Yes, but the specific comment I was responding to (albeit with tongue somewhat in cheek) was that Mi-na had "always been in Kilik's shadow"--which clearly could not happen before he (and thus his shadow) ever existed. You can't out-pedant me on this one, amiga! ;)
You’ve definitely proven yourself around here and earned a plentiful amount of respect. Keep up the good work.
Well that’s not the only thing Nyte would stamp his feet over you for. He would also do it over the timeline theory, your comparisons between Groh and ZWEI, your opinions about “sexiness” in video games, and above all else, touching his most prized waifu, Natalie: The Mysterious Lesbian Barbarian. Basically, he’s had it out for you specifically and just began to attack you every second.There should be a comma (and maybe the word then) between SCV and he. It would’ve made the sentence make more sense, and maybe prevent the confusion. I had to read the bit twice to see the meaning myself, so I kind of get it, but the “he” is referring to Nyte, not me. If I keep praising SoulCalibur V, then Nyte will instinctively return and stamp his feet, as he has done several times in the past. I certainly don’t have a reason to stamp my feet, neither am I on a sabbatical from which I need to return.
But yes, I am a girl, and I loved SoulCalibur V too much... apparently, it makes some guys uncomfortable.
While I don’t really like Mina that much, I will at the very least concede that Mina is finally a good character to use, same with Raphael. Much like Raph, she’s been utterly terrible in every game up until SCVI. SC4 generally gave you no reason to really play Mina when Kilik covered everything she could do but offered more to work with. The tier gap between her and Kilik in 4 was so wide it was actually fucking disgusting to see how outclassed she was in that game.
I disagree that Raphael has ever been as borderline unplayable as Mi-na at any stage of the game. I’ve played a good chunk of Raphael over the years, as I have so many of the other characters, and he’s always been about the mind games, making your opponent do something that you can counter and remaining diverse enough where you can remain unpredictable, or put another way, become really good at reading your opponent so that you can always put it right back in their face. He got a power boost in SoulCalibur VI, as pretty much everyone who isn’t Taki has, to be sure, but he was always workable. Now he’s just got a lot more going for him.
I never had a real issue with Nyte, but I never had any idea why he seemed to have such an issue with you. I mean, as it stands, I'm just glad we have a consistent community. I've said before there's no one I know personally outside of this community, so it is one of my favourite placesI would be lying if I said this would be the first time that I’ve joined a forum, inexplicably gotten under someone’s skin so much that they flew off the handle uncontrollably, and ultimately it led to their self-induced exile. I guess it’s somewhat of a curse, though I’m not sure exactly where the issue lies. I realize that I can be a bit obstinate and insistent about my beliefs, but I generally am able to explain my feelings if you’re willing to put in the effort to understand.
I could hazard a guess that the ones who explode are the ones who are just set to disagree with my position and aren’t willing to debate, as I have engaged in with several of you, mostly all pleasant experiences. But even then, when it becomes basically a personal hatred, then I think that’s past the point of no return where they mess things up so much where it becomes indefensible.
I’m not even against having a good rapport with Nyte, but he has to meet me halfway, or even a third of the way, if there is some sort of deep-seated issue with me or the way I’ve presented myself that led him to see me the way that he does. But still, I don’t really have problems with anyone here, so it is an isolated incident, so I’m really not sure what to think.
I just thought I’d air out my side of the equation, for whoever might care.
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He will have his sword and shield as well as his axe and shield but they will be bonus weapons to the dual axes. This is the best outcome as you only need his original weapons for story, plus the arms are there if you ever want to equip them.
How does the shield work with the dual axe style, though? You don’t really hack and slash with a shield.
Doesn't matter as we're not dealing with real weapons, plus when it comes to actual real world combat, the handle of a sword or the edge of a shield are deadly when used offensively, which were legitimately used in medieval warfare.
Oh for sure he’s been better than Mina in every game he’s been in with her, but what really gave Raphael a rather negative rep among competitive Calibur was his susceptibility to sidestepping, poor RO game most of his moveset being highs (just to name a few issues). Nearly none of his horizontals were that reliable for catching sidesteppers (and were somewhat sluggish) and given that almost every one of them were highs he would be frequently shut down. And to his credit though he did have a decent poke and punishment game alongside good reach and pretty solid throws. But outside of Raph’s comfort zone he was generally quite cumbersome to play compared to most of the others.
I’d honestly rather deal with Mitsurugi remaining near the top than someone like Seong Mi-na for the future of the game and the series as a whole.
Something I thought might be possible, maybe, to give Aeon some individuality from the sword-and-board folks, is he may use a sword/axe and shield as his primary weapon, and then in Soul Charge, go into a berserker mode, pull out a second sword/axe, and drop the shield. Then, when Soul Charge is done, he'd get his shield back, unless it was like a permanent buff like Mitsurugi's Shura Blade, for the rest of the round, he's got dual swords/axes.
Not necessarily, it just means that an encounter versus Aeon would have to use the Lesser Lizardman style, unless the season three update and/or the actual Rock DLC itself patches the Lesser Lizardman style to be a more completed style and/or unlocks the style for use for custom characters. If Rock were to come first, then my prediction would change to a 50-50 split between Aeon and Li Long for the third veteran after Yun-seong. But it really depends on how it was handled when Rock was released.