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Exactly, this is why basically nobody uses WoWo in this game.
Mind boggling how badly the screwed up a character who was about to be the most popular she was in the history of the character.
Spending a bar of meter to reflect would be a waste of resources. Projectiles don't do that much damage and slower ones will be blocked. They should just let her reflect projectiles by regular parry or she should be able to do that when bracelets buff is active.
I totally agree that the bracelet parry should reflect regularly as she is WW and that is basic for her. I suggested the bar because NRS clearly have a weird affinity for people spamming projectiles. But it seems like in addition to their weird disposition toward the character in a general sense she breaks how they seem to want the game to be played (walking backward and spamming projectiles with the projectile fire being their most beloved thing ever).Spending a bar of meter to reflect would be a waste of resources. Projectiles don't do that much damage and slower ones will be blocked. They should just let her reflect projectiles by regular parry or she should be able to do that when bracelets buff is active.
They should definitely give her a meterburn version of parry that let's her do this.
Meterburn the parry and Wonder Woman appears out of nowhere to hit you with her elbow. This is somewhat similar to smoke's MK9 shake.
Zoning is actually a thing in this game, yes. I like it.
I question whether going to the other side of the screen and repeating firing a projectile is 'zoning' and not 'spam'. When I think of 'zoning', there are usually follow-on actions that are actually the point of the projectile. With this game, the projectile is the means and the end and is incessant.
Other than Deadshot and Fate, most characters with a projectile aren't using it to just sit full screen and try to win out. Most of the time it's more of a harrassment tool to try and chip down the opponent while building meter and looking for an opening. Obviously if the opponent doesn't know how to deal with projectile pressure sitting full screen and spamming the projectile is a good strategy, but I feel that's more on the player than the devs.
WW can zone in some matchups, but she's far from being a "zoner", unless you define any character who has a projectile as a "zoner".
Zoning is not just about having a projectile or even a full screen one. It's about controlling space.
Then what the hell is the difference between zoning and footsies?
But she aims each of the bullets she deflects.
No she doesn't they just bounce around and don't hit her. At times she has reflected them back but most of the times they are just deflected away from her.
Actually no. This element was defined under Perez and Berger era. Later it was expressly explained and detailed during the Kupperburg and Byrne era. You can read it in prose too in the companion novel WONDER WOMAN GOD'S AND GODDESSES.
http://www.cbr.com/wonder-womans-bracelets-15-things-you-need-to-know/
I would say footsies is basically controlling space. Zoning depends on your definition as people have varying definitions. But to me zoning is aiming to keep your opponent in a certain area of the screen at all times. Usually from mid range to full screen depending on the character
Zoning is just trying to win with projectiles. Most of the time this is just shooting projectiles one after another one from full screen and moving back until you are cornered and then trying to switch sides to loop it again.
This is why I say it is dependent on a person's definition. The way you describe is common to NRS games but it is not always applicable to other fighting games.
I'm going to suggest this all of once as a take it or leave it thought that may not be fun, but something to consider.
This is what I see the most often. Especially versus Starfire.
That CBR article is well intentioned but has some factual inaccuracies. The circular force field is a later attempt by Phil Jimenez to 'clarify' or explain the Perez/Berger definition. It wasn't successful because the moment you assign dimensions and an actual object the way he did you automatically get issues. The way Perez/Berger defined it when crossed the protections of Amalthea fend her from energy attacks (even massive waves) by coalescing the energies and protecting her and anything behind her. Jimenez added an actual energy shield a la Marvel's Power Princess. Bullets and small energy blasts she still uses single bracelets to deflect them.
Ok. I disagree. I think she deals well with zoning and doesn't need this. I think her parry is fine the way it is. Since most comic interpretations of her bracelets have her not reflecting projectiles I believe they are well implemented.