Street Fighter V

[DAMN iNATOR]

The only part of her anatomy which I seriously doubt is "natural" would be her breasts...typical "butt cleavage" of augmented ones.

[Kalyx triaD]

You should google out more. There's nothing suspect about tits like that

[DAMN iNATOR]

What about THESE tits? nyuknyuknyuk ;)
http://www.wilddelight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bird_TuftedTitmice5.jpg
Sure, they're kinda small, but beggars can't be choosy amirite?

[road doggy dogg]

jesus christ dude

[The Rogerer]

You should google out more. There's nothing suspect about tits like thatDid you mean to say go out?

[Kalyx triaD]

It was a spin on that phrase. Googling would give him gigs of naturally busty pics.

But also yeah, he should probably go out more too.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I go out plenty, Kalyx, Fuck you.

[Kalyx triaD]

Sure. But just know boobs can look like that and not be fake.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I never said they couldn't be, just that it was highly unlikely, in my estimation.

[Kalyx triaD]

It's not even 'highly unlikely'. Seriously hit up google or even tumblr. Breast implants aren't like getting a push up bra. You see big tits chances are they're All Natural as dot coms would say.

[Emperor Smeat]

Similar to the first beta, the second beta test going on right now was plagued with issues. At first, Capcom announced it was unlikely they'd be able to fix the problem but ended up sending out a quick patch that fixed some of the matchmaking problems.

Some people have managed to be able to play without problems since then while others are still having connection issues with the beta.

Capcom detailed the situation in an employee blog. According to the developer, several new problems came about recently which affected the rate at which matches are made. It's said that matchmaking is very slow right now. As Capcom put it, the beta "[isn't] operat[ing] exactly as we intended."

Things probably won't get better either. Capcom says that "[it's] not confident that the matchmaking rate will improve significantly throughout the course of the beta period. That said, user experience will vary." Regardless, the servers will be kept on for the previously-announced time frame.
http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-v-s-second-beta-isn-t-going-swimmingly-316971.phtml

[Kalyx triaD]

This is what betas are for. So long as it goes smooth by launch.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Feeling Mika a lot in this beta. Been on a 10 match streak.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

More character themes were in the PC beta files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbze2bnOL1g

[#BROKEN Hasney]

PC Beta is getting datamined to hell and back. In the characters data, we have some 3 figures representing names, so the following should be in:

URN: Urien
ALX: Alex
GUL: Guile
IBK: Ibuki (!!!)
JRI: Juri
BSN: Bison AKA Balrog in the west

There's also NDK and FAN. FAN seems to be a huge character, so might be a story mode boss. The files have much more bones for FAN than any other character.

Because of the 16 characters at launch and one of the unannounced one being another new character, some of these will likely by the first batch of DLC they're working on. However, they could just be in story or cameo appearances. For instance, Karins butler is in them.

[Fignuts]

JRI: Juri


You're all fucked

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Someone did some more digging and found something that refers to story splash screens. That would probably be the initial roster. There's 17 here, which could really mean that FAN is a boss. Here they are based on Japanese names, so although Balrog is there, that's Vega to us:

RYU - RYU
CNL - CHUN-LI
NSH - NASH
VEG - VEGA
BLR - BALROG
BRD - BIRDIE
FAN - NEW CHARACTER
CMY - CAMMY
DSM - DHALSIM
LAR - LAURA
KEN - KEN
KRN - KARIN
NCL - NECALLI
RMK - R.MIKA
RSD - RASHID
TUT - NEW CHARACTER
ZGF - ZANGIEF

Dhalsim, TUT and FAN to be the last announcements.

[Emperor Smeat]

Mad Catz released the first image of the Street Fighter V line of arcade sticks arriving for the game. $230 price tag mostly due to having the same parts found in actual Japanese arcades.

http://www.destructoid.com//ul/317579-chunlistick.jpg
http://www.destructoid.com/chun-li-graces-mad-catz-first-street-fighter-v-stick-317579.phtml

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Accroding to Eurogamer, Dhalsim is playable on the floor of Paris Game Week and it's coming February 16th.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Dhalsim also has a beard.

6 characters in the year after release, I think some of those I posted earlier are going to be in. IBUKI ON THE SCENE.

Dhalsim:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8XvRkH8Mjk4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://abload.de/img/2015-10-2718_16_00-ple0s8d.png

[Emperor Smeat]

Hackers managed to discover all the color variations for each fighter revealed during the recent beta session. Most are just simple color swaps but a few do change a fighter's appearance a bit.

http://www.destructoid.com//ul/318835-NNN1.jpg
This is to be expected for a fighting game, but Street Fighter V will feature 10 color variations for each character. Dedicated fans have of course uncovered them by making use of leftover files, using data from the recent PC and PS4 beta session.

Some of them are just small outfit color swaps, but in the case of Necalli above, they can sometimes be more dramatic. Whether these will be locked behind the new "merit-based" DLC system is unknown.
http://www.destructoid.com/someone-uncovered-10-color-variations-for-each-character-in-street-fighter-v-318835.phtml


Also discovered announcer files that might be revealing who will be in the first wave of DLC fighters for the game. As well as special files related to possible upcoming pro tournament events.
http://shoryuken.com/2015/11/03/street-fighter-v-audio-files-reveal-post-launch-characters-posstible-capcom-pro-tour-events/

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The opening parts of story mode were found in the beta. Starts off with Ryu and Ken with their Alpha looks (!!!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRaGGEiVYmM

[Emperor Smeat]

Capcom currently dealing with Buttgate after some recent changes and tweaks made to the game. Mostly fixed or removed some possible creeper-like stuff from certain animations and intros with Cammy and R Mika affected the most.

wasn't long ago that Capcom claimed Chun-Li's absurd level of boob movement in Street Fighter V was a "glitch" and it was working on a fix before the game was released. I wonder if it will also claim that R. Mika's original super-ending ass slap was also a glitch?

Either way, it looks like that particular butt shot is gone for now, though I wouldn't be surprised to see it return as optional DLC at some point. Capcom has also made changes to a few of the game's other crotch close ups. Check out the full thread on NeoGAF for more details.

Also turns out the boob glitch sort of wasn't just an accidental glitch according to a recent ESRB review for the game. Won't be as ridiculous as some gifs and videos previously showed off but the general idea is around the same.

http://www.destructoid.com/r-mika-butt-slap-close-up-removed-from-street-fighter-v-319706.phtml

[Fignuts]

Buncha poofters.

[Kalyx triaD]

lol Lame.

[drave]

lol "poofter" :lol:

[Emperor Smeat]

We've always known that Capcom has a clear, unified approach to Street Fighter V. The game, according to the publisher so far, will not be constantly updated with "Super" and "Ultra" editions -- instead, there will be one base version that's added onto over time. Now we have a basic timeline.

According to Ono, the game is running on a five year plan, which will include constant balancing updates. Ono states, "simple maths [sic] suggest it'll take five years to get to the roster of Street Fighter IV [44], and we want to keep the game going for that amount of time." He hints that while this is the initial plan, it may change after the game releases, depending on its reception.
http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-v-is-operating-on-a-five-year-plan--322126.phtml

[#BROKEN Hasney]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cy1oO_OpuYA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Alex, Guile, Balrog, Ibuki, Juri and Urien announced officially as the first DLC characters.

[Kalyx triaD]

I suppose a gay character was coming eventually. #kappa

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Box art for the Japanese HOT! version

http://i.imgur.com/auiQ0M8.jpg

http://giant.gfycat.com/DisguisedFlippantBurro.gif

[drave]

SF V: SFxDoA EX Plus Alpha 2 Meta.

[Emperor Smeat]

Capcom has confirmed the dates for the next Street Fighter V beta period. Although the PSN states that the beta will take place from December 17-20, Yoshinori Ono has announced that it will actually start on December 18 (next Friday).
http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-v-s-next-beta-period-will-begin-next-week-324949.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Capcom recently gave an official statement regarding Buttgate for the game.

For a month now, fans have been speculating in regards to why Capcom would remove R. Mika's Critical Art butt slap animation from Street Fighter V, after already debuting footage for it.

Now, by way of UOL Jogos, we know Capcom's side. Evidently producer Yoshinori Ono noted that they didn't make the change due to "external influences" or pressure. Instead, it was an internal decision because they wanted "the biggest possible number of people to play," and that they don't want something in the game that would be "uncomfortable."
http://www.destructoid.com/r-mika-s-butt-slap-was-removed-in-street-fighter-v-because-it-would-make-people-uncomfortable--325436.phtml

[Fignuts]

We'll take out the butt slap because it's "uncomfortable", but leave the hong kong stripper chun li outfit in.

Logic.

[alvarado52]

Would have been better if they replaced the butt slap with an animations where she grabs her titties.

[Fignuts]

I am buying a PS4 next week, and will totally be getting in on the beta, if anyone wants to play.

Have they announced which characters will be available?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I am buying a PS4 next week, and will totally be getting in on the beta, if anyone wants to play.

Have they announced which characters will be available?

Not on this one, F.A.N.G., Dhalsim and Laura for sure since they're the ones been announced since the last one.

[Fignuts]

So the whole roster then. Sweet.

Watching videos and I really think Karin is going to suit me best, though I really want to try out Laura just because an electric, limb snapping jiu jitsu babe is badass.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So the whole roster then. Sweet.

Watching videos and I really think Karin is going to suit me best, though I really want to try out Laura just because an electric, limb snapping jiu jitsu babe is badass.

Nah, not the roster. The second beta didn't have the people from the original beta, so this will likely be the same. They threw some more characters in on the last day last time though.

[Fignuts]

Awww weak. I don't want to play as Fandango.

[Kalyx triaD]

At least you get to play. We won't have it for some time.

[Fignuts]

Well I won't be playing either I guess. Didn't know you had to preorder to play the beta, and I can't afford that righ5 now, so fuck.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Well I won't be playing either I guess. Didn't know you had to preorder to play the beta, and I can't afford that righ5 now, so fuck.

Just pre-order from Amazon.com, they don't charge up front so cancel as soon as you get your code.

[Fignuts]

Sweet

[Emperor Smeat]

The beta, which is available on both PS4 and PC, starts tomorrow at 12:01am PT and runs until December 20 at 10pm PT. Ranked matches, casual matches, training, the Capcom Fighters Network, battle settings, and options will all be accessible. There will be two ten-hour maintenance periods where the beta will be temporarily shut down.

There's a fair amount of variation in the roster this time, too. The event will start with Ryu, Birdie, Cammy, Necalli, Nash, and Laura. Over the course of the weekend, Dhalsim and Zangief will be added into the mix. Capcom also teases that "there might be some surprise characters along the way."
http://www.destructoid.com/the-third-street-fighter-v-beta-kicks-off-tomorrow-here-are-all-the-details-327608.phtml

[ClockShot]

No Chun Li? Awwwwww.

[Emperor Smeat]

PC version to support both Windows OS and Steam Machines at launch.

It's going to be a good year for PC Street Fighter fans in 2016. Capcom has announced that in addition to Windows support, they are going to have full Steam capabilities when Street Fighter V launches next year. This includes the Steam Controller, and Steam OS support -- so it can run on a Steam Machine without the need to stream.
http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-v-s-beta-is-live-full-game-will-have-steam-support-at-launch-327814.phtml

[ClockShot]

Can't log in. Are the in one of those "maintenance periods" right now?

[Fignuts]

Oh shit, alpha costumes for ken and ryu during tutorial. Wonder if tjey will be unlockable in the final game, and if everyone has an in game non dlc alternate costume.

[ClockShot]

Messing around just now. Chun Li's super move got dumbed down. Was really hoping Hosenka made a return, now it's just pathetic.

Vega, who was the worse character in the last game, got a good kick in the ass. Moves are pretty sweet and switching between using the claw and fists is nice. Having trouble executing the Izuma Drop since they don't tell you what the "Z" motion is in the icon menu.

Excited to play as Sagat who was just an overall monster in 4.

[Fignuts]

Can't seem to connect to a fight. Internet isn't first rate but it's not sliw either. Can find games in battlefront and play them no problem.

Anyone else having issues?

[ClockShot]

I only went into training mode and fought against a dummy. While at the bottom of the screen was a bar that said searching for opponent. All that time, no bites.

I don't know, Figs.

[Fignuts]

Weak.

Well at least I got to try some characters and get a feel for it. Laura looking like my girl so far. Weird that every new numbered game, I go for the semi-grappler. Alex in 3, Abel in 4, and now Laura.

Dunno yet tho. Still might main Chun Li, as she seems really good in this game. Has a great normal anti air, and her v skill seems like it would just ruin a zoner's day.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Excited to play as Sagat who was just an overall monster in 4.

He's not in it, at least for the first year since he's not part of that DLC either.

[ClockShot]

Take away the power player. Okay, Capcom. I see how it is.

[Kalyx triaD]

Messing around just now. Chun Li's super move got dumbed down.

It wasn't.

Vega, who was the worse character in the last game,

lol What?

[Fignuts]

Take away the power player. Okay, Capcom. I see how it is.

Sagat hasn't been a power player since the original release of 4. Got nerfed hard in Super.

[Fignuts]

Also, yeah dunno what you're on about with the Vega thing. Good Vegas were my nightmare playing online in 4.

[Emperor Smeat]

Capcom rumored to be doing one more beta for the game based on recent updates done to the beta client software. The new update is a bit over 3 GB in size in regards to hard drive space needed.

The update - listed as version 1.08 and weighing in at 3.1GB - is thought to be a preparatory patch in advance of an as yet unannounced upcoming beta test as after the download completes, you’ll receive a message stating that the it is an “overall renew for next beta test.”
http://www.destructoid.com/is-there-a-new-street-fighter-v-ps4-beta-on-its-way--334227.phtml

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The beta is up right now. That got me by surprise.

[Emperor Smeat]

New batch of alternative costumes were discovered within the new beta for the game.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6zfM8ZVjins" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://www.destructoid.com/more-alternate-costumes-emerge-from-the-street-fighter-v-beta-335712.phtml

[Fignuts]

Some cool, some boring.

lol at the close ups and slow down tho.

[Emperor Smeat]

Currently Japan-only but the game is getting several limited edition PS4 bundles for its release. About five different custom designs in total.

One of the custom PS4s below:
http://www.destructoid.com//ul/335959-/sfv-ps4-hq-3-noscale.jpg

http://www.destructoid.com/japan-is-getting-some-amazing-sfv-limited-edition-ps4-consoles-335959.phtml

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Story trailer

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p6rjpAXj-YI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The story expansion is coming 4 months after the base game.

Also one final beta starting January 30 at 12:01 AM PT (8:01 AM GMT), and ending January 31 at 7 PM PT (February 1 at 3 AM GMT)

[Fignuts]

Was able to connect to people just fine this time, unlike the last beta. Netcode seems really good too. Very few matches with lag, and even then it wasn't really bad. As a Juri player, I feel really comfortable with Rashid.

After trying everyone out except Fang, I gotta reiterate that everyone in this game seems fun to play, and I'll likely go on a run in ranked with every character.

[Fignuts]

Great OST as well. Despite how many characters 4 had by the end, I can count on one hand the amount of memorable tracks. Not so with 5. Had to go on youtube and download most of them.

[drave]

Thought you might dig it.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/02/02/numskulls-doing-some-really-nice-street-fighter-merch

http://media.kotaku.foxtrot.future.net.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/02/sfv-range-1024x576.png

http://media.kotaku.foxtrot.future.net.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/02/ken-hoodie-1024x576.png

http://media.kotaku.foxtrot.future.net.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/02/street-fighter-5-thumb-grib-red-1024x576.png

http://media.kotaku.foxtrot.future.net.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/02/street-fighter-thumb-grip-yellow-1024x576.png

Guess the thumbstick add-ons are moot if you use a fight stick. Like the Ryu jacket.

[Kalyx triaD]

Khuntry got a PS4. At least he will be on this at launch. I will make a cameo sometime down the line.

[Emperor Smeat]

Street Fighter V is nearly here after months of hype and beta testing, but Capcom isn't done promoting it just yet. The publisher has announced that they will hold a special presentation event on February 10, which basically sums up launch plans, as well as hosting a few special matches. It starts at 6:00PM PT in the US, and may also have some additional post-launch info.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-will-host-a-livestream-event-for-street-fighter-v-on-the-heels-of-its-launch-339014.phtml

[#BROKEN Hasney]

-Alex coming in March.
-One new character per month until September.
-Spectator mode after the launch
-Challenges on March.
-Characters will cost 100.000 Fight Money or 600 Zenny

One new character a month means I don't have to wait long for Ibuki.

[The Rogerer]

Is the deluxe edition/season pass required to play as the additional characters?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Is the deluxe edition/season pass required to play as the additional characters?

No, you can grind out the required fight money by playing the game, or just pay cash for each character individually.

[The Rogerer]

Cheers, I'd forgotten about the fight money stuff.

I ordered those stick covers

[Emperor Smeat]

Day One patch for the game revealed to be around 5.9 GB in size along with Capcom confirming support for PS3 fightsticks for the game.

http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-v-will-have-legacy-controller-support-after-all-340288.phtml

[Fignuts]

Going to get one of the new mad catz fight pads for this. I think the setup will help my execution, plus they look slick as fuck.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Capcom have said that finishing most of the single player content will give you enough fight money for Alex for free.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca8gBOeXIAEViwR.jpg:large
http://i.imgur.com/SrhYfhU.png

[drave]

#LoRiderBandana

[ClockShot]

Bought my Hori fight pad for Mortal Kombat. But never took it out yet.

Wish I could use my Blanka pad.

[The Rogerer]

I was playing through some UltraSF4 arcade mode to pass the time this morning. They've totally patched Seth on normal difficulty since original SF4, haven't they? I remember him being pretty tough and constantly throwing a whole arsenal at you. Now he just stands there while you push him around for a 2-0.

[Fignuts]

He's a far cry from Gil, that's for damn sure.

[drave]

Seth was indeed tough. Obviously haven't played this one but was never a push over.

[Fignuts]

So early reports are the new mad catz fight pads are garbage.....again. D-pad is really bad and prone to sticking and flat out breaking.

How the fuck can a company that makes duch amazing arcade sticks make such god awful controllers? I mean you'd think they'd at least be decent.

Anyway, glad I held off on getting one. Will probably save up for a stick now.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So early reports are the new mad catz fight pads are garbage.....again. D-pad is really bad and prone to sticking and flat out breaking.

How the fuck can a company that makes duch amazing arcade sticks make such god awful controllers? I mean you'd think they'd at least be decent.

Anyway, glad I held off on getting one. Will probably save up for a stick now.

Just buy the king
http://stores.horiusa.com/fighting-commander-4-for-playstation-4-playstation

[Fignuts]

The king is not found

[The Rogerer]

Just use a pad. Look at Luffy

[Fignuts]

Anyone wanna play some ultra while the clock ticks down?

[Fignuts]

Download faster, damn you!

[Fignuts]

Servers down already lol

So much for all tjat beta testing. Also, amazon hasn't sent me the code for my Bison costume yet? Do you only get the costumes if you preorder the physical copy?

[The Rogerer]

I seemed to have the Chun Li dress just in the game anyway.

I didn't play much of the beta. They've slowed things down a bit, and really shaken up Chun Li's move set. Simplified it down tbh, she has a lot of accumulated cruft in 4.

[Fignuts]

Chun Li gained a great anti air normal. That alone makes me very happy.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The king is not found

Dammit, this one:

http://stores.horiusa.com/fighting-commander-4-for-playstation-4-playstation-3/

[The Rogerer]

Since I got those stick covers, I've been using the analog sticks off and on. It's not bad. I got enough practice in before as I had original SF4 on a 360. Fuck that d-pad.

I want to be good at Street Fighter.

[Kalyx triaD]

You can all be good at Street Fighter. Now more than ever.

[The Rogerer]

It's been a long road.

TBH I thought Street Fighter II was cool and I got it on the SNES but I was dense and had no-one to fight against. I would play a lot of Alpha 2 and 3 but same story. Then I really enjoyed SF4 but just felt intimidated playing online. I've been playing a bunch of IV online to warm up for V, and I was generally getting thrashed, but I was coming through the first stages of improving: not getting frustrated, and taking in what people are doing to me. If someone comes up with a simple but confident offence I would just crumple up and dash myself against it. I fought one guy twice in a row who utterly squashed me first time, and then on the second time I noticed he was just totally relying on me charging in.

It's one of those shameful things that I've been a big fan since 2 but never measurably improved. I just haven't put the time in.

V, to my amateur eyes, seems heavier, slower and more generous. They seem to have simplified the execution as well. I'm much more likely to commit to things nowadays when I start them, and so this is what I want to improve at.

[Fignuts]

Linking is easier, yes. I dunno about it being slower. Most people would say it's faster than IV. It is certainly much more offensive minded than 4.

[The Rogerer]

I suppose I mean heavier, weightier? Probably talking out of my arse.

[Fignuts]

Well I'm not getting kicked from the server anymore, but I can't find a single fight in ranked or casual. Battle Lounge is really effedup as it won't let you search or create one.

Pretty shit, tbh.

[ClockShot]

I don't think most of the features are available yet, right?

Currently just screwing around in training and seeing who I'll be comfortable with. I know I'll see everybody using Ryu right now online.

[thecc]

I didn't have any success finding matches at first. It has seemed to get slightly better though. Also rethinking about using Laura as my main.

[The Rogerer]

The first day is always the worst. This is unfortunately a problem with servers that can't be helped

[Fignuts]

Problem is theres not much else to do besides online. Can't do story mode if you can't log in, and you don't get money or xp from survival offline.

All you can really do is train.

[The Rogerer]

I got on at the midnight launch, but I guess that's before the US was involved? Haven't been able to get on whatsoever today

Is the Chun Li anti air her back and fierce kick?

[Fignuts]

Yeah. Works pretty good.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

275k fight money. Unless you want costumes, there's no reason to get the season pass. They level up so damn quick that the 1k bonuses just come pouring in.

[Emperor Smeat]

Breakdown on how coins are earned in the game from Destructoid. It's actually possible to earn enough coins to get two characters for free but involves ignoring everything else costing coins.

Also the amount of free coins possible seems to have a soft cap set until Capcom releases more ways to earn coins.

Fight Coins are basically an earned, free currency, that you get from completing various events. Playing a "story" (read: less than 10 minute prologues) will net you 10,000 each clear, and a win online nets you 50. With one survival clear per character (there's 16 characters and four difficulty tiers for each one) you can net 6,000 coins each. You can also opt to buy into a premium currency called "Zenny," which will run you $1 per 100. Characters (here's the current schedule) cost 100,000 Fight Coins or 600 Zenny, story mode costumes cost 40,000 Fight Coins, and premium costumes are 400 Zenny.

On paper, you're getting one and a half characters outright (160,000 coins from just the prologues) for a few hours of work. That's...not bad, since said characters would be sold as paid DLC anyway. But Capcom is counting on you spending your currency on outfits, leaving you with less and less cash to buy characters with. It's a common strategy that's used in a lot of games -- hell, the free market in general. If you can resist the temptation, you'll likely come out on top.

Assuming the well of solo coins dries up, beyond that, you'll need to win roughly 2000 games a month to get a free character. But there are concessions. Leveling up a character by playing them will net you an extra 1000 coins per level, for example. When the shop opens in March, more prices emerge, and other modes arrive, we'll update accordingly. For now, the high rewards for single-player content are great, but we'll see how easy it is to earn Coins once players cap their levels out. "More ways to earn coins will be added throughout the year" Capcom says, but for now, this is just a promise.

http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-how-street-fighter-v-s-fight-coins-and-microtransactions-work-341899.phtml

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Destructoid article is bullshit. When you actually play the game, you see how fast the levels go up so ignoring that bonus is silly. Mix up your character selection and you'll have the years worth of character DLC in fight money plus change for costumes.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Someone did the mathsmaths and there is ~640,000FM available in the base game by just completing story mode, easy survival and normal survival with every character, starting at level 1 each. Rough figures because the 3 fight stories come out at level 5 and the 4 fight ones hit 8, but it should be around that.

[The Rogerer]

I've been online for a couple of hours while I did all of story mode/survival. I only got one online match in the entire time (Stomped by R Mika) in that time. The levelling up of characters seemed a little spotty, maybe I wasn't getting notifications.

A word of warning, I was playing survival mode and suspended the PS4, when I started up again it kicks you straight out because it lost the connection. Something to bear in mind if you're going for hell mode? Hopefully they patch it.

I'm fairly relaxed about it as I look at it as an ongoing service, but the AI in this game is fucking pointless. Even in Hell Survival it seems the same brain dead nothing, unless it increases as you go up levels? I suppose this is the bare minimum they had to do to get the game out. Hopefully the servers are going well soon.

[Fignuts]

The A.I. kicks up at match 25 on normal, and match 10. I've tried twice and was KOed on Bison in the last match. I just jumped right into it with Ryu. Should probably hit the lab and look for new combos, as I'm kinda just playing him like in sf4 atm, and would likely have an easier time of it if I meddled around with him a bit.

[Fignuts]

Fucking dread facing vega on higher stages. Cpu is an input reading bastard.

[DAMN iNATOR]

It's been a long road.

TBH I thought Street Fighter II was cool and I got it on the SNES but I was dense and had no-one to fight against. I would play a lot of Alpha 2 and 3 but same story. Then I really enjoyed SF4 but just felt intimidated playing online. I've been playing a bunch of IV online to warm up for V, and I was generally getting thrashed, but I was coming through the first stages of improving: not getting frustrated, and taking in what people are doing to me. If someone comes up with a simple but confident offence I would just crumple up and dash myself against it. I fought one guy twice in a row who utterly squashed me first time, and then on the second time I noticed he was just totally relying on me charging in.

It's one of those shameful things that I've been a big fan since 2 but never measurably improved. I just haven't put the time in.

V, to my amateur eyes, seems heavier, slower and more generous. They seem to have simplified the execution as well. I'm much more likely to commit to things nowadays when I start them, and so this is what I want to improve at.

I don't think there's any shame in enjoying great games and having fun with them, no matter how adept or not you are at them. IMO, if people want to hate online against "n00bs", let them talk. I'd certainly never let it diminish my good time.

[Fignuts]

Went down forserver maintenance a while ago. Back up and can connect to matches now. Still takes 30-90 seconds.

Yay?

[Fignuts]

Batþle lounge still fucked though.

Even if it wasn't, 2 man lobbies are super gay. I can deal with no spectator mode, but not being able to play with a group is shitty.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I've been online for a couple of hours while I did all of story mode/survival. I only got one online match in the entire time (Stomped by R Mika) in that time. The levelling up of characters seemed a little spotty, maybe I wasn't getting notifications.

Probably the same thing that was happening in the betas. If it fails to send the fight results to the server after the match, you get nothing.

[Fignuts]

I think it finds fights much faster if you just go into ranked/casual matches, rather than relying on fight request

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Bought the TE S

http://www.gaming-age.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MadCatz-SFV-TES-Plus-PS4-00.jpg

Almost got a Chun Li TE2, but that was more expensive, no touchpad or L3 and R3. All I'm losing here is the easy customisation. Plus this design is more awesome.

[Fignuts]

Nice.

Going to go with the Chun version since I see myself using her a lot.

[ClockShot]

Couldn't get into a casual match last night. Has it gotten any better?

[Emperor Smeat]

Some good-bad news regarding the game.

The good being that Capcom is currently working on patching several things with most related to server/connection issues.
http://www.destructoid.com/a-bunch-of-street-fighter-v-fixes-are-incoming-342087.phtml

The bad being the PC version appears to be the worse than the PS4 version and a lot of its own problems won't be fixed until much later. The biggest being issues with fighting sticks not working correctly and the inability to rebind keys for Keyboard users.
http://www.destructoid.com/pc-port-report-street-fighter-v-341923.phtml

[The Rogerer]

I invented my own combo. That's a first.

Matchmaking seems to be working okay, however I was just setting the fight request for casual matches and getting one within a minute. When I was playing USFIV at the weekend you'd sometimes get something 1 second into a match repeatedly. I think the longer loading times could be partly to blame.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Didn't get to play today, ended up upgrading my PS4 HDD only for the backup I made to corrupt. Hate that the PF version doesn't support DirectInput, neither of my PS4 sticks like it and the wireless Tekken 360 one I have has a touch too much lag to bother with online.

[The Rogerer]

What happened with your backup?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

What happened with your backup?

My USB hard drive is shit and it just stops being read anywhere between 1 and 100GB. Not really a huge issue since I can redownload all the games and saves again, but I'd have rather avoided downloading over 1TB of data if I could help it.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I invented my own combo. That's a first.

Matchmaking seems to be working okay, however I was just setting the fight request for casual matches and getting one within a minute. When I was playing USFIV at the weekend you'd sometimes get something 1 second into a match repeatedly. I think the longer loading times could be partly to blame.

They said they've just cranked up the speed of matchmaking, so it may have been slowed down to ease the servers.

[The Rogerer]

I don't mind the slower pace, in that it's entirely pointless going through the long load back into practice mode to get pulled out a second later. It's not worth complaining about quickly getting matches, though, is it

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Got to 1,700 LP then everyone who's up there with me quits on loss as there's no penalty. Had 10 in a row.

Just going to do it myself. The more of a joke ranked is, the quicker they'll patch it.

[The Rogerer]

Do what yourself

wXe

[Kalyx triaD]

Not having a penalty is absurd.

[The Rogerer]

The penalty is that they have to live their lives as a wanker

[Fignuts]

Still haven't gotten my Bison preorder costume. Emailed those twats.

So are all the preorder costumes going on sale with the premium costumes? That coming in march or June?

[Fignuts]

So first impressions are I really really like it. A little more rushdown centric than I would have preferred, but I like it more than sf4. The v trigger mechanic in particular is much better than the focus/ultra stuff.

Said this before, but all the characters feel really fun to use and mess around with in the lab. To the point where I actually have no idea who I'm going to main. I mean, even Geif is in the running, which is first for me.

All that said, I think releasing the game with such barebones content was a mistake. Yeah there are plenty of people like myself and kalyx who aren't personally bothered by it, because we play primarily against other people, but we aren't the majority. And this isn't a niche game. Street Fighter is a major release, marketed to a mass market. So it's confounding why they would release a game that caters to a small percentage of potential buyers.

It doesn't matter that more content is being released free down the road. The majority of buyers are only interested in what they are getting now for their money. It doesn't matter whether they're right or wrong, all that matters is that there IS backlash. It's bad for business, which is in turn bad for the genre, and Capcom really should have seen it coming. Although this is Capcom we're talking about so I shouldn't really be surprised by the lack of foresight in competant decision making at this point.

If they were really so concerned about their capcom cup participants getting enough time with the game before the tournament, they could of just had some more open betas, or (gasp!) wait until next year to have it, when people will be REALLY good.

I also have to correct myself. I can't say that I'm completely indifferent to the content, because while I might not be bothered by the lack of single player content, 2 player lobbies is garbage and has no place in a 2016 fighting game.

So yeah, the game fucking rocks, but ONCE AGAIN I'm afraid capcom's business decisions may turn off potential new players, which whether you want to admit itmor not, the genre needs to grow.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

You missed the big reason why it came out early and why it's Playstation console exclusive: Capcom are a mess financially and getting it out in Feb means it's in their financial year. They needed this out the door no matter what.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

You might be right about decisions biting them in the ass though. In the UK, it looks like SFV sold around half what SFIV just on PS3 did.

[Fignuts]

If that's the case I guess it was just a gamble for them, but I still think it could hurt more than help in the ling run. Especially when other fighters have set the bar so high in terms of content

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If that's the case I guess it was just a gamble for them, but I still think it could hurt more than help in the ling run. Especially when other fighters have set the bar so high in terms of content

I'm fully expecting a "Super" edition around this time next year. Allows them to re-release the disc as a GOTY type thing with the DLC already in, while we get a patch and have already bought the characters with FM/real month.

I know they said there will be no "super", but by that I think they mean we never have to buy another disc for the duration of this generation, which would still be true.

[Fignuts]

I'm fully expecting a "Super" edition around this time next year. Allows them to re-release the disc as a GOTY type thing with the DLC already in, while we get a patch and have already bought the characters with FM/real month.

I know they said there will be no "super", but by that I think they mean we never have to buy another disc for the duration of this generation, which would still be true.

And I'm calling it now that a bunch of muties will cry "see we told you there would be a super version" even if its just a goty edition

[Emperor Smeat]

According to some early sales estimates, PC version of the game sold a little under 100,000 copies since its launch while UK region estimates is in the 24,000 range (disc only) since launch.

http://steamspy.com/app/310950
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1188035

[Kalyx triaD]

Well worth the investment, I see.

Anyway I can not wait to throw down online. This SF is generally closer designed to my tastes in a way I haven't played since SoulCalibur 2. I just agree with everything and I wanna try everybody. But Ken and Cammy are def my hitmen still. Ken especially has been working for me at this game store I hang at. And me and my bro Bison threw down last Friday that made me wise.

Do not have a PS4 and won't have one for some time but I may appear under my bro's tag until if and when I get a month or so of PS+. Until then I'll try to get my matches on youtube cause I been blowing dudes the fuck up. I love this game. Needs major expansion of online function. It should not have shipped doing less than USF4. It is literally the Halo 5 situation and I'm not digging that kind release, even if they do promise free updates. No 8plyr lobby at launch is bad. Very bad.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

According to some early sales estimates, PC version of the game sold a little under 100,000 copies since its launch while UK region estimates is in the 24,000 range (disc only) since launch.

http://steamspy.com/app/310950
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1188035

With the Steam sales of the game, 100k sales i probably worth their time with the ease of porting, especially considering how barebones the PC version is. Some people were mocking it, but it's only 10k lifetime sales off of USFIV and 8k off SFxT. Hilariously, the peak number of players online is much higher than USFIV as well and that includes a free weekend for USFIV where anyone could play.

[The Rogerer]

I briefly tried out some Cammy and she seems no-nonsense. I'm tempted to try out Laura as I hear she's so lacking it's very educational.

[Kalyx triaD]

Laura is good.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Good fucking god this a comeback and a half.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wJhzkwTvglY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[drave]

/ragequit to follow :lol:

[#BROKEN Hasney]

/ragequit to follow :lol:

It was the loser that uploaded the video amazingly.

[ClockShot]

PR-Balrog is one of the best Street Fighter players around. You'll hear about him in some of the e-sports tournaments.

To take down a guy like him, you give yourself more than just a pat on the back.

[Emperor Smeat]

A traditional Arcade type mode is currently under consideration for the game according to Capcom. Another feature/mode also under consideration is difficulty sliders for Story Mode.

http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-is-considering-an-arcade-mode-for-street-fighter-v-343924.phtml

[Kalyx triaD]

Difficulty sliders for stor-

What the fuck don't waste dev time on that shit. What type of pussy is even asking for that?

[DAMN iNATOR]

I briefly tried out some Cammy and she seems no-nonsense. I'm tempted to try out Laura as I hear she's so lacking it's very educational.

Can't get into this due to not having the required hardware, but Cammy will ALWAYS be my go-to for female SF fighters. She's cold, calculating, and fights with a take no prisoners attitude.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Can't get into this due to not having the required hardware, but Cammy will ALWAYS be my go-to for female SF fighters. She's cold, calculating, and fights with a take no prisoners attitude.

We know

Somebody needs to make a fanfic about Cammy and Chun-Li dyking out.

I don't give a fuck what color costumes Cammy has. Once I unlock her, I am going to have a field day pitting her against other females in the game (Chun-Li, Crimson Viper and Rose are the only ones I can think of...):drool: The only way Cammy could be any hotter is if someone out there drew a ;):naughty: pic of her...

There def needs to be one of these in the future dedicated to Cammy White from Street Fighter :drool:

[The Rogerer]

I heard it was impossible to be attracted to unreal women.

Week One Field Report:

This is the most I've ever grown in Street Fighter. I've now Dunning Krugered my way to know I've only started.

COMBOS
"What's a combo?" Me before last week. I knew what combos where, but never really thought to apply them. Time in training mode with Dummy set to 'Block after first attack' is all I needed to get started. Went on with Chun Li

I originally started with stuff like cr.lk,st.lp just to get the rhythm of combos.
Early on I discovered cr.mk, legs
and then realised I could cancel the legs into the CA, so that was the first time I had a viable option for my special beyond prayer and wild hope.

Since then I had a brief experiment/look around and have been drilling:
cr.lp, st.mp, cr.mk, HK legs
b.hp, HK legs

I found the 4 part one above pretty hard to get the timing on, I found I could do it very reliably if I paid attention to the hits happening on the screen. That sounds obvious, but when you're first practicing these things it's very easy to zone out. I'm just on the earliest stages of being able to hit confirm with these things.

ONLINE

I break up my training sessions with online matches because you just need the experience. I've largely taken my ego out of it, to not be defined by wins and losses - I caught it creeping back in at times, when I have 2 wins in ranked I start thinking about the 3 consecutive wins trophy and it goes. I tried to have one more win before I finished and it gets you stressed going into a match. My win rate is somewhere just below 50% at the moment, but that should be irrelevant.

WHEN I WIN
I wouldn't say I have too clear of a strategy at the moment. My blocking and punishing is getting there (from non-existent to existent), but my punish will just reflex to a sweep. I know I have to get there with my combos. I can get my CA combo out sometimes but at the moment I've a little too much on my plate to hitconfirm that. I can usually see that the other player doesn't have an effective punish and is generally a bit panicky. Some people just don't know how to follow up at all. Very frequently I'll see Ryu's give up the fireball game when I counter the first with my own. Then they stand and shit themselves while I walk in behind a lp fireball. It's alright, I won't know what to do with you when I get there.

I would say I lose to:
- Good players
- Good old solid Ryu players
- Sometimes very bad players who jump in a lot because they'll just get enough heavies in that I'm not punishing frequently enough and my block/response is off. I see my old self in them.
- Jumping in. Not all the time! I can block it, I think Chun Li's back HK seems very situational and will be tricky to learn to AA with. I wonder if her standard HK is any good for this with it's massive reach. I'm making fast progress with this though.
- Sweeps. I am blocking, but I will reflexively come out with a sweep that gets countered by their sweep (esp. Nash and Cammy). I know I have to work out the timings on these, and the sweep is a reflexive bad habit.
- Zangief: Players frequently have a good arsenal of combos that seem to have massive range and I haven't worked out his hurtboxes yet, so I'm in trouble.

Not that you see that many. Mostly Ryu, a lot of Cammys as of yesterday, some Nashes.

I can see the appeal of Cammy but she's a little too fancy. I know Chun Li is possibly the best, but I like that she's built around just core SF competency and that's what I need.

[DAMN iNATOR]

We know

*SLOWLY BACKS OUT OF THE THREAD NOW...* :shifty::shifty::shifty::$:$

[The Rogerer]

Chun-Li likes crepes

[Fignuts]

Chun's standing lk is a really good anti air as well. Less situational than back hk, but less damage.

[The Rogerer]

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cb8O0ntVAAAsSGA.jpg
This is a better design for Laura, also not just "uhhhh JEBS"

[Kalyx triaD]

I'd dig that for an alt. Love what she wears now tho.

[Kalyx triaD]

Cammy is not 'too fancy'.

[The Rogerer]

What I mean is that her diverse range of specials would encourage me to try out different stuff when I'm trying just to learn normals and combos. I don't have an easy answer for a string of fireballs with Chun Li so I have to deal with them the hard way. She seems like a hell of a lot of fun to play with though.

[Kalyx triaD]

Block or jump over fireballs.

[Fignuts]

Her v skill is built to wreck projectile zoners from across the screen. Granted, it's too slow to use on reaction to a fireball, but if they're throwing them willy nilly it should be easy to predict, and you can hit them with a big combo.

[Fignuts]

Think I'm going to try the hori fight commander. Hate the ps4 controller. Share button too close to the d-pad. Occasionaly slip and go to the ps4 menu whilst my opponent lays into me. Also find the d-pad itself awkward, with it being four buttons instead of one solid piece.

Still considering a stick down the line, but this will do for now.

[Kalyx triaD]

Never touched the Share button. Plant the upper center of your thumb slightly below the dpad center.

[The Rogerer]

I've never hit the share button, are you using the ball of your thumb on the dpad?

My dark secret is that I've been using the analogue stick. It's been alright actually, and the d pad seems okay but my old urges were to press too hard. I usually practice between both and might go back to pad depending on how I feel.

The best advice is to find a way to relax what you're doing with your thumb. I won't talk anyone out of buying a pad, but sometimes it can be like wanting to spend your way out of a problem.

Also I cope with fireballs alright. Nobody goes hard on them anyway

[Fignuts]

Nah I still plain don't like that style of dpad. Plus, I like having all six buttons on the front of the controller, and ppp and kkk on the right trigger.

[The Rogerer]

It's not ideal but you can thank nintendo.

Tell me about your travelling thumb though

[Fignuts]

Honestly has a lot to do with my awkwardNess on that dpad. Dunno.

[The Rogerer]

I hit bronze. Not sure exactly how the league system is determined, I seemed to be the last rookie standing anyway as everyone I've faced against for then last few days has been bronze. Have all the Cammys, etc gone up to Silver? Its all Ryus

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I hit bronze. Not sure exactly how the league system is determined, I seemed to be the last rookie standing anyway as everyone I've faced against for then last few days has been bronze. Have all the Cammys, etc gone up to Silver? Its all Ryus

Think it's 500LP for every division and no, it's Ryus all the way up.

Rarely ever fight a Cammy even when I get a gold league mis-match. It's all Ryu, Karin, Bison and Nash.

[The Rogerer]

Thanks, I worked it out after dropping back down, and then going up again after a flowchart Ken. I comfortably beat the flowchart Ken.

[Kalyx triaD]

Kill the flow chart pussies.

[Emperor Smeat]

Based on recently leaked concept art for the game, Capcom considered the idea of going more in a Tekken route for character designs for Street Fighter V.

http://media.eventhubs.com/images/2016/02/29_hyper.jpg

http://media.eventhubs.com/images/2016/02/29_sfreal01.jpg

http://www.destructoid.com/early-street-fighter-v-concept-art-looked-like-tekken-345629.phtml
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2016/feb/29/what-street-fighter-5-almost-looked-concept-art-and-photorealistic-images-early-games-development/

[Kalyx triaD]

Good dodge.

[Heisenberg]

Is there a YouTube of the storyline like Mortal Kombat did with their 360/PS3/PC game? Plus MKX. I would like to view that, but also try and catch a warning if it's super good or bad

[Kalyx triaD]

Story isn't out yet. The prologue stuff with just voice over art is on youtube tho.

You do raise a point about how pointless it is going all out for a story mode in a fighting game when people can just youtube it. Big cinematic story modes just don't work for a fighting game unless you go the arksys model. DoA5 story mode even had a decent presentation but we're talking about a mode with little to no replay value. That to me makes it a waste of funds.

[The Rogerer]

All visual entertainment is then pointless. Actually, this would come the closest tbf.

People want arcade mode because they do. Survival mode is such a slog.

[Kalyx triaD]

That does not invalidate visual entertainment lol. This is a point predicated on the subject being a fighting game. I don't say youtube halo or uncharted cutscenes. There's a reason.

[The Rogerer]

Heisenberg doesn't want to play the game but he wants to watch the story mode, so there's an intrinsic value to it. Your point seemed to be that if it was watchable on youtube it was a waste of money. Hence all visual art, which can be youtubed. Even if it doesn't have replay value, a cool story mode works for the brand.

Halo's story is fantastically unremarkable but yet people buy wholesale into the sacred lore of The Master Chief and read 50 books for some reason.

[Kalyx triaD]

The story of halo manifest almost directly thru gameplay. Fighting games by design can't do this because fighting games by design were not meant for that. It would be adding cgi cutscenes to tetris. Pointless.

Sakurai addressed exactly this when he seen all his brilliant Smash 3 cutscenes get youtube'd. He very specifically said he wouldn't waste time on such a thing again. And he didn't. And Smash 4 still has tons of shit for single player.

[Heisenberg]

I will purchase Street Fighter down the line, but I'd get an earful if I bought a $60 game when my newly built PC made it possible to play the 140+ games in my Steam library. I just didn't want to wait to watch it, big fan of the series and their backgrounds.

[The Rogerer]

The story of halo manifest almost directly thru gameplay. Fighting games by design can't do this because fighting games by design were not meant for that. It would be adding cgi cutscenes to tetris. Pointless.

Sakurai addressed exactly this when he seen all his brilliant Smash 3 cutscenes get youtube'd. He very specifically said he wouldn't waste time on such a thing again. And he didn't. And Smash 4 still has tons of shit for single player.The Smash 3 cutscenes were awful, as was that mode. That's neither here nor there.

It's not pointless though. I know you're not into isolated story but that doesn't make it worthless. Pretty much all games do this anyway.

Street Fighter can have cool cutscenes in it. You can put them at the end of an arcade mode.

You can't watch them on Youtube if they don't exist.

[drave]

Street Fighter can have cool cutscenes in it. You can put them at the end of an arcade mode.


They did this back with SF II as well. Blanka being "Jimmy" and being reunited with his mother. Chun Li visiting her fathers grave after avenging his death by defeating Bison, etc.

It'd be a neat feature for those who aren't obsessed with online or stick to online only.

[Heisenberg]

What's so different from viewing YouTube vids and Twitch feeds? I don't see anyone crying foul over getting to see Premium paid content for free

[Kalyx triaD]

No consumer would complain.

It's about the worth of production.

[Kalyx triaD]

The Smash 3 cutscenes were awful, as was that mode.

Dismissed. Good day, sir.

[drave]

Don't even understand why people would bitch about something like this being included.

[Wehttam]

i love playing through tekken on single player just to get all the stories

that is how i found out about jones soda

[The Rogerer]

Dismissed. Good day, sir.OPENING

Kalyx Triad and The Rogerer enter

The Rogerer looks at the sky

The Rogerer gets turned into a statue.

I'm crying as I type.

[Kalyx triaD]

Don't even understand why people would bitch about something like this being included.

It takes production away from single player modes that have proven to be replayable for a fighting game.

[The Rogerer]

I'm energised about the Q4 reports too, fellow consumer

[drave]

It takes production away from single player modes that have proven to be replayable for a fighting game.


But weren't you pro-story for Mortal Kombat? Haven't you also told people to youtube things? Just trying to understand. This isn't a "gotcha" thing or whatever, just think that by NOT including a singleplayer element like "arcade" in an arcade fighter is really dumb and you alienate a portion of your consumers, regardless of how big or small.

[Kalyx triaD]

Don't care about that mess. We need modes with mileage.

[Kalyx triaD]

And I never cared about MK's story mode. You maybe thinking Rev. And I don't recall saying anything about arcade mode. Quote me if I'm wrong. I only spoke about the wastefulness of a fighting game story mode with cutscenes and all that jazz.

[Fignuts]

I think a good compromise is including a story mode where you don't advance by just winning fights but by meeting specific requirements that help train you in the game'a mechanics and more advanced techniques.

[Fignuts]

Dhalsim probably my worst match up atm. In large part because people so rarely pick him, so when I do come up against someone who knows what they are doing, I have no answer for their offense.

Should just play with him in battle lounge for a week, so I can get a handle on what to expect.

[Kalyx triaD]

Haven't met one yet online. But I very rarely play.

[thecc]

Yeah, Dhalsim is a mother fucker to fight. I've had success using Laura against him though. Her v skill is pretty clutch against him.

[Fignuts]

Holy fuck just made an epic comeback. I was Laura, guy had a pretty good Ken. Had no life. Lifebar was literally empty. Managed to block all his combos and mix ups, while chipping away at his health which was at about almost half. No meter either.

We ran it back in battle lounge and had a bunch of good matches.

[Emperor Smeat]

Capcom announced they have finished work on a penalty system for those who constantly rage quit or try to cheat the rankings system in the game.

So far at least 30 players have been semi-punished from the video system and were offered one more chance as a warning before the real punishments happen.

Also working on a more severe punishment for those beyond any hope of ever following good sportsmanship rules.

"We will be punishing players on a weekly basis who have extremely high disconnect rates coupled with unrealistic win rates," Capcom said.

The developer also assured players that it will only punish the "worst offenders." If your Internet connection dropped because the power went out or something, you won't face any penalty. Capcom considers someone a "rage-quitter" if they have an 80-90 percent disconnect rate.

So what's the penalty for quitters? Pretty severe, it turns out. Capcom said it will reset a player's League Points for rage-quitting behavior.

"Moving forward, we will be making a sweep each week based on accounts in our system that have abnormally high disconnect rates (particularly at the end of the match) and will reset their League Points," it explained.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/street-fighter-5-rage-quitting-penalty-system-deta/1100-6435379/

[The Rogerer]

I got disconnected in only 1 match so far, and it would totally have looked like a ragequit to the other player... Necalli's ultra just hit in the final round.

[The Rogerer]

i know I was crazy for using the stick anyway, but I moved onto the d-pad when I took Cammy for a spin through survival mode. I was able to quickly get the knack of the difference between her cr.mk to cannon spike or spiral arrow on the pad. I could manage it on the analogue but there is just too much thumb movement required on DP movement, which I wasn't using with Chun Li.

[Kalyx triaD]

I used to play SF4 entirely on thumbstick. Still play KI on it. But SFV and other 2D fighters is straight pad play. It really depends on input assistance and the overall speed of the game.

[The Rogerer]

It was a bit of a necessity with that flipping 360 d-pad. I think the PS4 one is better than the previous Sony ones anyway.

Playing while I was starting out with the thumbstick was better, as I'd actually panic and press too hard on the d-pad so I'd tire my thumb out quickly. Now I've been practicing a few weeks I appreciate the shorter travel and can restrain myself

The stick is still viable I think, the trouble is that the shortcuts can make it more likely to accidently fire out your critical art with the DP. Like I could do what I said above with Cammy, just more shakey.

Please sort out survival mode. The hardest part is waking your brain up at round 27.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the NDP, the game managed to be the 7th best selling game last month in the US although doesn't count digital sales. Maybe Top 5 if included but probably not Top 3 considering the games in the list.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/top-ten-best-selling-games-in-the-us-for-february-/1100-6435545/


Capcom revealed the list of tweaks and stuff arriving with the next patch of the game. Challange Mode with better tutorials and a new Online Rematch Mode were some of the stuff revealed in the list.

Coming this month is the Challenge Mode, which will include something many new or more casual fans have been asked for: better tutorials.

According to the Capcom Unity blog, here’s what the game will be getting in that regard:

Beginner Tutorials: 12 lessons covering, movement, normal attacks, special attacks, V-System, throws, counter hits, chip/recoverable damage, etc.
Intermediate Tutorials: 11 lessons covering projectiles, invincibility frames, armor and armor break, recovery, cross-up attacks, anti-air options, etc.
Advanced Tutorials: 4 lessons covering back dashing, frame advantage/disadvantage, combo potential, button priority, etc.
Character Tutorials: 16 lessons covering each individual character.

Challenge Mode will also offer up Trials, which will task you with performing a serious of combos that range from “basic to pro” that’ll earn you Fight Money if completed.

When it comes to hopping online against opponents, the long-awaited upgrade to Battle Lounges will be coming as well, allowing for up to eight participants per lobby (with those players not active in a fight able to watch it as a spectator). The other neat addition—and something I wasn’t expecting—is a new Online Rematch Option. Now, after a Ranked Match is over, you’ll be able to challenge your opponent to a rematch—and if they accept, you’ll be switched to a best 2 out of 3 set instead.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/capcom-releases-details-about-street-fighter-vs-march-update/


Capcom also released some screens and details for the upcoming Alex fighter DLC pack.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/first-street-fighter-v-dlc-character-alex-gets-a-complete-look-ahead-of-capcoms-march-update/

[Fignuts]

Can finally get a tpww battle lounge going.

[thecc]

I'm incredibly pumped for alex.

[Kalyx triaD]

Finally had a set with Khuntry online and it was awesome. This may yet be my fave 2D fighter. Everything just works.

[The Rogerer]

Tried playing Cammy for a week and just lost, lost, lost.

Went back to Chun there and got a 7 win streak. Lost on a double KO as well, dignity.

[Kalyx triaD]

My Cammy is getting better. I just needed to work out new game adjustments.

[Fignuts]

I've also been trying out csmmy quite a bit. Feels really good in this game.

[thecc]

Charlie has been my guy as of late. One handed sonic booms all day.

[Kalyx triaD]

My time is limited and I'm on a laggy tv but if you want to fight me do so now.

[The Rogerer]

Matchmaking has been getting particularly dodgy this week. On the other hand I booted SFIV and quick match after quick match instantly.

[Kalyx triaD]

Got PS+ for three months so if I can appear for matches a bit more.

[Emperor Smeat]

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The first round of content arrives next week, split between March 28th and March 30th. First, SFV grows beyond the prologue story and online matchmaking with the introduction of Challenge mode: a series of general and character-specific tutorials. Combo trials return in much the same form as in SFV‘s predecessor, adding yet another way to earn Fight Money.

Outside of the previously known Challenge mode, general improvements gleaned from both fans and internal testing constitute a new rematch option in matchmaking, where both players can agree to settle their feud in a best of three. Battle lounge improvements and a few bug fixes will come packaged with the first March update.

On March 30th, Alex arrives and you’ll get to buy him, as well as other character’s outfits, through the activated In-Game Shop. As a precaution, however, Capcom has decided to delay the launch of Zenny, the game’s exchange currency for real money, until they feel confident enough in their sometimes buggy servers to keep data secure. As a token for waiting, Alex will be available for free to all players as a trial period before the Zenny system is activated, meaning those short on in-game Fight Money can still play as the DLC character. Once Zenny is activated, Alex will no longer be free to those without a Season Pass and will have to be earned or purchased through the original means.

Speaking of Season Pass holders, they’ll be the only ones able to access the premium DLC costumes during the free trial period, and as an apology, a new free stage at a later date.

The first round of the Street Fighter V March update, which includes Challenge mode, launches March 28th. Alex and the in-game store unlocks on March 30th. The free DLC trial period is indefinite until further notice.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/street-fighter-v-march-update-dated-alex-free-during-trial-period/

[thecc]

Hyperbomb everyone

[Kalyx triaD]

I joked that the update would be on the last week on the last day.

[Emperor Smeat]

"Macho Man" Zangief among the new costumes arriving for the game.

http://www.destructoid.com//ul/351551-/RR5-noscale.jpg

http://www.destructoid.com/you-will-dig-these-new-street-fighter-v-costumes-351551.phtml

[Fignuts]

Maining Zangief

[#BROKEN Hasney]

At least Ken has a new look for people that didn't like the original.

http://i.imgur.com/B7GZ3KU.png

PAHAHAHA

[#BROKEN Hasney]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CevPrzbWAAAc3YF.jpg

[Fignuts]

At least that version doesn't have a woman's haircut.

[Fignuts]

Colors are available in the shop, but they are new colors, not the ones unlockable in survival.

God fucking damn it, capcom.

[The Rogerer]

So the Season pass only covers the 6 characters and not the other stuff, right?

Ken
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsS/tve44279-897-101-0.jpg

[Fignuts]

Is that wee gooner

[Emperor Smeat]

For a guy in his mid-50s, Guile is looking ripped! He's next in line to join the Street Fighter V roster and will arrive later this month as part of an update that also introduces the Air Force Base stage, addresses rage quitters, and touches up some of the game's matchmaking issues.

In terms of prices, Guile will be free to play till the in-game Zenny shop opens, the stage itself costs 70,000 Fight Money, and Season Pass owners are already covered for both.

As for quitters, Capcom is planning to roll out a system to "identify players who have high disconnect rates during matches," notify them via in-game message, and "lock them out of matchmaking for a period of time." Previously, the company penalized bad apples who had an "80-90% disconnect rate."
http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-v-s-april-update-adds-guile-and-a-rage-quit-solution-356178.phtml

[Fignuts]

That little crouch walk of his, is adorable. Still, never really been interested in guile, and new trailer doesn't really excite me much.

Going to break away from Laura and Rashid, and start on some new characters. Looking mainly at Alex and Karin, but also Cammy and R.Mika on the side. Need to start throwing out stunners.

[Kalyx triaD]

Been using Alex a lot too.

[Fignuts]

I want to play as him if only to figure the match up out. No idea what moves are unsafe. All of them look unsafe, but when I try to counter attack he blocks.

[Fignuts]

Guy in battle lounge getting tricky with bison. Got a few wins over my laura. Resolve that I am not leaving the room til I take this mother fucker down. Adapt to all his patterns. Go beast mode and take his ass down hard in 2 rounds.

Finally get the w and guy fucks off and calls me "trash"

Fucking FGC.

[Kalyx triaD]

Not the most gracious losers.

[Fignuts]

Sucks cause we had some great matches. Even the ones I lost were down to the wire. Could have played more together and gotten better, but NOPE. Dude needs to play scrubs to make himself feel good.

Also, wtf at the zenny shop getting delayed again. I want MMA Laura god damn it.

[Kalyx triaD]

I have no clue but free Alex and Guile until then.

[Kalyx triaD]

Noticed too late Figgy sent an invite but I was having offline skirmishes anyway. But it reminds me...

Shall TPdub have a tourny on this? Online is good, it's on one console, it's the most accessible and easy to understand SF since Alpha. We should set something up for the summer. We missed AE and Ultra.

[Fignuts]

Is there a way to invite people from your friend's list, or is it just players you've faved?

Gonna need everyone to post their fighter id if it's the latter.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah it's really dumb.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Capcom, Street Fighter V sales fell well short of what they were expecting by now.

1.4 million copies sold since launch but they were targeting 2 million to be sold by March. In terms of breakdowns, PC version is struggling a lot more than the PS4 version.

http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-v-sales-fall-short-of-capcom-s-expectation-360051.phtml

[Fignuts]

What did they expect with a barebones releasethat caters only to hardcore fighting game fans?

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah I'd say that's still pretty good for something as naked and to the point as SFV.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently the lag problem on the PS4 has started to make competitive players begin to complain en masse to Capcom especially with EVO coming up soon.

Been a known or big issue since March but the community only started to get really upset or aware of how bad it is very recently especially with EVO 2016 being close.

Destructoid thinks the issue itself is a double edge sword for Capcom since leaving it unfixed is going to impact competitive play but if they fix it, might cause a situation where some players end up at a competitive disadvantage.
http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-v-has-eight-frames-of-input-lag-on-ps4-360212.phtml

[Kalyx triaD]

Fuck those players, fix it. Wtf

[drave]

Wow.

"We might fix it if we want, but it might take some of the contenders we like out of contention because they are used to playing on a shitty connection."

It is almost like pandering for ratings or something. No excuse NOT to fix it. If they are pros, they will adapt and conquer. If not, then out with the trash.

[Fignuts]

We're not getting a reveal til the 30th aren't we?

Shittiest marketing department ever.

[Kalyx triaD]

Same deal.

[Fignuts]

Ibuki looks cool. Always hated her classic outfit. Paperbag, homeless ninja outfit. Terrible. This one is much better imo.

[Kalyx triaD]

She looks so jumpy. So ninja-y.

Would have sworn Balrog was next.

[Fignuts]

People just assumed he was next because he was playable at an event a while ago, albeit in an unfinished state.

I figure Juri is next, since we've alreadygotten some world warrior and third strike love.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to translations from Capcom's official Japanese website for the game, Ibuki has been quietly delayed till next month.

Company waited until the last day of the month to announce this month's character wouldn't arrive. New plan is to arrive around the same day as the game's Story mode.

http://www.capcom.co.jp/game/content/streetfighter/saikyoblog/1233
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2016/may/31/ibuki-delayed-until-june-set-be-released-alongside-street-fighter-5s-story-expansion/

[Fignuts]

Fucking awful.

How do you announce a delay the day something is expected? I repeat. Shittiest marketing team in gaming history.

How hard is it to show a screen shot or concept art the first week, game updates tje second, and a trailer the third, and a heads up ahead of time on delays?

[Emperor Smeat]

Current plans is for both Ibuki and Story Mode to arrive by the end of June.

We can now expect Ibuki to arrive toward the end of June alongside the game's Story Mode update. "We'll have a blog with more info surrounding the June content and other topics the community has brought up in the next day or so," Capcom tweeted
https://www.destructoid.com/capcom-is-holding-ibuki-back-until-the-end-of-june-365017.phtml