Sorry bro, I can't do it anymore. When everyone around me plays characters like Black Adam, Flash, Superman, and MMH it gets frustrating. I feel like Ares is keeping me from playing at the highest level I'm capable of. Ever gotten 3rd at a tournament, after losing close sets against characters you lose to 3-7? It's demoralizing
The other thing is that I play mostly offline with a fairly close knit scene, and we've got a lot of players who take the game pretty seriously and want to do well at tournaments and make a name for the Arizona scene. None of those guys are getting much benefit from all the Ares experience I'm giving them. Everyone I play with is happy I decided to drop the character.
It also doesn't help that Ares makes the PS3 lag. I've been to 3 out of state tournaments and had significant console related issues at all of them. It's to the point where if I'm playing Ares I'm not willing to compete on the PS3, which sucks because that limits my tournament options and I'd really like to travel and compete frequently
Maybe if he gets changed significantly in the patch(which I'm not hopeful about based on the rumors I'm hearing and the kinds of changes they've made in the past - I sort of expect him to drop solidly into the bottom 3) I'll pick him back up as a co-main or something and once I settle into a viable character I'll probably start playing him on the side, but for now I'm not touching him. Anyway, I don't want to derail an awesome tech thread with frustrated rants. I give huge props to you guys sticking it out with the God of War and I'll still be around the forums downplaying the character