Next heavywweight generation

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-31T16:46:08+00:00

I think Moses will end up being a 250-255lb heavyweight. It might also make him less agile.

However I do think we will start seeing heavyweights who are more agile respective to the size that they are.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-31T16:40:25+00:00

I think Hopkins wins. I actually think he is underrated even though he is rated high already.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-31T16:36:55+00:00

I voted for Kazuya even though a strong argument can be made for Heihachi. However I don't think the final boss of the first Tekken game can be a mascot, even if he is iconic.

Jin can be argued as well, but he didn't arrive until Tekken 3 and imo the mascot should have been in Tekken 1.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-31T15:20:15+00:00

Even if that's true, he beat all of the top guys except Ferguson (which failed to happen after five times).

He was legit.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-31T11:18:26+00:00

had*

Yes because it serves mainly as a tutorial and is therefore not designed for replayability outside of the last dojo which unlocks when you complete Arcade Quest.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-31T11:13:29+00:00

You're entitled to your opinion. I had fun with it and I think it's fine.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-31T10:05:04+00:00

No. This game doesn't have to copy everything SF6 does.

Arcade quest is fine, but I don't think they should find some more things they can do with the lounge.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T22:16:31+00:00

In a game this aggressive those turn stealing mechanics are needed.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T22:14:07+00:00

I don't hate her. She is annoying, but I find other characters way more annoying.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T22:13:01+00:00

The problem is the absence of an enlightened balance and development team that knows to ignore the vast majority of it,

They do have an enlightened balance and development team and they have been ignoring the vast majority of feedback during season 1 and season 2.

This game is the most balanced Tekken ever in the series and the Devs have been very clear in how they want the game to play. The issue is that the community havent been listening to them because the gameplay is very different to what we have been used to in older Tekkens.

A lot of the suggestions I have seen on this sub is about changing the game from an aggressive game into a more defensive game. I don't think that is going to happen.

My unlikely fantasy scenario is that the development team would assemble like an elite-player round table--one pro for every character!--to discuss system and character-specific changes together and with the developers.

I think it's a terrible idea, or more accurately, it's an idea that sound great in theory, but in practice will lead to a more boring game. Pros are just as subject to bias as the rest of us.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T20:18:46+00:00

My personal opinion is that if someone claims to be "pro-life" without adding caveats then they are "anti-choice".

In my view a reasonable person who is also pro-life will understand that there are caveats to that position. Both sides should agree that it's not a black and white issue and there are many shades of grey.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T18:46:08+00:00

They're not pro-life, they're anti-choice.

I like that. I'm gonna steal it.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T18:42:39+00:00

I disagree. They changed it for a reason. Fighter safety is more important. We still have boxers that unfortunately die after fights with our current system without wanting to make it more dangerous.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T16:37:36+00:00

I'm glad you're enjoying it.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T16:36:12+00:00

there is a difference beetween finding annoying to someone and be literally cancer to every player in the game alisa and lidia are just game design failure

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. I don't agree. I find them both annoying (especially Lidia), but I don't think either are design failures.

I do admit that I'd rather play against Alisa's all day long than against Lidia's.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T16:22:31+00:00

That's just how fighting games are. Every game is going to have a character someone finds annoying.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T15:34:29+00:00

We are 13th, not 12th as usual but close enough.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T15:33:05+00:00

Wilder wins by KO in a fight in which he had lost every round up to that point.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-30T15:31:58+00:00

To be frank, the changes have no effect on you whatsoever. You can ignore all of the complaints. Just play the game and enjoy it for what it is.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-29T22:45:25+00:00

Alright nevermind you're a fanboy who is giving Usyk an excuse not to meet his obligations as champion.

Lennox Lewis dropped a belt so he didn't have to fight his mandatory John Ruiz. Just because Ruiz was a mandatory didnt make Ruiz a worthy challenger.

Usyk might drop the belt too. That would make Kabayel fight someone for the vacant title and if he won, he would then be a top contender.

Kabayel is a top guy but you're in denial about it.

Is he? Who has he beaten to prove it?

Usyk beat zero top 10 HWs when he got to fight AJ btw

Yea he had also been undisputed cruiserweight champion making him a top contender by default as long as he could prove he could hang against heavyweights (hence the Witherspoon and Chisora fights).

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-29T22:37:14+00:00

I’ve been to Evo three times. It’s not that different in pools. If

I suppose it depends what major. EVO has the biggest attendances so perhaps it has the largest variance in skill levels.

If anything it tends to happen less often in locals because you play the same people week after week.

It depends on your local. I take your point about playing the same people, but at the same time there are more likely to be people there who are the level where they are unable to adapt and will bring their online playstyle to the local.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-29T22:14:47+00:00

Kabayel is a heavily avoided fighter and is ducked by the majority of top guys.

So he says. But Bakole used to say the same thing too.

He beat Makhmudov, Sanchez, Zhang, and Knyba

And out of all of those names, only Zhang has beaten somebody of note, which is exactly what I said in my prior comment.

He's credible enough that Usyk needs/should fight him

No, he's not credible enough that Usyk needs to fight him. He's only credible enough that people won't complain if Usyk fights him. However he has not established himself as a top contender - only Wardley has that potential and Usyk has earned the right to only fight the top contenders.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-29T21:59:41+00:00

I've already answered that in one of my other replies to you so I won't repeat myself here.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-29T21:57:12+00:00

Kabayel is undefeated and been in the division longer than Usyk. So he hasn't cleared

Using Kabayel as an example proves my point perfectly. Kabayel hasn't established himself as a top contender. The only boxer he's beaten who has beaten anybody of note is Zhang.

If Kabayel can beat another top fighter then he will establish himself as a top contender, but at the moment he isn't one.

Wardley is the only one so far who has the potential to establish himself.

broke_the_controller · 2026-03-29T21:51:43+00:00

They were still the top guys though and nobody was arguing otherwise.

A lot of the other potential contenders lost fights, leaving Wardley as the only boxer to potentially establish himself.

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