So basic word of mouth seems to suggest that Soul Calibur 6 is selling well and the spread of new videos and online play seems fairly robust on the console side - which is good. I doubt many players often pick up fighters on PC given the nature of controllers required to play the games.
As for online play and ranking, it's not clear yet, but a lot of players are pointing out similar reports from back in beta. Nightmare seems dominating and the game seems very spammy and very laggy. Overall, it seems most players are point out the tiers as they were before back in beta, but it seems the questions about whether Tira was top tier have be more muted now. Same with Voldo and Talim.
Aside from Nightmare, it sounds like Sophitia, Ivy, and Seong Mina have been getting a lot of attention. I've heard a few mentions of Yoshimitsu and Zas, but all in all it seems a lot more blurred and no one is quite sure what to think right now.
There does seem to be some unanimous disappointment over some characters; Taki and Azwel seem to be getting the most of it. The biggest issues I'm hearing from Taki seem to be her speed, damage and generally unsafe. While Azwel seems a lot more nuanced and complex. Players seem to point out that Azwel's damage is rather low and his speed is pretty slow. His first CE doesn't compare to the rest of the cast's damage when it comes to CE damage and his lack of kicks hurts him. Others point out that he's pretty complex and no one has really quite gotten him yet. It sounds like neither Groh nor Azwel have achieved the kind of popularity new characters in the past have gotten (see: Hilde, Viola and ZWEI).
A lot of players have been complaining quite a bit about trash talking, and cheese strategies and lag. A common view of some videos (and my own experiences) shows that a lot of players don't understand the basics are tend to rely a lot on forward-based commands and neutral chains. Others seem to heavily spam one move or series of moves and even others are complaining about RE spam. There are a number of players wondering why CAS is allowed on ranked play and there's been some complaints or sightings of players using CAS and editing them to hide weapons using CAS objects.
Players seem pretty happy that their favorite mains got a lot of buffs or feel really strong. The amount of praising I've heard seems to especially come from Seong Mina and Maxi. Astaroth, Talim, Zasalamel, Raphael, and Yoshimitsu also seem to be getting a lot of praise.
