Wall of text, TL;DR after each paragraph. Hey, portuguese newbie on board. Coming from a competitive background in strategy and music games (weird combination of genres, but there you go). Got introduced to the genre not long ago by an ex, she played Tekken 6 for incredibly long sessions and enjoyed kicking my butt. Physically, virtually and emotionally. Oh well. Anyway, been itching to play another fighting game since and it turned into a Soul Calibur VS Mortal Kombat purchase.
(tl;dr: hi, am from portugal, on my 20s and new to the genre)
Problem is, I'm horrible at it. Always been. Though I think there's some potential to get decent, the music genre gives me incredible accuracy and precision, it does show, I think, I seem to get consistency with ease on most Just Frames. And I assume the strategy portion will come into play in proper matches when I actually feel in control of my character enough to read and properly react to the opponent and enter all sorts of the lovable mind-games I'm so fond of - eventually.
(tl;dr: suck at fighting games)
Until then, I don't even know where to start. There's so much to learn it's hard to pick a thing at a time and improve it, playing randomly against players or CPU doesn't seem to yield much improvement, or at least I don't feel it, I just end up in Training after a match to try and figure out what to use to maximize damage when I knock the opponent down or stun him... Learn all sorts of complex combos and then be too uncomfortable to use them properly in an actual match.
(tl;dr: where to start? what to improve first? seen videos/stickies.)
Characters. Easiest/hardest to learn if there's a distinct difficulty curve between them? Maybe a few under the former category also fall into my "fun to play" one. Currently, I'm leaning towards Natsu and Pyrrha, though it seems like two very different playstyles: one extremely fast and aggressive, the other extremely defensive with easy punishes. Is there one that'd be more appropriate for a complete beginner to learn first? Natsu seems very reliant on her PO moves and combos, which are not exactly easy to pull-off. I haven't looked at Pyrrha for more than just enjoying playing with her on a few matches though.
(tl;dr: what character to play?)
And... something that troubles me is the lack of accurate information in character guides and others due to balance changes. They're not that many to begin with and the patches seem to make some of their contents useless (referring to character guides on youtube and the official strategy guide). Example of which is Natsu's FC AB, the caltrops, that I don't seem to be able to use as a combo filler as many of those suggest... The next move is always blocked. I can't be sure it's me doing it wrong or the videos are not updated.
(tl;dr: where to get updated guides? have natsu's caltrops been nerfed?)
That's it. Thanks for reading.
(tl;dr? see ya)
(tl;dr: hi, am from portugal, on my 20s and new to the genre)
Problem is, I'm horrible at it. Always been. Though I think there's some potential to get decent, the music genre gives me incredible accuracy and precision, it does show, I think, I seem to get consistency with ease on most Just Frames. And I assume the strategy portion will come into play in proper matches when I actually feel in control of my character enough to read and properly react to the opponent and enter all sorts of the lovable mind-games I'm so fond of - eventually.
(tl;dr: suck at fighting games)
Until then, I don't even know where to start. There's so much to learn it's hard to pick a thing at a time and improve it, playing randomly against players or CPU doesn't seem to yield much improvement, or at least I don't feel it, I just end up in Training after a match to try and figure out what to use to maximize damage when I knock the opponent down or stun him... Learn all sorts of complex combos and then be too uncomfortable to use them properly in an actual match.
(tl;dr: where to start? what to improve first? seen videos/stickies.)
Characters. Easiest/hardest to learn if there's a distinct difficulty curve between them? Maybe a few under the former category also fall into my "fun to play" one. Currently, I'm leaning towards Natsu and Pyrrha, though it seems like two very different playstyles: one extremely fast and aggressive, the other extremely defensive with easy punishes. Is there one that'd be more appropriate for a complete beginner to learn first? Natsu seems very reliant on her PO moves and combos, which are not exactly easy to pull-off. I haven't looked at Pyrrha for more than just enjoying playing with her on a few matches though.
(tl;dr: what character to play?)
And... something that troubles me is the lack of accurate information in character guides and others due to balance changes. They're not that many to begin with and the patches seem to make some of their contents useless (referring to character guides on youtube and the official strategy guide). Example of which is Natsu's FC AB, the caltrops, that I don't seem to be able to use as a combo filler as many of those suggest... The next move is always blocked. I can't be sure it's me doing it wrong or the videos are not updated.
(tl;dr: where to get updated guides? have natsu's caltrops been nerfed?)
That's it. Thanks for reading.
(tl;dr? see ya)
