and Lobo you're filter "simple mode" argument...you are aware of the serious nerf that causes right? If you're really at a point where you can't beat simple mode with normal mode...then you need to learn OR you need to be using it as well. I played a simple mode and got beat the 1st time, but then i realized they didnt have a ton of tools and just abused the fact i knew some of the limitations, especially with they're normals. Just advancing guard, dive in, done.
you 100% missed the point. first of all, i will absolutely not use simple mode. why on earth would i spend time learning the game completely wrong? even suggesting it is flat out insulting and shows right away that you and i are going into this with completely different mindsets. it is the difference between "i want to win online" and "i want to get good."
saying "you need to learn" is also bullshit. of course i need to learn. i need to learn with other people on the same footing. imagine if you could set a button to ivy iCS, the catch being that she could no longer SS, and play ranked matches. i could tell you all day, "well if you know it is coming then break a every time, scrub, or else just use it yourself." yeah, that would be awesome... :/
that is bullshit and you know it. i'm sure you would not regret all the time you spent learning iCS if i could suddenly come to the game brand new and do it with one hand blindfolded. there is absolutely not one redeeming factor to belittling players' efforts to learn the game.
i'm not opposed to simple mode as a means to entice scrubs, but let them play each other, or at least let me ban it in hosted rooms/ranked matches. i strongly disagree that it actually brings more players. going back to iCS...how many people would have just ragequit sc4 rather than learn to deal with it? eliminating the learning curve in a fighting game is fucking stupid. as it stands, experienced players laugh it off and deal with it, supreme scrubby noobs use it with ear to ear grins, and the people who are hurt by it are those like myself...people starting from square one and actually trying to learn the game. i don't think you have any idea how shitty it feels to lose to someone who doesn't even know what a quarter-circle forward is just because i don't know which moves are punishable yet and with what. sure, eventually i'll learn to shut it down, but why am i forced to be subjected to learn in an environment where i have to begin with a massive disadvantage? and yes, as someone trying to learn the basics of the game from scratch, it is a MASSIVE disadvantage.
finally, how on earth would that be a nerf? at the end of the day, the more skilled player should win, and that should apply to beginners as well. separating lazy ass scrubs from determined and focused scrubs is not a nerf, it is common sense.
