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[Teknopathetic]

"Doubt it, most characters didn't even have one in the Arcade version. However, I did remember Arksys Podcast saying Tager had more than one....guess they were taken out."


I think you're confusing Distortion Drive with Astral Finish.

 

[kiryogi]

Finished up Megaman and now back to blazblue! 100% noel's story and got about 70% on Taokaka and Litchi. Man, Teach me Litchi is so hilarious, hell, Tao and Noel's were pretty hilarious if you took the right path.

 

[DrFunk]

"Doubt it, most characters didn't even have one in the Arcade version. However, I did remember Arksys Podcast saying Tager had more than one....guess they were taken out."


I think you're confusing Distortion Drive with Astral Finish.

yeah, check the last post

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

Ice car is very easy to block...

Anyone else find the name ice car funny for some reason :lol

 

[Chowfahn]

Ice car is very easy to block...

Anyone else find the name ice car funny for some reason :lol

It's more like an ice surfboard, really.

And here's a fun activity: spend 5 minutes in Training mode, and have Jin do his ice car over and over again. Block the first hit on his attack, then do an Instant Block on the second hit. The timing's the same between all of his ice cars, I think.

 

[Relix]

Tomorrow I'll join you guys. So fucking excited

 

[Jsmooth161]

My friend has been going on and on about this game but I Haven't had the time to check it out. Is it really that good and worth my $60 or is it just another rental? Thanx

 

[momolicious]

Taokaka is such a cute and adorable character that i dont mind losing to her

 

[Grifter]

Yup, good games dragon and grifter! We seem to have those moments at least once per match, lol.

Those were fun games! Too bad I got in near the end but I like testing the dynamics of the Litchi and Tager matchups

I started with a better percentage than now but went through a combo of being busy with work and trying to rebuild my game (I was playing basic SF style to start) and am slowly picking my percentage back up. Think I just need to play a lot more to get really comfortable.

 

[panda21]

i think i would prefer this if they had left out the yiffing.

 

[ZROCOOL]

Well, considering that's the only arcade that has BlazBlue in Houston :lol

I went to PZ for the first this weekend and man TAGER heaven! :lol

They were hanging out ass beatings left and right.

 

[Browniking]

Can Tager actually get past Rachel's projectiles? No luck so far.

Sledge that bitch.

 

[Steaks]

Sledge that bitch.

Sledge is pretty risky sometimes, gotta be careful, if she uses 6B against it you're going to lose half of your lifebar.

 

[Rummy Bunnz]

Some Tagers against my Noel just makes me feel like David vs Goliath where David doesn't even have a stone.

Yeah, Tager is my weakness. I've had better luck against randoms the last few days but I know if I play Lyte Edge again I'm gonna be fucked and humbled. He is dangerous!

Im surprised about the many noel/ragna users online. I thought it would be Nu-13, Arakune, and Rachel.

I run into Jin far more than any other character. Not that may Noels. I think I see more Ragnas and Hakumens.

I think I'm mainly getting paired up against Japanese players since I'm playing on a j360. It's either that or barely any Americans bought the damn game. I set the filter to local and I get nothing but blue pings and obviously Japanese tags. It's killin' me trying to find low ping games. Doesn't help that I mostly play at odd times.

I've run into a few Carls and they scare me because you gotta know what you're doing to have a positive win % with Carl. I salute them. I wish I was good enough to play him!

 

[Volcynika]

My friend has been going on and on about this game but I Haven't had the time to check it out. Is it really that good and worth my $60 or is it just another rental? Thanx

Uh, well we don't know much about your gaming tastes and how much you get into fighters. Information on what you like would help!

 

[Kuugrr]

Couldn't wait until the weekend. Picked it up after lunch today.

GT: Kuugrr

Probably won't be playing many online matches until I actually get a hang of things, but if you've got it on 360, feel free to add me!

 

[VGChampion]

My friend has been going on and on about this game but I Haven't had the time to check it out. Is it really that good and worth my $60 or is it just another rental? Thanx

If it helps, this is the first fighting game I've ever enjoyed this much since the SNES era.

 

[forgrim]

i also picked up the game and am looking forward to getting some games with you guys.

psn: forgrim

i am a hated nu swordspammer user.

 

[dragonlife]

Couldn't wait until the weekend. Picked it up after lunch today.

GT: Kuugrr

Probably won't be playing many online matches until I actually get a hang of things, but if you've got it on 360, feel free to add me!

I'll add you later

 

[JEKKI]

I cant beat score attack mode Q_Q

either that damn frog wont get off me, or psychic ass hakuman parrying all my shyt, and then once I got to v-13.

I guess I should jus be happy that I can beat actual humans

 

[DY_nasty]

I cant beat score attack mode Q_Q

either that damn frog wont get off me, or psychic ass hakuman parrying all my shyt, and then once I got to v-13.

I guess I should jus be happy that I can beat actual humans

Unlimited Rachel is unbeatable.

 

[GuardianE]

I cant beat score attack mode Q_Q

either that damn frog wont get off me, or psychic ass hakuman parrying all my shyt, and then once I got to v-13.

I guess I should jus be happy that I can beat actual humans

Pick Jin.

Ice car-> walk forward, throw-> Ice car -> walk forward, throw.

Win.

Throw a Distortion Drive every now and again. Even if they block or throw tech out, you have room to navigate.

It's another reason why I hate Jin. Even the computer doesn't know what to do with his Ice car. :lol No joke, I beat Score Attack mode without retrying, doing this on my first try.

That said, I only lost a round to Unlimited Ragna. Have fun with him, guys. Either he or Unlimited Rachel take the title for hardest CPU.

Taokaka is such a cute and adorable character that i dont mind losing to her

Heehee, I'm the same way. I luff her. What a great character.

 

[Papercuts]

I've run into a few Carls and they scare me because you gotta know what you're doing to have a positive win % with Carl. I salute them. I wish I was good enough to play him!

Yeah, I hate fighting Carls online so much. Sometimes I can't tell if they're setting up the clap trap so I tend to barrier burst way too early. Apparently Tager vs. Carl is the most one sided according to dustloop(In Carl's favor, so it's worse than Nu or Arakune), the only part that is good is his life is the lowest in the game so it only takes a few good hits to end it quick. I should probably see videos on how to do the claptrap so I see when I should burst, whenever I get hit in the air and see that robot move I get way too cautious.

Pick Jin.

Ice car-> walk forward, throw-> Ice car -> walk forward, throw.

Win.

Throw a Distortion Drive every now and again. Even if they block or throw tech out, you have room to navigate.

It's another reason why I hate Jin. Even the computer doesn't know what to do with his Ice car. :lol No joke, I beat Score Attack mode without retrying, doing this on my first try.

That said, I only lost a round to Unlimited Ragna. Have fun with him, guys. Either he or Unlimited Rachel take the title for hardest CPU.

Yeah, it wasn't that bad with Jin, but I can't believe you beat Unlimited Ragna on your first try! Damn, I couldn't really do the ice car stuff on him, I would even try jumping back and doing it over his head to get the hell away from him and he would read the inputs and leap up smacking me to the ground and corner fucking me. :lol

 

[GuardianE]

Yeah, it wasn't that bad with Jin, but I can't believe you beat Unlimited Ragna on your first try! Damn, I couldn't really do the ice car stuff on him, I would even try jumping back and doing it over his head to get the hell away from him and he would read the inputs and leap up smacking me to the ground and corner fucking me. :lol

The reason why the throw is so effective is because pretty much every character in Score Attack will tech out after they get hit by the Ice Car. The reason why this is so important is because they will never be grounded... so while they're teching out, you can simply walk forward and throw. It sets you up perfectly. And since they're frozen after the throw, you can just Ice Car again.

It's a loop that won't be broken unless they decide to tech out of your throw, which still makes it risk free since you can block afterward.

 

[dragonlife]

Is anyone using these controllers for BlazBlue? According to some of the reviews, they aren't great for half/quarter circle movements. I've been considering getting one since I'll never buy a stick...

Or are there any other reliable 360 controllers with a great d-pad?

Edit: Actually, weren't there some easy 360-d-pad mods out there? Gah...then again, I don't feel comfortable jeopardizing my only controller D:

 

[Prototype-03]

at the insistence of FMF, i finally have a GAF account!!

GGs to Prototype-03, FMF and Ukiraros.

FMF was too busy Fapping to Rachel tonight.

Ukiraros and Prototype are both coming up, Uki has a good tao and Proto's ragna is gettin better and better.



i still await another match with you TEKNOPATHETIC!!!!!!! I'M CALLING YOU OUT!!!! WOOOOOO!!!!

Edit: i was unaware of "Teknomans" presence therefore i have edited my post to avoid confusion.

I don't have a Ragna D:

I do, however, have a mediocre Rachel which FMF was fapping to.

Anyway, Exodu5... I remember that towards the end of our mirror matches, you were getting better because I remember I had to resort to barrier burst... so keep at it!!

 

[Kuugrr]

Is anyone using these controllers for BlazBlue? According to some of the reviews, they aren't great for half/quarter circle movements. I've been considering getting one since I'll never buy a stick...

Or are there any other reliable 360 controllers with a great d-pad?

Edit: Actually, weren't there some easy 360-d-pad mods out there? Gah...then again, I don't feel comfortable jeopardizing my only controller D:

Dunno how it would feel when playing BlazBlue, but I had one for a little while to test out on SFIV. It felt... kinda cheap and wrong, honestly. :/ The buttons were decent and properly spaced, but that D-pad...

Other people in the SFIV thread seemed to enjoy it, if I remember correctly. So YMMV.

 

[GuardianE]

Is anyone using these controllers for BlazBlue? According to some of the reviews, they aren't great for half/quarter circle movements. I've been considering getting one since I'll never buy a stick...

Or are there any other reliable 360 controllers with a great d-pad?

Edit: Actually, weren't there some easy 360-d-pad mods out there? Gah...then again, I don't feel comfortable jeopardizing my only controller D:

The people who can't hit the corners or have stickiness on their d-pad have defective controllers and automatically wrote it off as a design flaw. That's where you see the criticisms and they're mostly unwarranted.

Mine's perfect and I use it for Blazblue all the time. I think the new batches should all be fixed, but Madcatz will send you a replacement if you get a dud.

 

[gokieks]

Just want to make sure people having trouble with Score Attack mode know that you can use a second controller to interrupt the matches if you're close to losing. So if you're needing more practice to find a way to cheese a particular match, that's your way to go.

 

[FormallyFamicom]

Is anyone using these controllers for BlazBlue? According to some of the reviews, they aren't great for half/quarter circle movements. I've been considering getting one since I'll never buy a stick...

It was the first controller I tried when I started the game, and I had a very difficult time doing Distortion Drive motions (half and quarter circles basically). I had no problems with that in SFIV, so it might just not be a good choice for the speed of BB.

 

[Grifter]

Is anyone using these controllers for BlazBlue? According to some of the reviews, they aren't great for half/quarter circle movements. I've been considering getting one since I'll never buy a stick...

Or are there any other reliable 360 controllers with a great d-pad?

Edit: Actually, weren't there some easy 360-d-pad mods out there? Gah...then again, I don't feel comfortable jeopardizing my only controller D:

If you're unwilling to learn stick, that SF4 pad is the best alternative by far just for the button layout.

 

[freakzilla3000]

Yeah this is how you do a thread....

One question though- XBOX 360 or PS3?

I love LIVE but the PS3 has the better d-pad....

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

Yeah this is how you do a thread....

One question though- XBOX 360 or PS3?

I love LIVE but the PS3 has the better d-pad....

360 + Stick

 

[EraldoCoil]

at the insistence of FMF, i finally have a GAF account!!



I don't have a Ragna D:

I do, however, have a mediocre Rachel which FMF was fapping to.

Anyway, Exodu5... I remember that towards the end of our mirror matches, you were getting better because I remember I had to resort to barrier burst... so keep at it!!

hey man! finally glad to see you on here! lol

welcome

 

[TheExodu5]

I don't have a Ragna D:

I do, however, have a mediocre Rachel which FMF was fapping to.

Anyway, Exodu5... I remember that towards the end of our mirror matches, you were getting better because I remember I had to resort to barrier burst... so keep at it!!

I'll get back to it, the moment I get benched for a raid night! Damn WoW takes up too much time.


Grats on the new GAF account.

Yeah this is how you do a thread....

One question though- XBOX 360 or PS3?

I love LIVE but the PS3 has the better d-pad....

Whichever system your friends are on. If it's just with GAFers, then PS3 if you don't want to invest in a new controller. If you're playing on the 360, get yourself a Fightpad at the very least.

The Dualshock works incredibly well with this game for some reason though...it's really quite magic. I'm sticking with my stick though!

 

[DrFunk]

Yeah this is how you do a thread....

One question though- XBOX 360 or PS3?

I love LIVE but the PS3 has the better d-pad....

The 360 Pad works surprisingly well for BB. I've heard that the fightpad isn't "responsive" enough for BB's twitchy movements. YMMV

 

[Tokubetsu]

I'm fucking ready for you now Grifter.

 

[drohne]

started playing this yesterday, still have no idea what i'm doing, can't execute basic jin air combos in a real fight -- but i'm starting to win ranked matches against better players with basic jin zoning tactics. fireballs + freeze + srk = play blazblue like it's sf2!

 

[Wolfwood0]

Anyone up for a psn room? Im gettin on now. Wolfwood0

 

[notworksafe]

The 360 Pad works surprisingly well for BB. I've heard that the fightpad isn't "responsive" enough for BB's twitchy movements. YMMV

I've been playing with the fightpad and I like it so far. It took a little getting used to, especially the DD moves, but I've gotten a lot better at them and now prefer the fightpad to the normal Sixaxis

 

[Chauncy Talon]

I'm fucking ready for you now Grifter.

You want a couple of matches Toku? I have it on the 360

 

[Tokubetsu]

You want a couple of matches Toku? I have it on the 360

Catch me on live in 20 or so minutes. My GT is the same as my username here.

 

[Teknopathetic]

What is with this trend of people counterpicking Nu with Tager? Worst counterpick choice *ever*.

 

[Relix]

Game arrives tomorrow along the TE stick. So excited =O!

 

[Tokubetsu]

What is with this trend of people counterpicking Nu with Tager? Worst counterpick choice *ever*.

No one likes to be thrown by a giant man with magnets on his arm.

 

[Darkman M]

What is with this trend of people counterpicking Nu with Tager? Worst counterpick choice *ever*.

:lol From what ive witness online good rush down ragna's can get into Nu a bit, i still can't do anything with Arakune against her.

 

[DY_nasty]

What is with this trend of people counterpicking Nu with Tager? Worst counterpick choice *ever*.

I swear I don't get it...

Nu is my main, and I just absolutely obliterated this Tager for the majority of the round til I get caught with the spark and get manhandled - I burst out of it then the guy cancels my burst with a burst of his own, sledges my swords then 720s me into hell. Round 2 I didn't even get a combo going. Just got sledged and pounded for a hot 15 seconds...

 

[Papercuts]

I swear I don't get it...

Nu is my main, and I just absolutely obliterated this Tager for the majority of the round til I get caught with the spark and get manhandled - I burst out of it then the guy cancels my burst with a burst of his own, sledges my swords then 720s me into hell. Round 2 I didn't even get a combo going. Just got sledged and pounded for a hot 15 seconds...

Tager's magnetic charge move will negate the knockback on a barrier burst, but it's only really viable if you were pretty obvious when you were going to burst.

 

[DY_nasty]

Tager's magnetic charge move will negate the knockback on a barrier burst, but it's only really viable if you were pretty obvious when you were going to burst.

In my opinion, Nu can only take a solid three combos from anyone until its a wrap. Two from Tager - but the magnetism can stretch one combo into some helldeathstormarmageddon type shit.

I guess playing the legions of Noels is getting to me. You can burst against them just fine then resume to picking them apart in gravity wells.

 

[Papercuts]

In my opinion, Nu can only take a solid three combos from anyone until its a wrap. Two from Tager - but the magnetism can stretch one combo into some helldeathstormarmageddon type shit.

I guess playing the legions of Noels is getting to me. You can burst against them just fine then resume to picking them apart in gravity wells.

Well, against Tager with anyone barrier burst is something you need to be careful about. It depends when you're doing it, but especially against him you should wait until the end, doing it early then eating a 720 usually means death, and Nu already doesn't have much health to start with.