Okay, but this isn't "the game" its a stress test, with three characters, that Boon has already posted on twitter is out of date and not representative of the real game. We still have NO IDEA what the MK11 meta is going to be like.
Okay, but this isn't "the game" its a stress test, with three characters, that Boon has already posted on twitter is out of date and not representative of the real game. We still have NO IDEA what the MK11 meta is going to be like.
Not representative of the real game? Don’t talk shit. Pretty sure I saw the characters, backgrounds, special moves and fighting from MK11 in the stress test.
Its a universal mechanic, # of characters don't matter. We can only judge the game as we see it. With what we have seen, in its current state, any string with a gap in it will get you killed past week 1 of the game once the majority of people figure it out for effectively zero risk on the defenders side.
And like I said, if you think you're just going to FIX it with suggestions based on a 3 man stress test, you're delusional. We need to see the whole game, we need to PLAY MATCHES we need to UNDERSTAND THE META. Then we need to tell NRS whats fucked with actual meaningful data and how to fix it.
Given you said "saw" instead of played, I'm just going to casually ignore your input on the subject.
I understand the meta perfectly, its gonna be O/S perfect block on every string with a gap to punish it for zero risk. If it doesn't change, I will abuse this as hard as I can all the time and it will give me easy wins and eventually force my opponents to stop using a good chunk of their moveset. That is what not addressing it will lead to.
Ok since you guys have experience with this from other games, why wouldn't canceling the string with a gap into something different blow up the flawless block attempt?
Cause you are still blocking, the up+2 flawless launch is covered up by your block. Special Canceling the string into something else probably means you did something punishable on block in their face to boot making it even worse. I guess There's a small chance you could rando catch it in the off-frame you are feathering block but you are basically opening yourself up to an even bigger punish situation to begin with.
Fair enough.
What's the point in having gaps in strings if you do that?
2 issues with that
Right, but they're blocking and pressing buttons trying to do the OS, expecting the rest of the string. If you don't finish it, don't you essentially end up in neutral? Even if you're negative, you're probably safe from being punished, no?
i agree. i am sure NRS was aware of this prior to us playing the beta. if nothing else it confirms it. just watch semij play and how much he is already using it lol.
Which is a shame, since it's such a good feature to have in the game.
Apparent to what exactly? To me the only apparent thing here is that people want to fix a mechanic thats not broken, but disliked. I dont know whats going on with modern mentality with fighting game players trying to make defensive options as bad as posssible. Don't overcommit your string if you know you're gonna get parried and blown up. You're supposed to be afraid to press buttons, thats what it means to play footsies in an footsie-based game. Its clear that the developer wants the game to be slow and methodic as possible.
