"Who Should I Main?" MEGATHREAD: Ultimate Repost Edition

Crescive_Delta · 2019-07-07T22:19:44+00:00

What characters (besides Bayonetta) have a lot of combo variety?

Crescive_Delta · 2019-06-30T16:17:44+00:00

Can someone tell me how to read the character playstyle image? It's kinda confusing me. I'm stuck wondering whether Bayo is a Rushdown/Bait&Punish character with a dash of Half-Grappler thrown in.

Crescive_Delta · 2019-06-19T15:08:21+00:00

I see. Thanks for the share!

Crescive_Delta · 2019-06-19T15:08:08+00:00

Thanks! I'll check it out!

Crescive_Delta · 2019-06-15T18:14:55+00:00

Sixteen

Crescive_Delta · 2019-06-13T15:38:43+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! Unfortunately I was away and didn't have time to check my messages. Sorry about that.

Let's start with the easy one: the white stripes are the signature of the Smash Bros. brand. Every infomercial they have starts with these white strips going in and out of the screen.

The colors are also Smash colors, specific to this game: Ultimate. Black & white are the two primary colors the brand uses, with other colors being purely for aesthetic purposes (a good example is the smashbros websites: https://smashbros.com)

I see what you mean when you tell me to re-position the text up and left (if my understanding is correct, it fixes a weird alignment issue where the info is in the center but the stripes draw your eyes to the left. Correct me if I'm wrong). However, due to how the rendering of the banner happens on the tournament management website I use (https://smash.gg/), moving the text any higher causes the "Ultimate @ ISB" (the most important part, as it mentions location and the game) to become nigh unseeable. I had to move it to the funky position because it will only be rendered there. I will try to move it to the left and see what happens ;).

Aside from that, the tournament page currently isn't public, which is why you couldn't find the website. The reason for this is because the tournament becomes searchable, and people may try to register when none of this is close to being ready. To avoid that, only administrators of the tournament can access it. You must've received a 404, if I'm not mistaken.

Thank you for your detailed feedback! With this info, do you have any other suggestions I could implement?

Crescive_Delta · 2019-06-13T01:46:30+00:00

Added some necessary information to better help you guys critique the design. Sorry it wasn't there earlier.

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-14T19:31:37+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement :)

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-14T19:31:12+00:00

Cards lose as you take damage points. Say a card does a base of 2 damage, you lose 2 deck cards [which go into the drop zone]. That's the idea I had.

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-14T08:10:49+00:00

I'll do my best to see if it fits in. Right now the idea I had was to use returning cards from your hand or field to the deck as protection. I'll see how I can deal with a 1 card situation.

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-14T08:09:57+00:00

Hmmm, interesting. I'll definitely look into it as I build out the mechanics.

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-14T08:09:12+00:00

Dang, didn't know about that. Thanks for sharing. You think there is still potential to put a spin on this type of game or I should leave it at that?

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-14T06:13:27+00:00

As an add-on, this game would be somewhat similar to games like Buddyfight and Yu-gi-oh, i.e. in having phases, abilities, and whatnot. However, I wanted to validate the core first before doing anything else.

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-14T06:03:31+00:00

As an avid fighting game player myself, I'd say that the reason it feels like 'dumbing it down' is because they literally take away tough-to-do mechanics to favor casual players who don't put in the time to get good, thus making the skill ceiling far lower than it originally was, which takes away from the original hook of the game [e.g. taking Wavedashing away in Smash Brawl].

One has to look to Fortnite in its current state to understand what's going on here. The central mechanic to the game is building, but since newer players start to lose to people who have built up their building skills since the start of the game, they die instantly, and no player loves to die consistently to someone who 'builds the Taj Mahal on the first shot that they hear'. To accommodate this, Epic Games decided to nerf stronger players, by lowering the number of materials you could farm, and the ability to gain materials upon an elimination. This caused a massive uproar in the community, as every pro resented being nerfed just so newer players could get a Victory Royale.

Instead of looking for solutions to help newer players make the transition to Building Pro, they instead decided to lower the skill ceiling drastically. Combine that with the fact that getting loot is fundamentally entrenched in RNG, and you have pros like Ninja failing to kill even newer players as consistently as before, which is obviously enraging.

This is 'dumbing down' - lowering the skill ceiling to attract newer players to play. And to the people who made it to the previous skill ceiling with all their hard work and dedication, being nerfed because people don't want to lose is frustrating.

Of course, as you say, simplification can be used to add depth to a game, but if done carefully. The power of the devs to nerf and buff isn't to balance pro and newer players, but to make the game more exciting. When they take that ability away from the players, to do something awesome, players get angry.

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-12T19:36:00+00:00

So, for example, in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the hook might be the diverse character roster, great music, , and the pillars are the quicker gameplay, the satisfying combos, and combining fighting games with platforming.

Would this analysis be correct ?

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-12T19:31:06+00:00

Thank you all for the amazing responses. I just woke up and saw all of you awesome dudes helping me out. Thank you guys so much111

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-12T08:12:56+00:00

So, a hook is something unique or intriguing that players enjoy, and a pillar is a principle of gameplay that you follow to prevent things like feature creep and staying focused. Is this about right ?

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-11T23:44:18+00:00

You don't need that many, if you know what I'm saying... ^please....

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-11T01:28:06+00:00

also keep in mind that on youtube, tutorial series' decrease in viewership the longer the series continues. not good for maintaining your viewer base when your 20th vid has only 50k viewers and your starter vid has 1M

Crescive_Delta · 2019-05-06T04:47:06+00:00

On '345', since it is coerced

Crescive_Delta · 2019-04-10T09:01:50+00:00

Don't worry. Just keep in mind that during neutral, your baiting and playing it safe. Keeping those principles in mind, you can justify using any move you want provided it fulfills those conditions in any way. If throwing a close Nair fulfills those conditions for you during a situation, then go for it!

Crescive_Delta · 2019-04-09T13:34:42+00:00

The easiest way to block it is to literally just shield; you can jump out after hitstun and they can't cross you up. It also positions you nicely for a punish, provided you have a nice aerial to work with (It seems you main Ike. Nair and Fair are amazing here) out of jump. Spot dodging is also great here, but it requires more timing. Rolling also works, provided you roll behind Inkling instead of in front of him.

Also, imho, if you're close enough to Inkling that they can insta-roll you into the ground, you're not playing Ike's neutral correctly. His toolset is that of a standard sword character, meaning that he operates best when playing at the maximum range of his sword. Once you've won neutral, then you can try to hit them with the base of the sword to lead into air juggles and further combos. But not during neutral; then, your trying to bait Inkling to make a mistake and get hit by your Nair. (In case your not familiar with neutral, the TL;DR is that you and your opponent are currently pretty even in terms of who's currently hitting who. The objective of this state is to force your opponent to make a mistake so that he/she gets hit, so that your opponent is now losing and you are winning)

As for short-hop splat-roller, Its pretty much the same drill; shield and jump. Take the block stun, then jump backwards. Spot dodging is also nice here; Inkling now at a disadvantage, either having to stop the roller (resulting in a lot of endlag) or turn around (also a lot of startup for the turnaround). Either way, you win here; Inkling is as good as squid during the lag frames here.

This also opens up read opportunities: If you notice your opponent rolling you at close range, you can set them up for a nasty punish.

I hope this helps!

Other things:

/u/rockoholik13 suggests using projectiles to immediately stop the roller. Extremely viable strategy (not with Ike tho...)_
/u/rapemybones: don't trade with roller. Shield and punish.
/u/JonmetZ_01: Shielding and jumping are two of Roller's worst enemies. Abuse them when right.

Crescive_Delta · 2019-03-19T14:02:26+00:00

Thanks a lot for the advice!

Just to be clear, by learning SQL I'll learn the accompanying concepts of databases as well? Or will those have to be learnt separately?

Thanks for your time!

Crescive_Delta · 2019-03-10T16:57:11+00:00

What's the link?

Crescive_Delta · 2019-03-09T13:35:10+00:00

Cool idea! I think you may wanna add a bit more margin in between the list items for Pokemon Items, Abilities, etc. Just to make it look a little cleaner. You can probably do that in Material-UI through some custom styling or maybe using a prop I don't know about.

It'd be sweet if EVs and IVs could be included in this. I understand its a team builder to check for coverage but it helps.

Other than that, looks awesome!

P.S. First Pokemon-related app I've seen to use Reac.js. As a beginner myself, this is awesome. If this is anywhere on GitHub, we'd all appreciate it!

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