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Skullgirls |OT| New age of Heroines
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MisterLuffy
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Should I pre-order it or wait?
SolarKnight
Member
I say pre-order but I'm biased since I already have and love this.
Still, it's either getting into the beta or saving a couple more dollars later from an already cheap game. You choose.
Still, it's either getting into the beta or saving a couple more dollars later from an already cheap game. You choose.
The color pack DLC is also free with the pre-order, too.
MisterLuffy
Member
Where do I download the beta?
Ravidrath said:
You do make a good point since if I just buy it later, I won't be getting the dlc palette for free.
Beta comes with purchase.
SolarPowered
Member
Does anyone know if this code is still in effect?
No, but this code is GFDAUG20
Will the preorders be up until the game actually comes out?
Master Milk
Member
A player cap . . . . . .
Dunno if I wanna get bodied or not, but I guess I should decide soon
Dunno if I wanna get bodied or not, but I guess I should decide soon
MisterLuffy
Member
I see.
SolarPowered
Member
Thanks
Don't worry, guys. Your sacrifices will make Discoshark, Krackatoa and myself stronger than ever. A gaffer will take this one.
Ah what the fuck, I'll sign up. But just so I don't fuck up, we use what we log into Steam with (and not our Profile/Public Name), correct?
Collusion?!
Yeah, so people can friend/invite you on Steam for your matches.
Alright then, I've signed up. Guess I should get practicing!
SolarKnight
Member
I am also accepting sacrifices btw.
My laptop should be back by the time this starts unless something happens. It starts right when school does though, ugh, and my schedule isn't exactly the friendliest for this but I'll try.
SolarPowered
Member
You better believe it. Hate for me is gonna be at a "new time high", baby.Collusion?!
I hope you have better luck with the online than I do. It has gotten worse and worse this week. Now matches take forever to find and when I do find a green ping it lags to hell or I get massive rollbacks.
It go so bad I had to send an email the the bugreport staff. :/
Edit: I think this nonsense started around the 27th.
SolarKnight
Member
What is this thing you call a green ping
SolarPowered
Member
1-85: Green
86-150(?): Yellow
151+: Red
I don't pay enough attention to know exactly where the cutoffs are. Usually West coast people register somewhere between the low eighties and high nineties. I've fought people with 200+ ping (some Euro and some with Japanese names) and experienced almost zero lag or rollbacks.
SolarKnight
Member
I...was hoping that'd be an obvious enough joke.
Karsticles
Member
So I went to my locals for the second time tonight, and I pretty much played Skullgirls for 4 hours. You know a local scene is good when there are 2 Skullgirls setups, 2 Marvel setups, 1 Street Fighter setup, and no Tekken. Good times - I had a blast. I can't wait for the patch to come out so I can sit down and re-learn my characters.
SolarPowered
Member
Painwheel is pretty good now. You'll have a blast with her.
It was not.
Karsticles
Member
Oh yeah, and I just found out that Shadow of Impending Doom H is getting nerf (at least as an assist?) - what the hell? :-(
I did way better with Parasoul tonight than I usually do, too. Though Painwheel and Peacock did most of the work. I almost have Peacock's inputs memorized, so I was wrecking face. It's the first time I haven't felt hopeless because Painwheel died.
Is Squigly a good anchor?
Wheeeee!
I did way better with Parasoul tonight than I usually do, too. Though Painwheel and Peacock did most of the work. I almost have Peacock's inputs memorized, so I was wrecking face. It's the first time I haven't felt hopeless because Painwheel died.
Is Squigly a good anchor?
It kind of was. :-X
DiscoShark
Banned
It was nerfed on point too but basically it's no longer a universal Hidden Missile. LP Item Drop is unchanged, MP Item Drop tracks close half of the screen, HP Item Drop far half. This applies to its assist version as well though she is also able to use charged item drop as an assist.
I feel like the focus on an anchor is less emphasized in this game but when it comes to Squigly she really doesn't have many ways to deal with pressure without an assist backing her. She can make great use of meter to keep momentum on her side though as she basically nullifies pushblocking using Opera Super.
Karsticles
Member
Does the charged drop track all the way? This makes me very sad because now I don't have a team. :-(
Isn't Double pretty much solely used as an anchor?
DiscoShark
Banned
LP+MP Item Drop Assist is Charged LP
MP+HP Item Drop Assist is Charged MP (Close Half Tracking)
LP+HP Item Drop Assist is Charged HP (Far Half Tracking)
... and Peacock is vulnerable during the entire charging sequence and dances amusingly.
Yeah, Double's pretty much the closest the game has to a dedicated anchor / DHC character but with catheads being a 2 meter super she's not as stupid anymore with fully loaded meter.
Karsticles
Member
If the opponent is out of the assist's tracking range, does it just drop as close as possible to him/her?
This is so sad! :-(
This is so sad! :-(
SolarPowered
Member
It's point performance was nerfed so the assist is kind of toned down since heavy version tracks less slowly and becomes ineffective once your opponent closes in. Before it was more or less a balanced hidden missile move that would track everywhere pretty fast even as an assist. On point it was too good. Playing Peacock was a mix of turning your brain off and standing heavy punch cancelled into a full stage tracking overhead that you could keep safe using her george (qcf+kick) projectiles. I played her for a year and I know it was too simple. It was just plain stupid when dealing with her and Double (god forbid there is an actual invul assist character backing them).
She is just as strong as before, but you gotta use more brainpower which is why I started playing Cerebella. Right now I'm debating whether or not to finally start playing a Trio. This upcoming online tournament isn't helping me relax about it either.
Squigly is great when backed by assists, but it is too early to judge her anchor performance. She needs to be put through some serious rounds against three man teams with Peacock and Hornet Bomber.I did way better with Parasoul tonight than I usually do, too. Though Painwheel and Peacock did most of the work. I almost have Peacock's inputs memorized, so I was wrecking face. It's the first time I haven't felt hopeless because Painwheel died.
Is Squigly a good anchor?
Try these Parasoul combos:
st.lk, cr.mk, cr.hp, j.mp, j.hp, j.hk, st.mp, 2xHP, lp tear shot, st.lp, st.mp, b.hk, RC soldier, j.lp, j.mk, j.hp, st.lk, st.mk, 2xHP, mp tear shot, any super
grab, cr.mk, cr.hp, j.mp, j.hp, j.hk, st.mk, 2xHP, lp tear shot, st.lp, st.mp, b.hk, RC soldier, j.lp, j.mk, j.hp, st.lk, st.mk, 2xHP, mp tear shot, any super
b.grab, RC soldier, dash, cr.mk, cr.hp, j.mp, j.hp, j.hk, st.mk, 2xHP, lp tear shot, st.lp, st.mp, b.hk, RC soldier, j.lp, j.mk, j. Spiral Flare, st.lk, st.mk, 2xHP, mp tear shot, any super
The first combo should work anywhere and gets decent damage off a light starter. The second one is mostly a corner grab reset combo... a very painful one if you have meter for a level 3 or DHCs. The third works anywhere as well and gives you very very nice mixup potential right after spiral flare(instead of chaining into super). Honestly, if you can get the followups in bold when bringing an opponent down to the ground you can get much better damage than newb Parasouls. I was strictly relying on tear links before and Disco was telling me that my damage was way too low. Feel free to experiment with overhead and lockdown assists instead of using meter at the end. Her mixups are actually strong there if you toss some tears on the downed body.
Fun fact about me: I think my rinky dink cr.lk/cr.mk mixups are actually more powerful than the f.lp and b.hk mixups which makes no goddamn sense since those are actual mixup moves lol. Keep that in mind when you are tossing out standing light kicks at any point in time. Opponents will actually fall for this. I don't understand how or why.
The online has me in a sour mood. I couldn't tell right now.
Double is the dedicated anchor of the game. Cerebella and Peacock are nice alternatives because they hit hard as hell with meter. You really don't want to get happy birthday'd with a full Cerebella combo or Peacock's Argus Agony.
Karsticles
Member
I liked the idea of Peacock anchor, but Duckator told me to only put her on point because she has no ability to create space on incoming.
Oh, and a guy who uses Painwheel/Peacock at my locals said he has a way to get up Peacock's bomb so that you can DHC from Peacock to Painwheel mid-combo and get the bomb to explode while Painwheel's Hatred Guard is up for big damage - sexy!
Oh, and a guy who uses Painwheel/Peacock at my locals said he has a way to get up Peacock's bomb so that you can DHC from Peacock to Painwheel mid-combo and get the bomb to explode while Painwheel's Hatred Guard is up for big damage - sexy!
Huw_Dawson
Member
I was very sad when I launched Skullgirls last night, because I thought all my Squigly combos were gone and she had lost all her damage.
Then I discovered that all her combos still work whilst making sure her divekick isn't bananas, because Mike Z is a freaking awesome designer and made some really clever decisions with how her divekick works. So the loops work, but braindead divekicks don't.
Then I discovered that all her combos still work whilst making sure her divekick isn't bananas, because Mike Z is a freaking awesome designer and made some really clever decisions with how her divekick works. So the loops work, but braindead divekicks don't.
DiscoShark
Banned
Yup, goes to show how significant a small thing like changing the hitstun of a move so that it cant combo into mediums can make such a big change to a character. Im glad we seem to have hit a sweet spot where the Divekick now autocorrects but the LK and MK versions lose overhead properties. The HK version being exclusively overhead means a person could go for some riskier mixups if they so choose as well.
Want.
Master Milk
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Huw_Dawson
Member
This needs testing, as you might be able to super to safety from Gravedigger,
Thomasorus
Member
My router if fine and works for all the games so it's not my router. :/
But anyway thanks to based Mike Z., the online now works a lot better so I don't have that problem since yesterday.
Huw_Dawson
Member
It warms my heart to see this thread active again. It was dangerously quiet for a week or two there.
GOOD NEWS for those who want to link combo videos, tutorial videos etc to the Community Hub - it's now possible.
GOOD NEWS for those who want to link combo videos, tutorial videos etc to the Community Hub - it's now possible.