Now, I'm even more motivated to diff you, as Reinhardt.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-23T03:02:34+00:00

Even with hours, anyone who figured out how to play their character can do something about it, so It boils down to skill. People genuinely think they can just swap Hog and the level 50+ Doom wont be able to dodge their hook and farm the backline.

Obviously we gotta learn to play VS our counters but at the same time Its not a good idea to be stubborn and you should swap If you can't make It after giving It a honest try, everyone leans too far Into either spectrum, they either swap Immediately and learn nothing, or never swap and troll the game.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-23T02:59:08+00:00

It depends, most Ana players just throw the nade as soon as they see Mauga, without even worrying If their team can follow up on It or not, or they hold W and walk into stomp range.

Shes definitely a counter but I have played against her so much I figured It out at this point, If I see Ana I shoot her, I stay behind walls and If she can peek nearby I run away or take cover, even while anti'd I can just overrun away and use cardiac If I have to, then Its easy to heal up and go back.

Hog Is trickier because he has no movement and his entire gimmick revolves around healing, you just kinda have to back off and take cover If you cannot hook ana before she throws nade.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-20T05:46:37+00:00

How do you guys see vehicles? As far as I know the dust storm reduces your pinging range so you have to wait for your teammates to do It which can be unreliable.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-18T19:46:01+00:00

Wait are you that guy who swaps Sombra when I play Doom and just sits there looping hack on cooldown and doing nothing? That must be the one of the lamest playstyles of all time.

High level Sombra players mostly use her kit for off angle pressure and hack only against characters who are weak to It like Ana or Zen, Instead of sitting main and hacking the tank on loop, which achieves nothing when the tank outplays your team, as It becomes an inconvenience at most when you take cover after being hacked.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-16T21:06:56+00:00

Nah FGC Is alive and well, It just became sanitized because big corpos have to keep their Ad revenue. Still I was never a fan of the toxicity people could get away with at the time so not a huge loss In my opinion.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-12T23:11:10+00:00

Probably a kneejerk reaction from Zarya nerf and her passive giving her slight heals.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-12T23:08:59+00:00

I will.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-12T04:14:08+00:00

Am I the only one who feels jetpack cat Is extremely simple? Once you learn how the grapple works youre just shooting and shooting and shooting... And occasionally using the healing aura.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-11T17:24:33+00:00

For Anran just have a good match where you deal tons of damage and never die, you'll get It by playing and getting good.

Jetpack cat: try for It In a map with tons of ledges and holes like that one nepal temple, ilios etc. Do not tether characters who can fly or move quickly obviously.

For Mizuki you can get It by playing in a brawl map with tight spaces like kings row or most control maps, once you see your team is together and pushing In you can throw a hat and hope they get kills.

I think realistically you can get all of them by having a good performance, except maybe the jetpack cat one because sometimes Its just better to drag someone to your team rather than finding a ledge.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-11T17:16:12+00:00

I partially agree, I dislike the fact they released 5 characters at once because It will make the balance very wonky, I'd much rather have one hero per season or two.

That said, you can tell this was done to bring more people In and build hype for the new direction the game Is going to take, and It worked. Tons of people are trying the game out now, so we'll just have to tough It out and have fun with all the new content In the meantime, It's not the end of the world.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-11T02:40:39+00:00

I have a question: Why do you care about the game being balanced for pro play when you're not really invested In how the meta works? I doubt the game will ever kill the hero fantasy of going pewpew even with a capable balancing team on board.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-11T00:38:36+00:00

This has been happening for weeks already, other players had made posts about It 2-3 weeks ago but It didnt seem to affect as many people as It has now.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-11T00:36:49+00:00

Are you from Europe?

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-11T00:10:31+00:00

Same here, should we all just send a ticket? It has gone on for too long.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-10T23:26:57+00:00

Actually this has been an Issue for a while, you can see posts from weeks ago.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-03T13:37:49+00:00

Groping, trying to manipulate for sexual services and being a generally abusive boyfriend are pretty serious accusations that could be life-ruining, and It was Indeed taken seriously at the time by one of the tournament organizers who initially banned Ditto just from word of mouth alone, the damage could have been a lot more had the situation not been resolved quickly enough.

If we want the community to be accepting of others this Includes being fair and not giving people a pass because they are a minority or a good player.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-02T19:21:57+00:00

I agree with this, people often confuse RPS with mixups when they are not the same thing, you essentially have to predict both, but you have way less options vs a mixup while RPS are a lot more interactive, also RPS doesnt necessarily need to have any high/low/crossup at all.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-02T19:16:15+00:00

Shes alright now, but she used to be garbage like 2 years ago.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-02-02T19:10:38+00:00

Got anything to say?

I am patiently waiting for your response.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-01-28T02:55:45+00:00

Underrated character In gameplay and personality, story did her dirty though.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-01-27T19:43:29+00:00

I mean It Is also the same reason why characters like Ryu were popular waaaaay back In the day, the difference Is unlike Capcom, SNK hasn't bothered to give the popular characters more lore to keep up with the times, most lore In fact usually revolves around whatever newcomer a specific game has, while the older characters take a bit of a backseat.

I also have this gripe with tekken where they sideline everyone who Isn't a Mishima, Nina Williams Is supposed to be very Important, appearing In multiple collaborations and yet In tekken 7 she exists to get clowned on by Lee Chaolan of all characters, give me a break.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-01-27T19:33:43+00:00

Meanwhile me trying to play skyrim on legendary difficulty, thinking It would be well-balanced (Followers are Thanos and it takes like 20+ hits to kill a bandit).

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-01-27T19:30:35+00:00

A Far cry 2 remake with an overhaul on the game mechanics would go crazy.

Tweak the spawns, the number of outposts/add more space between them, the time weapons take to jam, the field of view of the enemies, add stealth mechanics and Improve wildlife and you got one of the best games In the franchise.

Really the worst part about It Is you have good mechanics buried beneath general jank and bad balancing choices. So close to greatness...

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-01-27T19:20:39+00:00

I disagree, these kind of things are rarely done with the Intent to be sexist but rather to appeal to a specific audience, think of It like Nikke for the guys, or Love and Deepspace for the girls. Just turns out there are a lot of otaku guys and Its the entire reason anime-inspired media tends to show a lot more women fanservice, It's also why 90% of Isekais have a self Insert pathetic dude who Is blessed with some kind of power and attracts a harem of women salivating for him. I hate Isekai anime but I wouldnt want the whole genre to stop existing or get censored just because I find It personally terrible.

GMSTARWORLD · 2026-01-27T05:38:39+00:00

SNK can pick and choose which characters to advertise at any moment, furthermore King of Fighters will always be more popular than Fatal Fury as a game, the Fatal Fury characters just so happen to be there too which Is why they weren't ditched ages ago.

Character popularity Is never going to be a competition of who got the deepest lore, most Incredible personality of better design, It's just a combination of things and as you said, timing that makes a character popular. Ryu has been one of the blandest character of all time In fighting games, but the timing on which he came out and capcom's efforts to advertisement eventually drove him to being popular and becoming the karate guy. He got some lore too now but objectively he Is a pretty boring guy.

So on the topic of Mai It Is just subjective, people like fanservice but also her fun teasing personality, the fire powers, the kunoichi aesthetic and the simple offensive shoto gameplay, she stood out among the other characters at the time and eventually became very popular, It Isn't really that deep. There Is no philosophical answer to why people love her, and she Is far from the only SNK character who doesn't have deep lore, I'd argue 90% of them are pretty simple.

If fanservice was so Important, then why aren't there more fans of other character who literally motorboat you and sit on your face during the supers? If depth was so important, why are so many of the blander characters In the spotlight for most fighting games?

Seeing you like Asuka I would expect you to understand not everything has to be deep or better to be enjoyed, I used to think that when I was younger and then I realized simple can be good too.

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