BlazBlue (Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Chrono Phantasma)

[C.A.]

Originally Posted by kayos

all characters are mash friendly, you just have to know which button to mash at the right time... well except for Kokonoe.

I'm very sure its impossible to mash with Rachel and win.

And these BBCS characters seem to be designed in a way to be more newbie friendly, as the creators themselves have said, they wanted to attract more new players. This is made obvious with the 'beginner mode', which creates random combos when you press anything.

Mashable rushdown characters like Tsubaki are designed for this mode and for beginners.

[germanturkey]

yeah, you can't really mash with rachel. speaking of EZmode, i was sooooo angry when my friend played Litchi in the arcade and played on easy mode. any counter hit would throw you in a 3k combo that could be reset. worst part is, you just mash one button..

[ZeroForever]

lol... can someone tell me what easy mode does exactly? sounds like instant combos on single button hit confirms... which would be even dumber then the ability key assignment option in CT.

[Xion Valkyrie]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

yeah, you can't really mash with rachel. speaking of EZmode, i was sooooo angry when my friend played Litchi in the arcade and played on easy mode. any counter hit would throw you in a 3k combo that could be reset. worst part is, you just mash one button..

There's a video on dustloop forums of some guy trolling people with EZMode Litchi and getting up 20 ranks in a day. Also beat some rank 7 Mu. Pretty lulz.

[C.A.]

Originally Posted by ZeroForever

lol... can someone tell me what easy mode does exactly? sounds like instant combos on single button hit confirms... which would be even dumber then the ability key assignment option in CT.

Yes it does random combos as long as you press any key, its for people who have no fighting game experience and only mash buttons to have fun.

The Drive button assignment is actually important for some characters, especially in the arcade. You'll never see a Rachel player with D set as the 4th button to the right.

[Duo Maxwell]

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11390567

Rachel has some lolz worthy combo that makes me love her more XD.
Btw, anyone has any recommend for arcade stick on the PS3 with reasonable price? I'm thinking about getting one after purchasing BBCS.

[C.A.]

If you want to do real damage with Rachel, you'll need to learn how to combo with her j2C.

Alot of those combos are extremely complicated with lots of conditions, and they do not do as much damage compared to other characters with the same amount of effort.

The most practical of all j2C combos is the 'elevator combos', where you do a super jump with wind up and use a 2C while the opponent is stuck in a Baden Baden Lily or frog. Falling from max height, level 3 j2C is Rachel's most damaging single hit, with good proration and is a fatal counter.

You need to be extremely good with Rachel's wind to be able to fight with anyone.

[germanturkey]

if i remember correctly from the arcade, there's a "drive" button, "attack" button, "special" and one more i can't remember. you can pretty much mash attack and it'll pull off combos for you. one thing is though you can't burst.

I don't think drive assignment is that important. its about what feels good for you. it feels more secure to have wind on your thumb, which is a stronger finger than the ring finger. when i play in arcades, i play type b, which has drive on the thumb because i find it easier to shoot out swords.

[C.A.]

Well the control of wind for Rachel is getting very precise, so the thumb button is considered the best choice. I've never heard of anyone using type A for Rachel.

It varies from characters and also for players, so having the choice to choose the D button is actually a good feature.

[germanturkey]

so gamestop is having a midnight release for Starcraft 2, which comes out the same day as CS. so i jokingly asked the dude if i could go at midnight and get CS and he said yes. haha. so i got something to do monday night now! though i have to work tuesday. oh well.

[MakubeX2]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

so gamestop is having a midnight release for Starcraft 2, which comes out the same day as CS. so i jokingly asked the dude if i could go at midnight and get CS and he said yes. haha. so i got something to do monday night now! though i have to work tuesday. oh well.

Which begets the question :-

SC2 or BBCS or both ?

I have the means to get both if need be. But I do prefer not to spurge such huge amount of cash in one single taking. Then, there's still Project Diva 2 two days down the road.....

[Arbitres]

so gamestop is having a midnight release for Starcraft 2, which comes out the same day as CS. so i jokingly asked the dude if i could go at midnight and get CS and he said yes. haha. so i got something to do monday night now! though i have to work tuesday. oh well.

It's an unfair choice, because I'd buy both, but I can't without impending my convention money. So... I say CS for me. I'll buy Starcraft 2 once I have confirm whether or not I get to drop a righteous nuke of "This is FOR FENIX!" on Kerrigan. :|

[C.A.]

Crap I totally forgot about Project Diva 2, didn't even order it, seems like my cash is death.

[germanturkey]

well, my computer doesn't run SC2 and i don't know what project diva is. so i'm set with my decision

edit: now i know what project diva is.

[HurricaneHige]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

so gamestop is having a midnight release for Starcraft 2, which comes out the same day as CS. so i jokingly asked the dude if i could go at midnight and get CS and he said yes. haha. so i got something to do monday night now! though i have to work tuesday. oh well.

It's awesome up in Canada where SC2 is in stock before release for midnight release, and BB:CS will get held up at the border again and delay by like a week.

[Xion Valkyrie]

Originally Posted by MakubeX2

Which begets the question :-

SC2 or BBCS or both ?

I have the means to get both if need be. But I do prefer not to spurge such huge amount of cash in one single taking. Then, there's still Project Diva 2 two days down the road.....

Not getting Starcraft 2 until DOTA comes out for it, so easy choice for me

[leodamine]

any tao mains in here willing to help me out? I can never land the j.c in any of her 3C combos. Is there some kinda specific timing or something? I can get her 236cc combos out most of the time, but the 3C ones just kill me T.T

[Dobby]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHige

It's awesome up in Canada where SC2 is in stock before release for midnight release, and BB:CS will get held up at the border again and delay by like a week.

Oh god, please dont jinx it. I didn't get my copy of CT until about a month after

[SilverSyko]

I wouldn't worry about Canada's shipments getting delayed this time. EB Games has the game listed as a July 27th release.

If you need even more proof, I have a RL friend who works in a Wal-Mart electronics department in Canada, and he told me they're recieving their shipment of Continuum Shift tomorrow but aren't allowed to sell them till the 27th.

So believe what you will, but I'm not worried at all thanks to this.~

[Arbitres]

A week/nearly a week away.

I'm bleeding at the pores with anticipation of Lambda-tan. But she will never fillt he void Nu-chan left behind, though.

I looked on ebay at the Noel nendoroid, and they are pretty pricey. Most likely the shipping and the customs playing a part in that.