Yea. Capcom could have done beta invites in waves to increase the server load yet still control the flow of traffic, and when they felt confident do an open beta to hammer the servers.
Didn't Evolve use that process?
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Yea. Capcom could have done beta invites in waves to increase the server load yet still control the flow of traffic, and when they felt confident do an open beta to hammer the servers.
Didn't Evolve use that process?
fixed that
I don't think any true beta should be tied to a pre-order as people will see it as a chance to play the game early that they have a right to instead of actually just giving devs needed data.
Unfortunately, a lot of the beta tests these days are more marketing tools. I'm pretty sure that unless Treyarch are trying something new with the netcode, which is unlikely, there's no need for that one either.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Maybe not geographically, but most players have it as a preorder bonus.
Holy shit. I love that man.
If anyone is mad at Ono over this, please just watch that.
RobRSG
Member
reSpec Gaming
Member
Yeah I was thinking at least I didn't buy a fight stick just for this weekend instead of groceries! Now I can eat food that isn't just hot dogs and mac & cheese, yayyyy!
Collateral22
Member
I'm no expert on netcode or anything but you ever have a match on SFIV where it's full green bars and all links come off perfect and you can hit your combos naturally? That's what it felt like. People I played were in the UK though and I am in Ireland so it will be interesting to see how it fares with farther Europe and US people.
Neff
Member
On the one hand, he's cool and always ready to poke fun at himself.
On the other, he's responsible for SFIV and disses SFIII.
I might have bought a stick instead of groceries... It'll all be worth it. Maybe.
Probably not
DJ Lushious
Member
What does he have against SFIII?
Check your MP's
😘
09ers gonna struggle at first. You can't jab spam to fish for long ass combos, crouch tech, FADC for safe pressure, etc. And obviously no ultras to mash out after a cheesy anti air. Tbh the weight feels kinda like a mix between 3s and CvS2, just a little heavier imo. A lot of those bad SF4 habits are gonna be hard to break.
It feels a lot more pure and a lot more 2D, though I do hope they touch up the animation and overall visuals a bit (I'm sure they will).
RobRSG
Member
Rebooting the server must have been the first thing they done.
Maybe the servers are not supporting the load on them. It looks like a problem with the whole infrastructure, they did right in calling it out for now.
I hate those ultras connecting after an anti-air or a trade in SF4 soooooo much. I bitch anytime one of my friends connects one.
SF4 is way too punishing against jump-ins.
The Sarcastic Dude
Banned
This still isn't working? Has any gotten match in since it went down for maintenance?
I've made it to training mode a few times. Never got a match.
Neff
Member
He likes it but he thought it was bad for the community because the execution barrier was too high. He thought SF should go back to a game where anyone can just have fun punching and kicking each other. Ironically he then went and made SFIV which exacerbated all of his issues with III.
It's stopped, it's rescheduled now.
I saw a couple on Twitch. When a match actually happens, it looks smooth as all hell at least.
Next week at the earliest is my guess. plenty of time to get that work done!
RobRSG
Member
You have to check the opponents revenge meter in order to avoid that. Simple.
And 3S isn't nearly as punishing as it should be.
Yeah, that's part of their design goals (see their EVO panel).
Rice-Eater
Member
Ah, I have so many fond memories of the Ryu classic. You're nearly full screen, your opponent throws a fireball, you jump forward over it, they jump at you, but you did a preemptively DP. No reactions, you just did it because you could feel that jump in coming. And if it connects, METSU HADOKEN BABY LOL. I started doing this after having it done against me in Ryu's mirrors back in the Vanilla days. Good times those were
SF4 is very ingrained in me but I think I'm going to adjust fine. I'm not going into this game completely raw. I've done plenty of research and watched many videos. I really don't think I'm going to go into this doing too much SF4 stuff, especially with combos. As much as I like SF4, I am glad many things about it are not coming back so it'll be a breath of fresh air to start over with SFV without all the overwhelming options that existed in SF4. At least from the get go, I'm sure a lot of things will be discovered in the coming years though.
Interesting. I'm good at Street Fighter IV when it comes to reading my enemies and spacing and positioning as well as punishing players. But I am terrible at doing long cause combos to do optimal damage. Perhaps Street Fighter V battle mechanics will play in my favour.
Yep, that's me!
My mind is way better than my fingers and coordination are, so I have high hopes for SF5.
paolo11
Member
I see. Think a noob like me can be competitive if I start on this game and practice hard?
Rice-Eater
Member
Combos in this game are very easy. In the short time I did get in, I tested his links and was hitting everything about 80% of the time. This is me in the very beginning just trying to understand the game. Even if you weren't good at links in SF4, if you put in the time to learn them in SFV their is no reason why you shouldn't be able to hit them consistently. It's just that much easier. And you're not doing crazy anime shit with a lot of tight juggles or going airborne.
It will be weird in this game when I get styled on by players the equivalent of 1,000pp players from SF4 lol. Just gotta get use to it because it's going to happen.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Sure .
This SF looks to be more mind base than anything else.
Which should make it easier for some people .
I like SFIV but SFV looks to be more my style when it comes to SF games.
thats the lamest shit ive ever read in my life
I'm a guilty gear player.
I do decent in SF 4 just through pure reading, but my execution is shit and I never felt the need to waste time on Focus dashes etc... I can still do decent combos with enough damage with simpler characters like Poison, Ken and Ibuki.
SF V felt extremely easy. Was able to pull off insane combos right away. Not only that but even people not used to fighters would find use in target combos (pretty easy and high damage).
So yeah, SF V is the opened door for all of us, who play other fighters, but refused to learn this 1frame links and FADC madness. Especially with that netcode.
There is about no execution barrier, so yes, of course.
I do decent in SF 4 just through pure reading, but my execution is shit and I never felt the need to waste time on Focus dashes etc... I can still do decent combos with enough damage with simpler characters like Poison, Ken and Ibuki.
SF V felt extremely easy. Was able to pull off insane combos right away. Not only that but even people not used to fighters would find use in target combos (pretty easy and high damage).
So yeah, SF V is the opened door for all of us, who play other fighters, but refused to learn this 1frame links and FADC madness. Especially with that netcode.
There is about no execution barrier, so yes, of course.
Revengineer
Unconfirmed Member
On the other hand, if these nonsense network errors continue until the end of beta, I bet their preorders get cancelled like hotcakes (Amazon's at least).
Omnistalgic
Member
All I can say is, I'm more excited for this game since reading the mission statement capcom posted. It really does seem more like VF with easier inputs and hopefully a very balanced roster. When everybody is a monster, 90% of the cast is viable. Screw getting your butt whopped and getting rewarded with better offensive tools. Screw option selects, screw vortex and unblockable setups. This is Yomi and Footsies! This is getting a read in your opponent. But it still doesn't look like the mechanics will be brain dead simple either. Mastering ryu will take months of practice to parry everyone Ken looks like his setups will be deadly in the right hands, and run can be used offensively and defensively. Charlie's mixup, bison looks crazy! I think its going to be the best SF of all time. They are focusing on all the right things.
Sigh. What a useful comment.
Cause clearly in your mind, if it lasts "till the end of the beta", they won't just extend the beta another week ?
Disagree especially if they have further betas whcih they are suppose to than we should see the progress of improvement from when this beta restarts to the final beta.
Yes, intentionally so.
bodine1231
Member
Just give me training mode(
I'd rather have this than play other people for right now honestly.
kunonabi
Gold Member
He thought the execution barrier was too high? Nothing in 3S was hard from an execution standpoint. Even the stuff people usually point to like kara palms, charge petitioning, red parries and the advanced combos were pretty easy. Execution barrier was the least of 3S's problems. I can understand A3 and CVS2 turning people off with their execution requirements but 3S just doesn't make any sense to me.
Karsticles
Member
Yeah, I was happy as a clam practicing Ryu links.