Thunder is a very strong character in S3. Before last patch, I thought he was firmly one of the best 5 characters in the whole game. Now that he’s lost light DP invincibility, I think he is “merely” a high tier character, somewhere fighting for top 10ish.
I don’t know what identity you think KI has lost. A focus on grounded combos? Arguably the best character in S1 did most of her damage (loop notwithstanding) via air juggles, and S2 had Cinder, TJ, and Maya, all of which did just as many air combos as ground combos.
I dunno why I’m typing this message in reply to “cheese status”, but here we are.
Tomorrow if all goes well (big IF) I will record some new footage of Japanese players playing version 3.4 offline as they are joined by our own @STORM179 in person. Maybe do a match report or another article, we’ll see.
This is my way of supporting the KI community, nothing else to add.
I don’t think so. I have been taking a small break but that’s only because all I have had with me for over a month is my XB and KI so now im just playing some other things since the only game I played at all in September and the start of October was KI lol
They were. Hopefully they got the message loud and clear, as they did include it in their rundown of all the feed back.
This has been a point of contention for a long time. They should have been all over the customizable portion of the game from day one…from at least day one of Season 2. The fact that none of the S1 characters have the level of customization of the S2 and S3 character is sad. The fact that I can’t play a He-man themed skin of Tusk is a travesty.
MS REALLY dropped the ball here. I hope they get that.
For me. Yes. I’ve stopped believing in it. Stopped expecting. I just don’t trust there talents, or taste in character design. Everytime someone mentions wanting something new, someone bust out the budget card. If the team doesn’t have the talent, or budget, then why am I still waiting for some sort of magic to happen? I still acknowledge it, as a fun fighting game, but for me, it doesn’t need to continue.
Well, if it’s any consolation, given my recent experience with shadow lords and the absurd amount of grinding it will take to get Cinder’s, Shadow Jago’s and Jago’s mimic skins, I’m considering at some point soon buying KI gold enough to bypass that grindy little goal. I’ve had about enough of the insanity some of the button reading AI does on challenging. So maybe they thought this through a little better than we give them credit…
I can understand that. At the same time though, I’ve been looking for a purpose to grind in KI’s SP modes for some time, and it seems SLs has hit the nail on the head with me. I’m having a blast playing this mode, as I just unlocked Mimic skins for Jago, Thunder, TJ, Mira, Kim Wu, Glacius, Omen, and a bunch of others. I currently have my sights set on Tusk, Cinder, and Aganos (all require 75 mimic kills), so I have my work cut out for me.
But again, yeah, I hear you on the grindy part for sure. I’m really not looking forward to grinding with Shago, Wulf, and Fulgore (all require 100 mimic kills), but I intend on unlocking them so I just have to figure out the most fun way of doing it. One thing is for sure though, I’m really looking forward to the new content coming to SLs. That should smooth out/pad some of the experience as I keep playing.
Wait, now that I think of it…maybe not. I know the songs from the Killer Cuts CD are unlockable in game, and playable in practice mode, but I’m not sure about the KI2 themes.
No, there aren’t any KI2 themes in practice. They use a background or 2 from KI 2 because they didn’t have as many stages in KI 1 as they did tracks on the Killer Cuts album. I know they used TJ Combo’s KI2 background for one track.
It is sad, but there are a lot of things that get me semi “bummed” about this game. Lol! I love the way the game is now, but it is just the little things like lack of costumes, no Ultimates, past modes not being updated, and other little things that seem easy enough to do, but seemingly just get pushed to the side in lieu of pushing forward and creating new things.
I’ve said this before, but I’ve moved away from wanting a Season 4, to wanting an Ultimate Season 3 update or something. Instead of pressing forward one more time for a new season, just STOP. Take a look at what is here now, what basic improvements can be made, and what are people asking for to be in the game now with the existing characters and modes. There is plenty of time to forge a new path and explore new story lines, but right now…for all intents and purposes, KI is complete.
Now is the perfect time to just improve what is here like adding online support to practice, or updating the dojo, or just otherwise deepening the experience. I swear, right now KI has SO MUCH single player content that it isn’t even funny. Thing is though, it is all segregated behind various layers of menus and whatnot. They need to figure out a way to weave it all together, have a bit of cross pollination between them all, and thus have various way to unlock and experience all the “stuff” they have in there (and all the potential “stuff” they could add). I think that would make a bunch of people happy who have been around this game since the beginning.
your replying cause you care . in a game where where everything is breakable and reactable to a degree, it just seems I need infinite practice with characters with sick juggle potential. also within that potential is the near infinite alternates to those juggles. in stead of me having killer instinct I’m left with guessing instinct.
Eh, I’m probably replying because it bugs me to see things like “Thunder is irrelevant” and “Rash combos are cheese”, things that are either provably false or show a lack of understanding of the game.
If you dislike characters who do juggle combos, that’s fine and up to you.
. in a game where where everything is breakable and reactable to a degree, it just seems I need infinite practice with characters with sick juggle potential. also within that potential is the near infinite alternates to those juggles. in stead of me having killer instinct I’m left with guessing instinct.