Maxi General Q&A

[Barry]

Johnny says that now, but I'm calling his bluff now even though the game is not released. -_-

 

[KrayzieCD]

I like where this discussion is going.

I neither wish for a boring safe poking maxi and on the other end do not want an equally boring 1 giant combo fishing.

Was there ever a maxi that had high damage basic combos, but also had the option to sacrifice the guarnateed damage of an ender to be able to continue a string for further mixup/guard gauge/soul gauge pressure successfully ?

There was no guard gauge/soul gauge in SC1,2, or 3. There was also no damage scaling for multi hit combos so it was best to just take all your guaranteed damage. And furthermore things did so much damage in those previous games that damn near everything was high damage lol.

 

[DustbusterGF]

People its noobcaliburV with supers. im expecting characters movelist to be cut in half.
Every Maxi player is going to play the same moreso because psl3 gone.
Li A. 4B,B mix ups. RoA,K. 66 B. side grab 5 hit combo:)
abuse off Sc43A+K and BE 6A+B cause its good.
does SC5LI K into 44B work, if it does=damage. A,A is safe rightLOL:)
hoping for a BEdge Fury with reverse blow damage. [BL K-Li A mixups maybe.]
THe only thing that i believe is going to seperate Maxi players is who can catch the most Waving Light Gis:)

Both SC3 and SC2 Maxis where poke heavy but SC2 had the option of major looping and putting on a show. SC3 Maxi made me pick up Tira and kilik. And SCV MAxi is going to have me deal damage for wins cause its playback time; but, ill Be playing alot of SCVand to put on a show. Hell i going to make both off them look super flashy to watch play. If i can customize sidekick in CAS, im Maining him for SCV.

 

[soakrates]

Alright, Krayzie and I will be playing SC5 this Sunday at Southtown Arcade. Anything you guys want us to test out?

 

[Reave]

If WL GI Kicks (which I highly doubt) and 2A. Everything else I'm content with.

 

[Hot Rod Dave]

OOOOOhhh snap. Thats sick you guys get a chance to play SC5. Have some good times.

Im intrigued by this new 44A, does it go into stance? Has some sweet range. Is it safe? what up wit dat. and all the 236 options. Apparently 236 K is back or was always there and I just never seen it. and slide inputs. I dont know why but Ive always liked slide inputs. Anything cool off of em?

Other than that just take a shit ton of vids homes. Ive been waiting for the KCD SCV vids!!

HRD

 

[Maxi-mum]

People its noobcaliburV with supers. im expecting characters movelist to be cut in half.
Every Maxi player is going to play the same moreso because psl3 gone.
Li A. 4B,B mix ups. RoA,K. 66 B. side grab 5 hit combo:)
abuse off Sc43A+K and BE 6A+B cause its good.
does SC5LI K into 44B work, if it does=damage. A,A is safe rightLOL:)
hoping for a BEdge Fury with reverse blow damage. [BL K-Li A mixups maybe.]
THe only thing that i believe is going to seperate Maxi players is who can catch the most Waving Light Gis:)

Both SC3 and SC2 Maxis where poke heavy but SC2 had the option of major looping and putting on a show. SC3 Maxi made me pick up Tira and kilik. And SCV MAxi is going to have me deal damage for wins cause its playback time; but, ill Be playing alot of SCVand to put on a show. Hell i going to make both off them look super flashy to watch play. If i can customize sidekick in CAS, im Maining him for SCV.

Damn right it's Noobcalibur V. I've been saying that. It's the same combo, over, and over, and over again. Just like in Tekken, just like in Street Fighter III and IV, and whatever else. People try to find the most damaging combo imaginable and try to pull it off to kill the opponent. Maxi is going to be the same way, along with every other character. My goal is to loop around like the asshole I was in SC II. However, this time I don't have PSL 3 to add to my list. I do have WS B+Kg ->RO to work with now. Just as good, without the LI commitment.

The more I gather about the high powered combos and the more I'm thinking to be loopy. Would you want to guess wrong with a BL mix up? Or a RC mix up? What do you guys think?

 

[hotnikkelz]

The more I gather about the high powered combos and the more I'm thinking to be loopy. Would you want to guess wrong with a BL mix up? Or a RC mix up? What do you guys think?

BL mixup.
RC's power seems to be in the AB string, and the associated GB. I think against experience players we'll be shutdown because of range, and JG. BL B series on the other hand although linear can give some kind of trickery, with the timing of the second B. When we know about the bs/hs of that first B we'll see what happens. I'm really feeling BL though, on paper at least. Fastest cancelling stance too, most likely. Can't say yet.

@everyone
I'm too old now, session play is where I'm at now. If the online is good, I MIGHT consider otherwise though. MIGHT.

 

[Maxi-mum]

Nobody is too old. There's a dude here in So Cal approaching 50. It's a matter of time on your hands and how serious you want to be.

 

[Aqua_Snake]

@everyone
I'm too old now.

No such thing. >:|

*Frantically clicks the unlike button*

Jokes aside, you should check out the ST community. Many of those guys are programmers, engineers who are in their 30's + 40's which some are married. It's all about the love of the game man.

 

[DustbusterGF]

BL B second B looks Qsteppable or JGable. Asta can punish safely with no outs for maxi..
Plus because that second B doesnt stun like SC4 RoB its not scared....
its just mashable to mix with BL k.......i want SC4BL A where it should be :) if you all dont understand that, or cant see it by now im not explaining...

 

[soakrates]

OK, I'm back.

44A seems safe, but I didn't get the opportunity to test things out because we only had two setups and there were tons of people waiting to play. No slide inputs that I found. Forgot to test 236K for tech crouch, sorry. :/

Anyway, I hope I did Maxi justice when I played against Ceirnian on stream. For what it's worth, that was the only set I lost with Maxi the entire time I was there, and at least I managed to steal two rounds in both games despite not knowing any good combos and not doing any BEs or CEs, haha

I really think Maxi's going to be legit in this game.

 

[Aqua_Snake]

Anyway, I hope I did Maxi justice when I played against Ceirnian on stream.

Oh that was you?

I thought it was Krayzie at first.

 

[soakrates]

Oh that was you?

I thought it was Krayzie at first.

I'll take that as a compliment, regardless of how you meant it. :)

Nah, but seriously, in retrospect I was doing way too much BB and LO BK. I think I kept forgetting that 4BB is safe now, and felt like I had to keep committing to LO BK because I was on autopilot. At least now I know that I can establish an offensive flow now.

 

[KrayzieCD]

Oh that was you?

I thought it was Krayzie at first.

I had no idea what I was doing in this game, I felt like a button masher. Gonna take me some time to get used to the changes. Had to really concentrate just to remember to use brave edges or CEs. But I swear CEs were unblockable or something lol. Every time I did one, even if the opponent appeared to be guarding, it connected lol. But 4BBK, the K doesn't seem to give advantage like it used to. AA seems to be back to it's speedy safe self. FC 3A has the best recovery it's every had. So safe you can damn near still attack after it's blocked. Movement is way better and faster than it used to be. All and all, game is good. Just gotta get used to all the changes. After playing SC4 for so long and being used to it's notation it takes time to get used to the changes in this game.

 

[hotnikkelz]

Oh what i meant was too old and way TOO LAZY :p to play this game on such a serious level. It's all about fun now

@dustbuster
That's why we're curious about single BL B. As for wanting BL A back, that ship has sailed, it doesn't matter now.

@krayzie, soakrates
Good stuff :) feel free to post anything else you remember that wasn't mentioned before

 

[Hot Rod Dave]

@Krayzie/Soak....Good stuff guys. Were yall able to take any vids? Or was the stream thrown up somewhere? Whats the deal with that?

Im happy you guys got a taste of the new game. Any further details you guys think of...throw em up!!

@JohnnyBlaze....Dont gimme this to old shit. I think I got you beat by a year or 2 and Im still gonna get out there. I prolly aint gonna travel the country or nothing. But anything west coast or so...Ima try to be at. Oh yeah...you live in some 3rd world country or something dont you?

HRD

 

[DustbusterGF]

CE Turtling
LOL[everyones going to need SF3strike Timing]LOL

Which characters im most afraid of: Grab CEs equal free damage
Asta : why Grab CE... really. u cant duck the animation.
Ivy : Best Grabs ingame and now has a Grab CE
Nightmare : Fucking for real i saw 80% Life lose on impact CE and 65% damage on manual Gi into CE.
This gaining meter everytime you lose is going to fuckup my behavior each round, Whiff and you die, Being over aggressive Gied and you die.
whatever as long as i dont see people saving/storing meter just for CEs ill be cool. ANd right now NIGHTMARE IS LOOKING SUPER SCARY. Best 2A Punisher equals death.

 

[Barry]

Where are the links to the stream vids? >_<

I want to see how you guys did with what little time that you had with the game. :)

 

[Reave]

CE Turtling
LOL[everyones going to need SF3strike Timing]LOL

Which characters im most afraid of: Grab CEs equal free damage
Asta : why Grab CE... really. u cant duck the animation.
Ivy : Best Grabs ingame and now has a Grab CE
Nightmare : Fucking for real i saw 80% Life lose on impact CE and 65% damage on manual Gi into CE.
This gaining meter everytime you lose is going to fuckup my behavior each round, Whiff and you die, Being over aggressive Gied and you die.
whatever as long as i dont see people saving/storing meter just for CEs ill be cool. ANd right now NIGHTMARE IS LOOKING SUPER SCARY. Best 2A Punisher equals death.

Ivy and Asteroth CE are easy to duck just make sure you don't mistake it for something else and let go of down ever.