Just got home and read everyone's responses, thanks guys.
Also, a big problem Ghaz has is switching between stick on 360 and pad on PS3. That has to impede his learning.
I don't play online very often nowadays on the 360 either, I'm considering when I get a DualShock 4 also using that for Marvel on the PS3. I've tried the controller at a Best Buy before and it feels really good, much better than the PS3, I don't like PS3 D-Pad because of the edges, my thumb falls off it all the time, because I'm used to the D-Pad on the SFxTekken FightPad. Another thing is, I'm still pretty bad with my stick, I tried my SFxTekken pad real quick last night after streaming and I was immediately doing better. Plinking and wavedashing was coming out right, MUCH less execution errors and I pretty much got every combo I tried, it felt like a better experience. I see the stick being much more useful in Street Fighter (since it's on a 6 button attack system) in comparison to Marvel which is just 4 with the attacks being differentiated by standing or crouching.
I don't know if I'm maybe playing a bad control scheme on stick, but it feels like the controls are much tighter on pad. I've got assists and dash on the bumpers on pad, while I have assists on stick on the furthest right buttons which pretty much requires me to move my hand if I want to reach them. My dash button for plink dashing is beside S, so when I plink I have to move my whole hand a button down the right to plink, which is bad.
Until/if I get mine dual modded, I'll probably have to stick to the DS3/4
Try learning one of the more difficult characters at a time and stick them with simple characters like Taskmaster or Akuma. As you get better with on character swap them out for someone more difficult.
Well, for a long time I did play Wolverine/Jill/Vergil at the arcade. That would probably explain why I can actually do pretty good with Jill, offline. I've been doing Dante stuff since I got the game, but aside from bold cancel combos (that I can do 99% of the time offline), that's all I really can do with him.
Magneto was the hardest character I've played, in recent memory. But, it was all execution stuff and his movement speed is ridiculous (in a good way). I was getting across full screen extremely fast and doing well with him, I like him a lot, but I still need to learn a lot with him. I may consider switching between him and Chris on point from time to time.
Oh jeez....I didn't know this was your first fighting game. That's.....rough. The barrier of entry is just ridiculous. I'd say it's one of the top 5 hardest games to try to get into this late. Not impossible though, because the game is casual friendly....in a way.
Don't worry about it haha. Playing this game, regardless of the bs, has been a huge lesson in humility, patience, and work ethic for me. So, even if I never get good at it I'm happy I played it instead of sticking to garbage FPS games.
With Jill you just need to cover your Feral Stances better. You saw my Jill....I don't know anything crazy advance with her, but I was usually able to keep her safe. Don't just Feral Stance to do it or you will probably get bopped. Whenever I play Jill, I do my basic blockstrings and at the end of the string I call my assist and go into Feral Stance and go for another mixup.
Yeah, I really do need to. If I played her without her Feral Stance at all, until getting into combos or safe mix up game I would do much better.
Just trying to relieve his stress. It's a rough road playing Jill, especially since this is his first fighting game. I don't want him to give up Jill, not at all. Just take a break from her.
This is the process I go through whenever I play a new fighting game. Kinda how I make it easy on myself. Gonna mention some SF4 stuff here.
Play the character I want to play (Chris;Abel)
Play a character that clicks with me (Spencer; Rufus)
Play the best/easiest character (Wolverine/Spencer; Sagat)
This has always worked out well for me.
I dunno.
I really think a brief switch would help though
I bought SF4 last summer, haven't played it much but I'd like to main Chun-Li, not sure how good she is tier wise, though I know she's getting buffed in Ultra so that means she can't be super good. I was trying Sakura when I first got the game though, I really like rushdown characters in fighters.
Well, I mean when I first got Marvel I wanted to play Ammy, X-23, and Vergil....... so what I like has changed a lot since then obviously. Watching Yipes made me want to play Dante, watching Alukard made me want to play Iron Man, it's mostly been just watching people I like play their characters and their characters looking interesting that gets me into them. A counterexample to that is how I like FChamp, but I don't really want to play Doom, Phoenix, or Dorm even though I really like watching their play. I bought Jill on a whim one day because I like Resident Evil, and when I was trying her out I just decided I especially liked her unique play style and mix up game, I really want to get good at that mix up game.
One thing is, I never play against AI and, like I've said, I rarely play online or versus (only at the arcade)... I'm usually in training against an immobile dummy unless I've programmed him to do something.
