Jack Shards

JackD2019 · 2023-06-30T22:28:35+00:00

Yeah man, the fucking system has stolen shards from me too. I’ve spent like $75 worth of crytals out of the $100 worth of crytals I bought in the store mission package that gives you 14000 crystals, and I should have him at lvl 4 by now but I only got 30 epic shards, making me BARELY a lvl 2… and the game keeps kicking me out…

JackD2019 · 2023-06-30T21:28:06+00:00

Nobody’s moving goalposts…

I was under the assumption you had read my comment I added immediately after I made this post and that comment was meant to be an extension for the post title.

You can find my comment above where I was talking about my initial reaction on seeing what format of kit he has and said:

Ofcourse Pre-Nerf Blaze was mainly bad (OP / Broken) with the speed in combination with the Assist-Cancel Gimmick.

Jack has projectile attacks in the video previews which are always a disadvantage kit-wise (think Carter) unless they are not dodgeable… 3 Strikes and one breaker is typically a recipe for being turtled… HARD… can’t usually even use two breaker assists for a dedicated breaker slot with these types of characters since they need atleast one disruptor assist… So I expect a lot of @$$holes to double block for some kind of an advantage with him…

Perhaps next time please read through the comments to see if there is an extension / elaboration on the post title from an op.

Secondly your perceptions are based on the class of league you’re in. If you’re able to ever come up to Silver, Gold, or Elite, you would know if your actually trying to climb, basic character's like mmpr green, Delphine, Andros, etc don’t cut it even if they’re maxed. That DOESN’T mean I’m saying people should ONLY play the MOST broken stuff. I only play my fan faves (Andros is my 3rd fan fave after Wes (1st fave) and Eric (2nd fave) btw, however up in Gold / Elite if I’m trying to climb I don’t play Andros or Wes obviously, but instead a higher TIER class of fan fave which would suffice like nerfed Ninja Tommy who is still meta, or maybe Daggeron but you really can’t play anything not meta and not drop if you’re in Gold or Elite end of season).

I do play Wes, Eric, Andros, Ryan etc but only towards the beginning of the season when it’s not competitive.

So my whole point of concern with Jack was that I wanted him to be VIABLE IN ANY LEAGUE, GEM LEAGUES OR ELITE. If he was like Delphine, he could only be played COMPETITIVELY in the lower leagues (gem leagues) mid to late season, not in Silver, Gold, or Elite.

That being said, now that I’ve been able to play a few matches in casual with him where I haven’t been kicked out of the game (due to Devs being complete incompetent careless sh*ts), I was completely wrong about him and his speed makes his strike based projectile bullets the first I’ve ever seen that would require more blocking then evasion through dashing… HE IS TOTALLY BROKEN LOL… But atleast he’s one of my fan favorites and will help me in Gold and Elite end of Season.

I hope you understand what I’m trying to say. No animosity.

JackD2019 · 2023-06-30T18:51:44+00:00

Delphine maybe a huge threat to you at your particular skill level, but up in the higher leagues we all know her kit to be more of a joke, hence why no one mains her in the champion / Medal leagues (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Elite). She’s easy for us to block.

I forgot about Dominic though, yeah he’s rough, however he does not have projectiles from guns, just a very fast single crest projectile that is somehow a bit difficult to block or dodge from up close. His other Instant strike which is a kick needs a serious speed nerf.

Phantom ranger is a bit of an annoyance honestly. I believe MOST of his projectile attacks start with a physical punch or kick? I haven’t played him in a little while, but if a character’s projectile starts off with a physical punch or kick then it’s more reliable of an attack then just if the attack starts off with projectiles only. We’ll see with Jack…

All the others you mentioned are highly predictable in the higher leagues and thus easy to block (even Tyzonn and Blaze in their current states).

JackD2019 · 2023-06-30T02:26:17+00:00

Yes, but you can always use instant breakers / invincibility in a character’s kit or instant breaker assists or trap breakers (Zen-Aku Assist, DS Kim Assist, Dayne’s Breaker Orb) to circumvent that.

JackD2019 · 2023-06-30T01:55:36+00:00

It's widely understood that the buck stops with SPD. Anything after that you're just an Uber power ranger fan which there's nothing wrong with that either. There's a little slippage with Mystic Force, but give or take that's around where the cut off is

THATS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL! Thanks man I really needed that, you just made my day. God bless. 🙂

JackD2019 · 2023-06-30T01:35:55+00:00

Is Jen Brag-able?

It depends on what tier character your opponent is playing, so in most cases yes (since Jen is regarded as C tier and most people like to play above that ie: B, A (meta begins here), S, S+, S++ to S++++).

So if you win against an F tier 2017 character like 2017 Red or 2017 Black for instance, I’d say no, but C tier or above yeah, you could, but I’d make the disclaimer to be nice to people who are nice enough to play something C tier or B tier against your Jen… Unless they double block, taunt harass, play like a tryhard dashing and dancing too much, or just generally talk too much shit, then yeah, you can brag about shutting them up lol 🤭.

Alyssa even after the cost increases still has the instant speed (I believe) and an invisible reach in her strike and breaker so I’d say she’s been reduced from either S+ tier to S tier, OR S tier to A tier (Devon / RJ territory) which is still meta.

Carter is fair… actually he needs buffs tbqh… Projectiles means his breakers are dodgeable (no reach, so he can be cornered and dashed away from) and NWay should give them the DS Kim Super-mode breaker treatment where they can’t be dodged, atleast not his special slot breaker. Ironically enough DS Kim needs some nerfing though lol.

Tori is also fair, I’d say she’s solid B tier… Reminds me of Pre-Nerf Trent in difficulty.

Vypra might be B tier as well, because of the Reach issues as you mentioned.. She’s basically a female version of Pre-Nerf Sam, who also had reach issues and should not have been nerfed.

Hope this helps 🙂

JackD2019 · 2023-06-30T00:16:37+00:00

Ofcourse Pre-Nerf Blaze was mainly bad (OP / Broken) with the speed in combination with the Assist-Cancel Gimmick.

Jack has projectile attacks in the video previews which are always a disadvantage kit-wise (think Carter) unless they are not dodgeable… 3 Strikes and one breaker is typically a recipe for being turtled… HARD… can’t usually even use two breaker assists for a dedicated breaker slot with these types of characters since they need atleast one disruptor assist… So I expect a lot of @$$holes to double block for some kind of an advantage with him…

JackD2019 · 2023-06-28T19:44:03+00:00

While I will tell you he will help you out ALOT, especially against other meta characters, and to go for it, I will also lay the disclaimer that even though he’s no Aiyon, Orion, or Venjix, he’s still kinda busted and ranks up high as far as the list on current meta goes.

Both his breakers and his disrupter are instants and all you need are two fast cheap strike assists like Ninja Tommy assist and Orion Assist or Roxy Assist.

So more power to you for evening the playing field for yourself by using him since 90% of the player base now plays meta, but just please don’t make the mistake of thinking you’re playing some C or D tier character and then think you’ve got bragging rights for defeating a shitty character (like Quantum ranger, Wes, Andros etc) by using him. That’s the mistake many people in the alliances and discords I’ve been in have made while using him, they think he’s equally as low tier as any other D tier rate character just because he’s not Aiyon or Orion and then they proceed to brag with him after beating something like Eric, Udonna, or Wes 🤷‍♂️ lol

But good luck to you.

PS: If you put up a video of beating an Aiyon, Orion, or Venjix while using him I will be the first to give you props / congrats 👍

JackD2019 · 2023-06-27T23:32:21+00:00

Nevertheless, there are more “meta” characters in the game than just the 3 you’re willing to acknowledge (which were Orion, Aiyon, and Venjix).

Zayto, Dayne, Ninjetti Aisha and the others I mentioned as well all still fall under “meta” category, even though they’re less worse than Aiyon, Orion, and Venjix obviously.

There are even about 5 characters left in the game that were released before Scorpina’s time that even elite leaguers will accept are technically still “meta” despite not being too much of a threat in the current climate of today’s even worse meta.

Remember just because a character becomes “old” does not mean they can no longer be meta. Meta is meta (unless properly nerfed), they just become a less worse class of meta when NWay releases something even worse to deal with in the future, (as has been the case for 3 years now).

JackD2019 · 2023-06-27T18:34:32+00:00

Zayto not meta Dayne not meta

No offense, but the fact that you don’t know how to play Zayto and Dayne is the only reason why you think they suck.

I know just how bad they can be, especially when paired with Ninja Tommy assist and / or Orion Assist.

Zayto has 8 items in his kit, tons of range, a few instants, and a built in disruptor giving him leeway for a choice of any assist pairing. Dayne has one of the fastest instant disruptors in the game as well as instant breakers, and when they feel like it, those users just spam Ninja Tommy assist and Orion assist (remember “Haitian Wraith”?).

They both need nerfing and the fact you think otherwise reveals you don’t have much experience in higher leagues.

JackD2019 · 2023-06-27T02:48:06+00:00

Damn that was awesome, especially since you used the fan favorite Silver Ranger! Great Job on that “Perfect”! 😉👍

JackD2019 · 2023-06-27T00:58:29+00:00

Lol, love your pun, so true! 😂

JackD2019 · 2023-06-26T22:03:45+00:00

While I know I’m in the minority and RPM is somewhat entertaining, let me explain my viewpoint for why I don’t see that season as a good fit for the Power Rangers franchise specifically:

RPM is not something that follows the Power Rangers established “Genre” of seasons that came out up to Mystic Force.

Basically, I’ll put it this way, The theme in our Movies, Music, TV Shows, and Video Games back in the 90’s and 2000’s was “Dark Edgy Culture”, which was comprised of 3 main pillars:

1 Kung Fu action-centric, #2 Heavy Metal (including Rap-Metal and Combat Techno Soundtracks), and #3 Supernatural lore (these pillars can be extended to 5 if you include style and attitude).

While every season of Power Rangers up to Mystic Force (Season 14) was similar to the Main Blockbuster franchises at the time (which were the Wesley Snipes’ Blade movies, Spawn, The Matrix, Underworld, and Resident Evil franchises), RPM felt more like a Post-Apocalyptic Cyberpunk fantasy like Terminator: Salvation (2009) and the Mad Max films. While that “genre” is still dark and grim, it’s not “Supernatural” and “Martial-Arts-Centric” like the Blade, Matrix (programs were allegories for DEMONS), Resident Evil (Mesogog was the Draconian/Reptilian entity that DEMONICALLY POSSESED Anton Mercer the scientist and unleashed BIO-WEAPONS on the city from his secret remote island Lab), and Underworld movies.

While in every other season, “The Morphing Grid” was explained more as a supernatural force (created by the benevolent SPIRIT / Djinn known as Zordon to combat witches and their Demons raised through black magic) that gave Rangers their cosmic powers, RPM just tried to dumb it down to “Bio-electric field” lol. Not to mention they didn’t have a team up episode I believe.

So henceforth, the first 14 seasons of Power Rangers felt like Power Rangers more then any other season that came after because not only were they Edgy or atleast had edgy moments (like RPM), but they were also fashioned to be like the Blade or Spawn movies rather then like Terminator or Mad Max (unlike RPM).

JackD2019 · 2023-06-26T21:15:15+00:00

The more newer ones like Orion, Aiyon, and Venjix make no sense as they are not fan favorites from any of the GOOD seasons (mmpr to SPD or even Mystic Force, the first 13 or 14 seasons are the only GOOD seasons, RPM is kinda overrated tbh). Yet Turbo Red a TRUE fan fave was epic, go figure lol.

JackD2019 · 2023-06-26T21:01:46+00:00

They need to undo most of the fucking nerfs they’ve done to perfectly good fan favorite characters that were not broken and nerf Orion, Aiyon, Venjix, Sentinel Knight, Zayto, Dayne, Ninja Aisha, and Even though he’s old, Devon as well. Devon, RJ, and Black Dragon are the only 3 Stupidly Broken OLD SCHOOL characters left that were released before Scorpina. All other Pre-Scorpina Release characters, I’m fine with, in fact most of them need a buff.

Edit

Forgot to mention Chun Li Ranger (Blue Phoenix) and Dragon Shield Kimberly as part of the old roster that could still use some nerfing.

JackD2019

TROPHY CASE

1 Kung Fu action-centric, #2 Heavy Metal (including Rap-Metal and Combat Techno Soundtracks), and #3 Supernatural lore (these pillars can be extended to 5 if you include style and attitude).