RockTurtle
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Street Fighter V |OTV| BUFF MY MAIN & NERF THE CHARACTER I JUST LOST TO
- Thread starter Garrett Hawke
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I've been getting back into SFV a bit recently and honestly playing Casual mode is the worst/most distressing way to play. I'm sticking with ranked.
When I quit playing I was hovering around 700 points. When I decided to start playing again lots of people recommended playing Casual since there are no 'consequences'. True, but... When I played Casual occasionally I would get poor players, sometimes good or near my level and very fucking often great players waaaaaay above my level. There is nothing more infuriating than continuously fighting people so much better than you that your every move is read. Sure, git good and all that but also I'm not even sure where to start gitting good because they would (continuously) crush me no matter how much I tried 'switching it up'. It was a lopsided match over and over and I didn't learn anything from getting crushed so completely besides 'this is not learning or fun or fun learning'.
I took a couple days break and decided to try ranked again instead. Hallelujah! The matches were often close, even with people a couple hundred points above or below me. I won some matches, lost some, always hovering around 700 give or take. I stopped for the night after reaching 800 and feel like I am improving and learning be fighting people near, at or above my level. Fuck the number in ranked, but fuck playing 'Casual' (ahahaha, what a misnomer). I'm over the number, I don't care how high or low it gets. I am just happy it does it's job and makes matchmaking valid. I *always* accept rematches because I know the battles will be close or I can learn from losing to someone a bit better than me.
Tldr: fuck casual mode. No new player should start there. Jump in ranked and keep trying.
That said, matchmaking is soooooo much slower than SF4. Oh Capcom...
When I quit playing I was hovering around 700 points. When I decided to start playing again lots of people recommended playing Casual since there are no 'consequences'. True, but... When I played Casual occasionally I would get poor players, sometimes good or near my level and very fucking often great players waaaaaay above my level. There is nothing more infuriating than continuously fighting people so much better than you that your every move is read. Sure, git good and all that but also I'm not even sure where to start gitting good because they would (continuously) crush me no matter how much I tried 'switching it up'. It was a lopsided match over and over and I didn't learn anything from getting crushed so completely besides 'this is not learning or fun or fun learning'.
I took a couple days break and decided to try ranked again instead. Hallelujah! The matches were often close, even with people a couple hundred points above or below me. I won some matches, lost some, always hovering around 700 give or take. I stopped for the night after reaching 800 and feel like I am improving and learning be fighting people near, at or above my level. Fuck the number in ranked, but fuck playing 'Casual' (ahahaha, what a misnomer). I'm over the number, I don't care how high or low it gets. I am just happy it does it's job and makes matchmaking valid. I *always* accept rematches because I know the battles will be close or I can learn from losing to someone a bit better than me.
Tldr: fuck casual mode. No new player should start there. Jump in ranked and keep trying.
That said, matchmaking is soooooo much slower than SF4. Oh Capcom...
Same here, it's wasting space on my SSD. Not sure what to make of it.
FromTheFuture
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I'm down if you're still looking! CFN is Alumnus.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Yeah casual should be full of people now either trying other characters or who stopped playing ranked months ago, you are best off playing ranked or battle lounge.
I wish you could remtch endlessly in casual. You stumble into really good matches from time to time but your opponent will vanish into the ether. It would severely reduce downtime, too.
I do still mostly play casual, but at around 6,000 LP, which is probably a little different.
I do still mostly play casual, but at around 6,000 LP, which is probably a little different.
TheSpoiler
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Woah, they fired Mike Ross! Today's his last day at Twitch!
Right in time for the last premier spot. Coincidence??
sixteen-bit
Member
RIP season 2
ColonialHawk
Member
That kinda sucks but Im sure Mike will find something even better.
CPT full time??
Another thought, was he ever actually employed by Capcom? If so, perhaps he got promoted over at Capcom.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Then I guess that answers my question.
Are you able to play in about an hour or so?
LincolnTunnel
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I'm super bummed about no more Pro Talk, but in hindsight, the last episode ended in probably the most fitting way it could have.
I made it as the top Canadian player on Ranked, apparently. I love seeing all this data; it's always amazing when third-parties handle these things in a way that the developers themselves don't.
Also, I still wish Battle Lounge had filter options. I'll be wishing for a long time.
Also, I still wish Battle Lounge had filter options. I'll be wishing for a long time.
lol, heading out to dinner with some friends
This is getting hilarious.
It'll never happen. I should just accept it haha.
Have a good dinner!
Isn't Cammy also a vanilla?
The super speedy aggressor with no projectiles and the lowest health in the game, making her a glass cannon? Nope, not at all. Vanillas, to me, are the all-around types who are oftentimes the poster boys for their respective fighting games and cover every basic tool the games have to offer. I always gravitate away from those characters very hard; I find them really boring.
TheSpoiler
Member
You always have The Excellent Adventures of Whiny Baby Gootecks and Competent Mike Ross.
In just tried her for the first time today as well, and absolutely loving the way she plays
Omnistalgic
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GGs bro...your Urien is already pretty solid...scary combos with V-trigger.GGs Omni. Wish I could have given you more of a challenge but I'm tired as hell right now
Some things I think are getting nerfed.
- Ryu Jab
- necallis Jab
- jabs stopping AA and X-up in general
- Kens X-up tastu outside of Vtrigger
- Mikas clap always putting you in the corner (beta version was balanced)
- Chun AA options
All I can think of really. I think Capcom will be looking to buff more in season 2
I also think we're going to get some v-trigger balances, like Chun's being 3 bars instead of 2 and maybe draining faster.
Dude probably still thinks Ryu is bad.
3 bars AND drain faster? Pls no. One or the other
ScraftyDevil
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SolarPowered
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I hope you are right...
tintin1029
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I always said to myself that I'd never use the ignore button.
but....
Now I'm not so sure.
jk love you
lucebuce12
Member
Aww man, just heard about Mike Ross leaving Twitch
Well, maybe he'll participate in tournaments with his Laura?
Well, maybe he'll participate in tournaments with his Laura?
Bring the fat man to SF5 Capcpom! If not for me then for Mike Ross.
Why this one? Chun's always had godlike antiairs and she doesn't have a DP to anti-air for free like Ryu and Necalli. I think they're more likely to nerf her IAL. It could easily be -1 and still be good (still force a trade against the half of the cast that don't have a 3f normal and already beats throw tech into full combo).
Her anti airs weren't godlike in usf4 or ae. Once they nerfed df lk she ate shit on jump ins unless she had bar (and even sometimes when she did)
lucebuce12
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He can't link s.lp into s.mp or cr.mp unless it's a counter hit. s.mk works regularly.
FANG isn't so much about damage as he is about frametraps, pressure and zoning.