If Geras is playing MK11, I must be playing MK14.
Yeah I won’t argue that point but I don’t mind him as much as Sonya’s stupid ass.
then they're quite alike : )
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Yeah Fatal Blows and Rage Arts are the same thing but MK was doing it before Tekken so eh. They're both shit mechanics that just slow games down to a slog. When I get my opponent down that low it's literally just a marathon of me trying to bait a stupid FB out of them so I can punish it and end the round. Tekken is the same way.
agree 100%.
Fatal Blows/Rage Arts are literally just X-Rays (Originating in MK9 04/19/2011) that can only be performed once a match and at low health. Granted the cinematography is much better now, that just means they're longer and more grueling to sit through.
Pretty much, the one difference though is MK 11's FB's are limited to one per match. T7 as I recall you can do every round(if memory serves) and you're right Xrays date back to MK 9. To be honest, I kind of miss Xrays but if I could choose a mechanic back in MK 11 it would be breakers over break aways honestly. I can live with the FB's being one per match.
tekken was once your health is low enough
nah man they are all totaly reactable. can't react to 13f? graaaaaaany.
Yeah but I mean like they let you use it on every round if you're low on health. MK 11 you only can use the FB once, once you use it that's it for the whole match.
If they're mashing after a poke on hit and they're out of throw range, they're definitely in range for you to take a step back and hit them with something.
I would argue crusing blow is similar to lethal hit in SCVI before I compared it to anything in Tekken. My bad I see the correction. Anyways, has anyone been able to successfully flawless block and punish online? I'm wondering if NRS had flawless blocking in mind when it came to some characters having excellent buttons. I've been able to flawless block here and there but nothing consistent. I wonder if increasing the window and making it easier would resolve balance issues.
"Waaaaaah the game's not perfectly balanced 2 weeks after launch waaahh"
It is but are you really going to tell me that someone sat down and looked at noobs block ball and said "yeah that has competitive merit".
Im not expecting perfect balance. But I am expected common sense balance. Aka the rushdown mix up machine not having the best projectile in the game, thats pretty common sense. Or the grappler that does the most damage in the game not being able to get in for fucking free and punish you for even attempting to keep him out. Not to mention all the hitbox issues such as certain highs and jabs not hitting crouch blocking, how is that jot the first thing tested knowing NRS history? There's really no excuse for this level of cluelessness after 4 games of the exact same mistakes.
Feels like there were teams that wanted to make characters play MK11, and other teams that wanted characters to play MKX.
The only thing I would tend to disagree with about this is...yea most strings are unsafe. But after looking through the frame data of several characters while playing story mode. A lot of the strings are minus on block but not quite “unsafe” I mean most strings I see are -8 or 10 at most. That might as well be safe in a game like MK11 where most strings are highs and the ones that aren’t have start ups that are higher than the 8 to 10 frame punish window of the typical minus string in MKX. Granted there are exceptions like Raidens B2 which is basically half a second on block. But aside from thi gs being highs and duckable You can feel comfortable chucking out just about any string in this game as long as you are within range. And I feel that makes it fun if you have an opponent that you can go back and forth with trying to fish for an opening. However the lack of low starters In the game means that yea your forced to play the in and out game trying to get a whiff punish so the game in that aspect is functioning as advertised.
No joke. I’ve been blowing up Scorpions since launch day that want to lean on teleport and his F43 string. I use Noob and get an automatic 33 percent punish on almost every one of Scorps EX tele’s.
