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Persona 4: Arena |OT| Midnight's Just Around The Corner
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Maybe it wants you to actually play in it for half an hour? I dunno. I had no problem with that but I'm a training mode monster.
Supermanisdead
Member
Holy shit, Yosuke with Sakukaja is fast as hell. Like he's just disappearing left and right.
Btw, how do you link up the flipping slashes with him? After you do the the rush thing and he knocks the dude in the air, I can get one of the flipping slashes but then the direction on the next one confuses me. Does this make sense? I don't know the move names.
Btw, how do you link up the flipping slashes with him? After you do the the rush thing and he knocks the dude in the air, I can get one of the flipping slashes but then the direction on the next one confuses me. Does this make sense? I don't know the move names.
I've been on a losing streak on ranked and even got demoted
Does anyone want to play on 360?
I would but lag.
Need to auto-combo you to death before you completely level up on me...
You have to actually be training for that.
Lol makes sense
Id be down for some matches but my wireless is off the charts bad today.
I need to invest in a gaming router instead of $30 garbage.Nice matches with hao chi minutes ago.
My first time online in the game. Had a great time. Tried a bunch of different characters. I will probably main Mitsuru because she is kind of mash/easy character. lol And I suck at the game so yeah. Problem with her is that she has no range. -_- Or at least I couldn't find it in her move set. I mean she has the (circle back) one but it is not reliable at all. Her normal combos are great though.
Tried Elizabeth and my god, she has a low HP. I will never learn how to play as her. x__x Great specials though. Tried Labrys too. She's ok I think. Need to see more.
Now I need to train more combos/moves with this characters. I was kind of lost today. :S
My first time online in the game. Had a great time. Tried a bunch of different characters. I will probably main Mitsuru because she is kind of mash/easy character. lol And I suck at the game so yeah. Problem with her is that she has no range. -_- Or at least I couldn't find it in her move set. I mean she has the (circle back) one but it is not reliable at all. Her normal combos are great though.
Tried Elizabeth and my god, she has a low HP. I will never learn how to play as her. x__x Great specials though. Tried Labrys too. She's ok I think. Need to see more.
Now I need to train more combos/moves with this characters. I was kind of lost today. :S
I messed around in training for about 10-15 minutes, then just left the game on and then every 5-10 minutes just pressed something on the controller and I got it.
So, started out yesterday, arcade stick in lap, grinding out combos in training mode, but struggling mightily, everything was giving me problems. I could get to challenge 15 or so with the entire cast, but no farther than that.
Then this morning I realized this was four buttons, and I really didn't need to extra buttons I thought maybe playing with a dual shock would be easier for me. It was. I guess like VF5, I'll be playing P4A on pad. As for a main, I'm liking Labrys a little, i like Mitsuru, and Yu. Which is crazy, because I came into this all ready to love Chie,but it's not clicking, maybe after I get more comfortable with the game systems. AutumnAve, guise, come hit me up on PSN, I need guidance, lol.
Then this morning I realized this was four buttons, and I really didn't need to extra buttons I thought maybe playing with a dual shock would be easier for me. It was. I guess like VF5, I'll be playing P4A on pad. As for a main, I'm liking Labrys a little, i like Mitsuru, and Yu. Which is crazy, because I came into this all ready to love Chie,but it's not clicking, maybe after I get more comfortable with the game systems. AutumnAve, guise, come hit me up on PSN, I need guidance, lol.
214 to moonsault left, 236 to moonsault right.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7E5B4680F23F5A63
Team St1ckbug tournament videos.
I did a lot of commentary.
If you like Mitsuru and Kanji, I highly recommend watching! Tons of both.
Team St1ckbug tournament videos.
I did a lot of commentary.
If you like Mitsuru and Kanji, I highly recommend watching!
Tons of both.Man, as Chie I feel like I can't even fight back against half of the cast. Elizabeth and Yukiko zone me like crazy. Kanji, Labrys, and S.Labrys leave me in a weird position where I can't keep my distance because they outrange me, but if I try to close in, they always get the first hit and take down 2/3 of my health in a single combo. And Mitsuru... I don't even know where to begin against Mitsuru... she just destroys me. The rest of the cast I can at least fight back against, even if I don't fight particularly well.
I'm not saying complaining the game is imbalanced, I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.
But man Chie's extreme lack of range causes trouble for me. Maybe I should switch characters, but none of the other characters quite feel right to me. I've beaten story mode with half of the characters and done challenge mode with everyone up to about challenge 21 (on average). But most of the characters for me range from "man this is clunky and awkward" to "there's no way I could ever play this character", with Chie being the only one that felt kind of alright. Not really sure what to do here.
I'm not saying complaining the game is imbalanced, I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.
But man Chie's extreme lack of range causes trouble for me. Maybe I should switch characters, but none of the other characters quite feel right to me. I've beaten story mode with half of the characters and done challenge mode with everyone up to about challenge 21 (on average). But most of the characters for me range from "man this is clunky and awkward" to "there's no way I could ever play this character", with Chie being the only one that felt kind of alright. Not really sure what to do here.
Chie's air normals are extremely quick. Try baiting responses by waiting for irregular times to toss out a j.B. The Chie's that are getting in on me bait the normal BnB combo, break off with a normal straight up 8 jump, and wait until falling to just about mid screen to bust out a j.B, which throws off my timing and usually lets her get in.
SolarKnight
Member
Just do it in the direction opposite of the last one you did. With Yosuke's air attacks it doesn't matter what side of the screen you're on, he'll flip or throw kunais in the direction of your inputs.
Pardon my fighting game ignorance, but does j.B mean a midair B attack? And what is considered the BnB combo for Chie? Just reading your explanation there makes me realize how much worse I am at this game than I even thought.
So apparently, I can only play Aigis fairly competently (in terms of performing combos and doing quick IAD movements and what-not) on a pad, and can only play Naoto on an arcade stick.
So not only have I essentially been trying to jam a square peg into a round hole in terms of finding a character that I really like, this comes up. How many people here are playing on the pad anyway?
So not only have I essentially been trying to jam a square peg into a round hole in terms of finding a character that I really like, this comes up. How many people here are playing on the pad anyway?
giancarlo123x
Banned
Atlus release any numbers for this game yet?
Yup. mid air b. j.B = jumping B.
Her BnB is 2a, 5b, 5c, 236a, 236a, wait, 5b, 5c, 236b, 236b, 5b, 5c, 214c, 236236d.
SUPARSTARX
Member
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7E5B4680F23F5A63
Team St1ckbug tournament videos.
I did a lot of commentary.
If you like Mitsuru and Kanji, I highly recommend watching!
Incentive to pick up Mitsuru rising.
Wow, crazy. If I could pull that off consistently I would be doing a lot better than I do now. Usually if I can land 236a, 236a, I just finish with 236c or 214d (unless I have 50 SP, in which case, GOD HAND), since at least I get get one more decent damage hit in, and I can possibly put them in a defensive position if I rush them while they are down. But I'll have to try practice that one, so when I actually do get a hit off I can make it count.
I think a huge problem for me is being able to consistently block. Obviously if they are rushing at me blocking is not too hard as long as I can go high and low at the right time. But if I am rushing at the enemy, I'm never quick enough on the draw to transition to blocking when they inevitably used a mid-ranged attack before I can close the distance. That and noticing when the enemy is about to grab me so I can not just sit there and block while they grab me (This is a big part of why I can't beat Kanji).
Ragingnight
Member
played Wonder_Chef, a guy from the MK9 community.
So fucking salty. Won 4-0 against his akihiko.
Then it went to 9-8 or 8-9, against his Yu. I really despise Yu and how his dp is cancelable to super on block. Why? I made the read and baited the dp, why do I have to guess again?
So fucking salty. Won 4-0 against his akihiko.
Then it went to 9-8 or 8-9, against his Yu. I really despise Yu and how his dp is cancelable to super on block. Why? I made the read and baited the dp, why do I have to guess again?
Nope. All we have at this point is the Chartz figures, which puts it at 50k between platforms.
Punish him while he's in the air, or better yet: cross him up to mess with his inputs while he's mashing that super!
Ragingnight
Member
Yeah. First time I ever got really salty in P4A. =( I just really fucking dislike Mash dp for all options, and it beating shit clean. Yukiko loses her only reversal super because mash dp beats it clean
sup. Q also plays pad. P4A is probably one of the most pad-friendly fighters there is. (Just map actions to shoulder pads as needed).
Played for the first time in like 2 weeks or so.
All that theory fighter in my head payed off pretty well it seems. Combos/strategies that I thought up while I wasn't playing worked pretty well, so I was playing a lot better than I used to. Got demolished by an Akihiko though I have no idea what the hell I should do when I get into a corner.
And regarding the pad/stick question, it's really a matter of preference imo. I play much much better on a pad and some pros play with a pad too.
All that theory fighter in my head payed off pretty well it seems. Combos/strategies that I thought up while I wasn't playing worked pretty well, so I was playing a lot better than I used to. Got demolished by an Akihiko though
I have no idea what the hell I should do when I get into a corner.And regarding the pad/stick question, it's really a matter of preference imo. I play much much better on a pad and some pros play with a pad too.
CaptainSchwann
Member
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7E5B4680F23F5A63
Team St1ckbug tournament videos.
I did a lot of commentary.
If you like Mitsuru and Kanji, I highly recommend watching!
Glad to see I'm not the only Mitsuru player who abuses her poke/auto-combo's so much.
If you don't abuse her pokes you're not playing her right, anyway.
Also her auto-combo is legit like a lot of characters.
CaptainSchwann
Member
Lol I've gotten so much hate mail on XBL for that. "GAH HOW'D YOU GET TO RANK A WITH DOING NOTHING BUT MASHING X?!"
It's kind of silly when every character has something they can mash anyway.
Is this combo only possible in corner? I've yet to do all this as my BnB for Chie. Hell I even printed off a ton of her combos/mix ups for mid and corner, as well as lead to Oki/damage off of dustloop and didn't notice this one.
Any video links to it by chance?
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As for how goes my Chie experience as my main it's damn fantastic. I got to B rank(C+now), and have over 300 PSR as well as hit level 20. I even have videos saved of me beating S+ ranked players. Mitsuru players at that.
I don't have any match ups that I feel give me too many issues, but Naoto and Teddie give me a run for my money. Oh and DP happy Yu's I have to quickly adjust to.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
From another thread:
I'm guessing anything that happens in this one wouldn't be canon? ;P
I'm guessing anything that happens in this one wouldn't be canon? ;P
Riposte
Member
It is pretty huge in Japan. A major arcade franchise and big money making for SE. If I recall correctly, all of this speculation began from a translated Japanese message.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I haven't looked at the other screenshots yet, but they do have P3 and P4 logos in the article as well.
Hahah, small world. I remember facing you yesterday with Chie and being cheaped out with all those pokes and the "gg" message afterwards.
You would've beat me regardless though. This is literally my very first fighting game and I've had it since last Thursday. >_>
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
God I suck so much ass at this game =/
Don't give up though. The moment you learn a 2D fighting game in and out, that will transfer over to all other 2D fighters and you won't have to relearn riding the bicycle. As a starter character I think Yu or Mitsuru are better choices to begin with than Chie.
I'm reading some of the first posts in this thread and it's a bit disappointing to see so many people say "I always am bad at these games" then they quit like two days in.
Continuity
Member
Just had a 12 game win-streak on ranked with Akihiko, scumbagged 3 wins with the instant-kill. 1 guy tried to block it, 1 guy tried to punish me and jumped into it, 1 guy got sandwiched between aki and the globe. Pretty embarrassing for both of us honestly.
I should probably learn the optimal combos for Akihiko so I can do more damage on punish. I've tried to get the JB loop down so I can do 7k on fatal counter but they always drop out for some reason, maybe it's a tight link or something. Right now, I only do the around 4k on punish with 25 meter.
Need to work on my post-machine gun punch mix-up a bit, maybe add in the sweep/overhead or ex duck. I didn't know people can actually mash dp between the body-blow followup, that complicates things a little.
Oh and bypassing awakening is the most satisfying thing ever.
I should probably learn the optimal combos for Akihiko so I can do more damage on punish. I've tried to get the JB loop down so I can do 7k on fatal counter but they always drop out for some reason, maybe it's a tight link or something. Right now, I only do the around 4k on punish with 25 meter.
Need to work on my post-machine gun punch mix-up a bit, maybe add in the sweep/overhead or ex duck. I didn't know people can actually mash dp between the body-blow followup, that complicates things a little.
Oh and bypassing awakening is the most satisfying thing ever.
Hah, no worries. I have absolutely no intention of quitting.
That's how it is with every fighting game, unfortunately. You even get that from people who are actually good at other fighting games, but don't want to or can't invest the time to relearn another game.
Hahah, small world. I remember facing you yesterday with Chie and being cheaped out with all those pokes and the "gg" message afterwards.
You would've beat me regardless though. This is literally my very first fighting game and I've had it since last Thursday. >_>
CatPee, you weren't bad, though. You were able to get in and destroyed me in round two, I had no choice but to adjust my tactics. So, hell yeah you get a "GG" I really want to help foster this community, and I felt scummy laming you out. :3