And even then, most players at this point prefer to play the characters they like instead of just the ones that could whore around in an entire tournament. Yuttoto, linkorz, and Clob could have dropped Voldo, Groh, and Astaroth at any time respectively, but no they’re still sticking with them as mains/subs despite each of these characters issues. And quite frankly, there really isn’t a joke character in SC6 since Dampierre isn’t even playable.
The problem is that whenever i play against "scrubs" they only use RE, meaning that a very much larger chunk of the mechanics now are a dead weight. I can tell you right now, even though SC is by far my favourite of the fighting games, if the next entry in the series has anything like RE I'll most likely stay away from it.
People who mindlessly only use RE are the easiest wins ever. Punish them until they learn or quit. Problem solved.
It’s far more annoying to be pushed into using Break Attack than it would be defeating a much simpler move. Reversal Edge spam breaks flow a lot worse than mashing a single poke over and over. It adds more problems than it solves.
No need to necessarily use Break Attacks raw, just sidestep and punish with whatever you want. Of which a Break Attack is still a great solution, but not the only one.
Noobs can be killed by a single poke repeated forever if they don't know how to respond. It's very frustrating to be on that end, also RE solves the problem
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You hit the nail on the head here. While I have been annoyed by lag-assisted spamming of one cheap move many times in the past, it has never come even remotely close to the annoyance of having the flow of a match completely interrupted by RE usage.
But I don't want easy wins. I want a challenging and fun match, and while there are other stuff that could get in the way of this RE is something that's immediately disqualified here. I really don't have the patience to BA someone out of their RE habits until they learn, I just won't play them again.
A challenging fun match was never in the cards to begin with against someone who only mindlessly spams RE. They would have mindlessly spammed one cheap move non-stop if RE was not an option. That's hardly fun either.
I just love how far Reversal Edge has been nerfed since the beginning. But the degree it has been toned down to can be argued that it’s basically pointless now and wouldn’t really be missed if they just took it out completely for SoulCalibur VII. They haven’t really nerfed much of anything in SoulCalibur VI, as their approach seems to be make the weaker ones stronger instead of making the stronger ones weaker, with a few exceptions where things where truly out of hand, but Reversal Edge has only gotten worse with each adjustment. I really feel like they don’t want to admit it was a mistake, but deep down they know that it was. It looked really cool in the original trailer, it just... isn’t fun nor does it flow well in practice.
Well RE isn’t all THAT useful against Voldo’s Mantis anymore with the changes to the former in Season 2. Since the clash doesn’t initiate on block anymore, his safer moves from Mantis on RE get off mostly scot free minus the tiny chip damage and opponent on a few plus frames. Only a select few moves are completely vulnerable to the RE from the stance. Mantis Crawl Feet Towards/Head Towards A, Mantis Feet Towards B, Mantis B+K (Soul Charge version cannot be RE’d) and both versions of Mantis 66 (the mad dash). Sidestep into a whiff punish, Soul Charge, crouch grabs, and i10’s-i12’s are the best way to stuff out the stance. And before anyone asks, no the Mantis A isn’t that great of a step killer. Nowadays, the stance is mostly used for Voldo’s combo and vortex/oki ability.
