Well, as part of my git gud or get out of the FGC initiative, I started running ranked today.
Sigh. Bronze is one million Ryus, 500,000 Kens and like.. four other characters.
So.. Is this lagg thing new? I have genuinely never run ranked before, I just play sets vs individuals, so I haven't dealt with this.. but its.. awful. Like pathetically bad. 1 in 3 matches is laggy enough to effect the match and 1 in 5-6 is laggy enough to be a worthless match with no way to intelligently play.
My connection isnt insane but:
Its not terrible. Im wired, no one else on my network but me, etc.
Any way.
Played the bulk of my matchs as Ryu, but will probably swap over to Akuma next session. I lost some rounds and like one match, because in massive rollback, Kens/Ryus spamming DPs, even non invincible ones, are impossible to deal with. But otherwise, I slowly accrued some points.. I won, I dunno, 4 or 5 sets then logged off. Im far worse a player than I thought, but once I settle down I'll be fine. Its just a weird adjustment because I really only ever play people far better than myself, so dropping in to the dregs of ranked and going three matches without even SEEING a normal, is so weird compared to the mashfest that SFV once you get off the bottom.
