Yurop here. I just bought the game today after a fuckton of hassle with me have to take two trips in ye olde game store because they gave me the Tripple version of the BB LE while I was scratching my balls or something. Now I've got the 360 version so I'm just wating for my TE stick to arrive than it's on.


From watching the DVD that came with it this game seems insanely complex, more so than any other fighter released this gen, is that true or does stuff like KoF, SF and VF still reign supreme?

tiers?

It is rather unbalanced. However, if you do not play as Bang Shishigami, you have a legitamate chance against any opponent you face, as long as you have enough practice with the game engine.

I main Ragna, because I like Ragna.

>>55634515
The game is insanely complex and the combat does have a lot of depth. Sadly, it means absolutely nothing as all the combos are mapped out, and simple to do. High level play consists of spacing and comboing for 4 minutes to get a fourth of your opponents health down.

Taokaka 4 lyfe

>>55634733
This. It's a dial a combo that lasts for days.

Thinking about getting into this; how's the random 360 fanbase for this? I don't feel like only fighting a bunch of neckbeards that have the science down.

God Tier - v-13, Arakune, Bang
High Tier - Litchi, Noel
Mid Tier - Ragna, Jin, Hakumen, Taokaka
Shit Tier - Tager, Carl

I am the white void, I am the cold steel, i am the just sword. With blade in hand i shall reap the world of sin, and cleanese it within the fires of destruction.

I am Hakumen, The end is now!!!!!

where's that BB tier pic?

Anyone character can win in the hands of the right player.

>>55634652
>Bang
>No chance
HAHA, WHAT? I wreck people as bang, this comment made me laugh.

>>55634910
Depends on how good you are at fightan gaems.
I made it to a respectable rank in 2 months, and there arent many noobs left online.

>>55634925
Carl player here, we're A-tier bro.

The PC version has cross platform with Xbox.

This is awesome. Now if PS3fags get it they can play with anyone in the world playing, and the Xbros still playing will have more people to fight.

>>55634925
>>Forgetting about Rachel

>>55634733
While the combat is in depth, it is not INSANE as you suggest. Once you've reached the "25 Hours" achievement, you should have a good grasp of the entirity of the system, but even before this, running through both the Story and Arcade mode is simple, challenging at best. Score Attack and Hell Arcade is the only singleplayer function which will ever give you trouble. And of course, there will always be people online that are better and worse than you.

>>55634990
Against a player of equal skill, thats not even close to true.

Broken

>>55635087
If someone was as skilled as you and played Arakune or Nu, he would wreck your shit.

i don't mind this game. i like the game mechanics. that's what keeps me playing, but the balance is a bit iffy. i think jin has a grab loop that's impossible to break out of.

alot of cheap people online too. i'm glad i bought the game. but some of the people playing ruin the experience a little.

>>55634925
In fact that whole tier list is messed up. Try this.

S Tier-
Nu
Rachel
Arakune

A Tier-
Jin
Carl

B Tier-
Everyone else

C Tier-
Hakumen
Tager

Thats roughly correct. CS is a different story though.

>>55635134
Carl is trash.
Predictable combos, poor mix-up, insane micro for mediocre damage.
The only thing you have going for you is a few frames of invincibility on a couple moves.

>>55635309
>implying I fight broken characters in the first place.

Haha, oh wow. Nu isn't that hard to handle btw, but arakune is a faggot.

>>55635266
I'm madly in anger with you! Arakune players

>>55635087
Chances are, if you started as Bang, you got DESTROYED in the early stages of online play. If not, you're excellent at fighters, man!

>>55634515
>From watching the DVD
That DVD was kind fun. Some hired british Bayonetta chick talking about frame advantage adn wahtnot was fun. That and them getting a bunch of neckbeards and tourneyfags to talk about strategy.

>>55635374
Carl is trash.
>Predictable combos, poor mix-up, insane micro for mediocre damage.

Carl has some of the best combos in the game with lots of 50-50 situations, unblockable resets and the Clap Loop. The little guy is a glass cannon, he has the highest damage potential in the game, and can turn a match around in one combo.

His only down side is piss poor health, but that blow is softened a bit due to his tiny hit box. The guy is solid A Tier in both CT and CS.

>>55635452
Was bang/tager when game first came out, still bang/tager now. I don't see why you're saying bang is so hard to play. Sure he requires a bit of EFFORT to win (as opposed to lolswords and bees). But that's what makes him FUN to play.

Does anyone else main Ragna?
I simply enjoy his speed, and his moveset. I don't really care which tier he's in, I've gotten to level 33 so far, I'll get further eventually.

>>55634161

Pretty unbalanced, but not as unbalanced as CS.

Gonna learn Taokaka, that is my mission.
How is she?

>>55635809
>CS
>2/3rds of the cast in B tier
>Unbalanced
wut?

>>55635865
Weak attack and defense, but fucking awesome speed-wise. I like using her at least.

fuck year artbook! with fanservice!

Here's the CT Tier list. I'll post the CS one in a minute.

>>55635865
she has some low attacks that people fall for. that's all i know about her. i don't use her because she's a woman. and women are stupid. i pick men. because i'm a man.

And here's the CS one.

>>55635729
I love using Bang just because he's fun, but as hard as I've tried, I haven't gotten good at him yet. I simply mean that he takes more effort to do well with, which means that other characters are easier to play as.

>>55634515
>>55634733

Blazblue is one of the easiest fighting games around in terms of technical difficulty. Wrapping your head around the fast paced combat would probably put it on par with Street Fighter in terms of 'this is hard to play', but that's not saying too much. Other games are much more complex and harder, Blazblue's a good starting point.

>>55635809

I don't believe we really have enough information to claim if CS is 'balanced' or not. The 'best' right now is Bang, and the only thing I can definitively say is unbalanced about him is how they changed combo throws. Him being so mobile with fast pokes combined with a hard hitting command throw is unbalanced. Elsewise, CS is miles beyond CT in terms of balance, at least at first glance.

Still, new shit's being discovered all the time, Lambda's already back up to Nu-tier damage, though off of more rare startups at least.

CS is balanced except for Rachel
Bang and Litchi are very strong, but not nearly as impossible as Nu and CT Rachel
>>55634733
>>55634854
INFERNO DIVIDER 22C COMBO WAS HERE
YOU ARENT HADOCOAH ENOUGH

>>55635803

Ragna main here too.

Because everyone else doesn't look like my type to play.

>>55636301

Lucky for you CS Bang is a lot easier, as well as better than most other characters. Unluckily for you, that makes you an unoriginal faggot, because now everyone plays Bang.

>>55636000

Her damage is pretty good, solid 3.5k off pretty decently easy to land starters, break into 4-5k with a rapid off of any starter at any range, you just have to get good at drive canceling and hitting that taunt button.

Oh, and CS Tao is kind of... Annoying, your combo turns into a 2 hit repeater for as many as 16 times in a row... Hits really hard, but just looks stupid and is annoying to have to watch.

>>55636581
Bang being S-Tier makes me rage, I didn't want him to be S-Tier. Shit all I really wanted was for his drives to come out a bit faster, and standing 6C to hit everyone. That's about it really. Now everyone is going to pick bang and I'm going to be lumped together with tier whores :/.

>>55636406

I'm a firm believer that Rachel's only unbalanced in terms of difficulty. She can push out damage, she can zone, and she can start off some weird shit using the pumpkin and wind. She's just way, way harder to control than any other character now, because a misstep will just end your combo, putting you whatever wind you spent to get it down, as well as in block disadvantage at close range, exactly where you don't want to be.

Still, Rachel gains meter fast, and if you know what you're doing, you can use your meter to get some good damage.

Her only real weakness is her relatively short range on melee attacks that are viable starters.

>>55636323
>Blazblue's a good starting point.
Awesome to hear

>>55636840
Everyone on /v/ already played Bang (and Tager and Hakumen)
Now /v/ will be Bang Hakumen and Hazama fest (myself included for the last one.)

>>55635865
>>55635865
>>55635865

I mostly played a crappy Bang in CT but I suck even worse in CS with him.

I switched to Hakumen in CT and found I was a lot better, but I'm not quite as good in CS. Which is weird because they both got huge buffs.

I guess I just have to get used to their new tools. I really don't like how they changed the command for Gurren, I liked it as qcfA

ITT: Nobody knows anything about fighting games in general(and BlazBlue in particular).

Goddamn, I haven't really played any fighter worth a shit since Third Strike on the DC, is this a good game for me to get back on the wagon?

Where's that crazy elitist fightan tripfag at when you want him?

>>55637396
I guess, it certainly is more balanced at least.

get SSFIV and wait for KoFXIII

>>55637775
>>55637396

You now realize Rachel reads Twilight during her air 2C attack.

>>55637507
If you're not used to fighters like Guilty Gear or Blazblue, I suggest starting off with Ragna.

>Fightan thread
>In before YOYO, Merkin, and all the other niggardry that comes with him

goddamnit I want to play as Hazama so bad.

DAT NIGHTMARE FICTION

>>55638204
You can play as him right now.
Download CS, dawg.

His play style is really strange and takes some getting used to.

>>55637972
Jin would probably be better for him than Ragna.

Since most people are still terrible when it comes to rushing straight into ice cars

>>55637972
Sho's on his xbox, but he told me to tell you:

"You don't even have room to talk about BlazBlue because you can't play it because you're terrible!"

Thinking about getting the PSP version off PSN. How is it?

>>55638380
True.

This game is fucking hard. Just saying.

>>55638329

It runs at like 5 FPS on my computer.

>>55638506
True, man.
Score Attack Mode was the hardest challenge I've ever faced. However, in 100 more Player Matches, I will have a Platinum Trophy, so I'm feeling good.

>>55638468

The PSP's dpad sucks. The loading times are long, but that's not exactly a problem, really.

Still, I'd suggest getting the normal version for console, the dpad on the PSP will hurt your desire to play the game significantly.

>>55638403
I know Sho's an asswipe but he'd never say that since I've never played him in Blazblue.

>>55638468
Um, it's alright if you're used to the PSP's d-pad and such.
Legacy mode is pretty cool and can get really hard so that's fun. Sprites look like ass though, which is really it's major flaw.

>>55638702
"Wololo! Like I have to play him in BlazBlue when I wipe his bad ass on the floor in every video game."

>>55638506

Go try playing another fighting game, then come back. Blazblue's baby material.

>>55638329

Getting used to Hazama is definitely getting a good feel for how his cancels work. Tao and Nu players probably have an easier time of it than most, since they have moves that behave the same way (do move, wait, cancel it into something else with a button press).

That and learning to hate his forward moves. I swear they're only there to make dashing forward and doing a neutral hard.

>>55638800
hello sister of battle! I will help you in purging this thread for the emperor!

Fuck what everyone says about Bang being Low tier in CT, he was definitely mid-high tier.

Don't believe me? Oki game is king. Top Tiers and arguably 5-5 except arakune. Jin sux, Litchi is cool but gets told, Noel is annoying but can get fucked if you know your game, Carl cant touch Bang.

BANGARANG BANG BANG BANG!

and Dora.

Too bad they didnt compensate for his badassery in CS so now he is God Tier. LOL Bang rules.

SAY NO TO HERESY! PURGE THIS THREAD FOR THE EMPEROR!!

>>55638935
I'm not sure how he relates to Nu, but as a Tao player, I know what you mean...sorta.

Tao's cancels don't really play that much of a huge role in how I use her. For Hazama its 100% necessary as his most simple BnB calls for it.

>>55639132
>Onso

YA'LL NIGGAS NO WHAT TIME IT IS~!

Tager main here.

Quick advice to everyone who sees me online. Stop picking Hakuman if he isn't your main because you heard he was Tagers counter without knowing why.

It's bloody embarrasing watching a 500 match Ragna main struggle to play Hakuman against me which results in an easy victory.

Also continue picking Noel, i've never lost to a Noel in well over 50 matches online

>>55638204
Gluttony Fang and Endless Despair are better

>>55639219

I thought Hakumen was the only matchup that is in favour of Tager...

>>55639219
Enjoy Taokaka in your face, bro.

This Thread is bad and you should feel bad! PURGE ALL XENOS!

>>55639362
Those aren't little boys!

>>55639296

Well I easily obliterate most V-13s because their idea of Combos is hammering the Drive button. But I have less trouble with Noels than I would with a Hakuman because I defend and do short jabs a lot more than the average tager would.

>>55639115
No idea what's going on in this thread, but I like that picture.

>>55639265

I disagree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYUfl7T6Vjk

Younger Nigger: Onso.
Older nigger: Nergal.

>>55639332
As a fellow tager mainer I like to compare taokaka to a fly buzzing around my head. she just needs a good swatting.

>>55634161
>>55634161
This game is almost perfectly balanced. Remember, if you loose in BB then either the enemy was better, or you fucked up, you were worse.
It's not Tekken where you can just mash up a win.

>>55639132

D~C is used in Nu's moves. Not quite the same as 'throw chain, wait, press [ ] button', but similar in that you're changing what you're doing after inputting the move. Very similar to his 214D~[ ] moves.

That and having a knack for projectiles helps, since Hazama needs to know where he's throwing those things.

The only Hazama BnB I've been having trouble with is repeated chain hits. I can't seem to really connect 4D~A > 4D~A > 4D~D, I just falter and 4D~combo drop unless I go straight for the 4D~D. Makes me sad, since that adds a pretty decent chunk on there, as well as adding viability to combo into SOCKPUPPETS distortion on the fly.

>>55639570
EY, I'M JUST MAKIN MY NOODLES