The Corner
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"God's Beard!"
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I'll play in a couple minutes.
Plus you can stop the autocombo and lead into some distance C-->C--C/D combos which dramatically increases the damage.
Still trying to figure out an 5AAAA, pause, CC, ?? , Ghostly Wail. Don't know what that link is yet.
Beast Legacy
Member
Wow what a difference that patch made. Smooth as butter now which is pretty awesome. I still might pick up the PS3 version as well as it seems that's where most of the competition is playing.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Eh, BBCT got patched in like 3 days. They normally bust their asses if something is wrong. Mak's infinte thingy got patched in less than 2 weeks if I remember right
That's what I ended up doing pretty quickly. Need to learn proper combos with her although I figured out a few basic ones starting from a 2B anti-air that really help.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
My PS3 copy finally arrived from Newegg, but won't be able to play until I get back from work tonight. Going to newb it up.
The BBCT patch was planned though, wasn't it? I think P4A's problems caught them off guard.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yeah, but who knows if it really "caught them off guard"
For all we know the 360 version could of had an older net code in it on accident SolarPowered
Member
This game is so strange. I've played like 7+ hours already and I have no idea who to main. There is a gigantic roadblock in my brain setup by the multiple persona buttons....
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Don't think of persona buttons as specials think of them as your fierce attacks
Or if you played GG your Slash and Hs buttons
biosnake20
Member
WTF why is there such a small community of 360 players? Whatever still gonna buy it.
lolez2matt
Member
The gameplays is like BlazBlue or it is completely new???
I like Persona, but I´m not good on BlazBlue...
I will still buy it, but I will be an eternal noob.
I like Persona, but I´m not good on BlazBlue...
I will still buy it, but I will be an eternal noob.
Right. I see a lot of people getting wrapped up over this. I just think of it as l,m,h,s.
Yeah, but who knows if it really "caught them off guard"
True true.
Except with the default control scheme it gets screwed up.
LMHS should roughly correspond to Weak, Strong, Weak Persona, Strong Persona.
The currently button layout is;
Weak, Weak Persona
Strong, Strong Persona
My brain is apparently hardwired to think that buttons to the right are intrinsically stronger versions of buttons to the left. I think I might change it to:
Weak, Strong
Weak Persona, Strong Persona
That just makes more sense in my head. I'm sure I could adjust, I'm just not sure I want to.
Much, much more accessible than BB. They do share similar systems though.
lolez2matt
Member
The game also has a great lesson and training mode.
Prototype-03
Member
I think of it as "Ignis"
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Guilty gear is set up the same way as persona on pad
Prototype-03
Member
Guilty gear is set up the same way as persona on pad
I hate you. You have no idea how many times I've been pressing the wrong button.
A C
B D
setup sucks
LONG LIVE
A B C
D
D isn't in the standard chain, and can do various things depending on the character so it's more like Blazblue's D than Marvel's S or GG's HS.
I got used to the default control scheme pretty quickly, although throws being middle and thumb is still awkward for me.
Oh yeah, don't forget that with commands being so overloaded in this game, it's not just about A B C D, but also roll, allout, R action, roman cancel, burst, and throw.
I got used to the default control scheme pretty quickly, although throws being middle and thumb is still awkward for me.
Oh yeah, don't forget that with commands being so overloaded in this game, it's not just about A B C D, but also roll, allout, R action, roman cancel, burst, and throw.
It does to me. Heavy attack is weaker in my mind than a light persona attack. It's probably just semantics at this point, though.
black_vegeta
Member
BB was the same way.
Exactly how I think of it.
I tried that when I first played, but then it switches throws with R-actions and all out attack becomes the top two buttons. It really doesn't make a difference if you're on stick, it makes a world of difference on pad (if you don't use binded actions)
I have it on 360, I'll be down to play it with ya
It does to me. Heavy attack is weaker in my mind than a light persona attack. It's probably just semantics at this point, though.
Granted, this is only have 20 minutes or so of playing, but when I see I'm supposed to do a Strong attack, I automatically hit Y (or Triangle on PS3). It's just been ingrained in me. The regular gatling for almost all characters is ABC, where the layout is
AC
BD
Maybe I should set it up like I have BlazBlue, so:
AB
DC
But I think that would screw up the two button attacks.
Hm, that's a good point. I guess I can try to man up and get used to it.
LP+LK+MK is doable but not preferable.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Played my first match online, made Yukiko my bitch with Mitso.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
If anyone wants to play for a bit I am available for an hour or two.
psn : mondos123
SolarPowered
Member
Yeah, it's a lot of info to keep up with. BB has the standard chaining normals with the single special drive button+ throws and barrier block. There are like a million things to keep track of in this game and it's driving me nuts!
I expected it though.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Uggh, minotaur vulnerability is so random -_-
I hate how it absorbs my jabs on block, makes it so hard to confirm. Fucking ground pound being a low is bullshit, btw
Slowly figuring it out, such a weird matchup.
I hate how it absorbs my jabs on block, makes it so hard to confirm. Fucking ground pound being a low is bullshit, btw
Slowly figuring it out, such a weird matchup.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
GG's God's. Man pretty sure Mitsu's normals beat mine clean. I have to constantly try and trick you to get good hits in
attacks 410 damage and higher that break him. It's not random Also making me block an attack makes a lot of his attacks stop and yes that ground pound is stupid haha
attacks 410 damage and higher that break him. It's not random
Also making me block an attack makes a lot of his attacks stop and yes that ground pound is stupid haha"God's Beard!"
Member
Right now I feel like we're relatively even in the neutral game, but I get torn up once you get a hit and I don't have any way to capitalize right now since I haven't practiced any combos outside of sweep stuff in the corner to figure out her frame data. Still doing a lot of experiments with moving around.
GGs
attacks 410 damage and higher that break him. It's not random
Oh it's a threshold? I thought it was super armor on certain frames.
A+B+C for
A B
C D
and
A C
B D
is still hitting the same buttons. Though I shouldn't say it "doesn't really matter".
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yeah this is why the match up is so bad for Yukiko, because her fans are weak and her persona does a ton of tiny hits. So my persona just rips through everything
"God's Beard!"
Member
Yeah I was trying to do the charge attack to hit the AA flames from fullscreen, but I guess it does enough damage as well. I was really confused because it seemed like I was hitting at the same time when I was up close with jabs, but I would get hit. Mitsuru has so many variations on the same attacks with pretty wildly different properties.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
That would be the most awkward shit, you'd have to twist your wrist to do that input D:
Yeah, it's her strong point though. Only person with more options than her is aegis haha. What you need to work on is following up on the random whips you land
That's my point, although I'd do it differently.
I mean I've played Juri so I'm not a stranger to finger gymnastics, but it's just easier not to.
lol @ the player's title on the right
My title is HEY HEY HEY!
"God's Beard!"
Member
6 versions of her stand B which also has fatal counter is kinda nuts. Yeah I keep messing up the whips.