Well… yeah, FADC combos are considered to be very easy, actually… you just need to practice 'em.
I’d obviously still like to see FADC combos in SF4 Dash, but I don’t like how it’s basically just become a tool to land a free ultra. Not only is it uninteresting, but it also goes a long way to forming the tier list.
I can definately see the lower tier characters becoming instantly more viable if the playing field is leveled in the sense that they don’t have to make up for the fact that they can’t get a free ultra every round.
This is a false statement. Characters like Sakura and Gen who are considered absolute bottom tier can link their ultras and characters considered mid or high like Zangief and Honda and Akuma cannot link their ultras. Being able to link ultras or not is not considered overall in tier lists. Match up are far far more important.
If every character could FADC into ultra characters like Zangief/Honda/Akuma would be stupidly broken, and if no one could, weak characters like Gen/ Sakura would be even worse off. THis game is extremely balanced and the next version will be even better(according to devs).
Also increased hitstun would make a lot of characters who grab a lot incredibly stupid. Its dumb enough trying to tick command throw as it is, making it more difficult would hurt a lot of characters that need it(Honda, Fei, Abel).
I think Sakura is not represented by skilled enough players. From what I know of her, she’s pretty solid, sans her hadouken.
As for Gen, as far as I am aware, landing his ultra depends upon either crossup into cr.lk trip (which is insanely easy to block), or his walldives (which are even easier to avoid). Gen’s ultra is not all that easy to land.
I faced a Gen in tournaments who would do some sort of crouching kick, into super in ultra(or vice versa), not exactly sure how it was performed but it seemed like he was able to do it consistently. Also he has ways to link both ultras(two different styles). You’re just wrong, the game is fine, make suggestions based on singular characters, but huge sweeping changes like you are mentioning would mostly break the game.
He said FADC is the problem which obviously means linking Ultras. The game already has a much larger selection of characters played at high levels than most other Street Fighters, I don’t see the problem.
Does Gen have Ryus’ mixups? Does Gen have Ryus’ pokes? Does Gen have Ryus’ zoning? Does Gen have Ryus’ FADC’s? Does Gens’ cr.lk have the priority of a shoryu? Are the only practical applications of shoryus after you’ve just done a crossup?
If Gen is trying to hit you with this, there’s a 90% chance you’re in block stun anyway. Keep blocking.
Why are you even trying to compare one NORMAL move of one character to the SPECIAL of another character?
It’s 1 more free attempt than most characters have access to, and either way, the THREAT is often worse than the technique itself. The fact that this even exists has significant psychological impact at high level play.
Him not having ryu’s pokes or mixups doesn’t change shit. Blocking gen’s c.lk is just as easy as blocking ryu’s DP or his j.mk crossup to c.lps into DP fadc ultra.
Seriously, it’s all about blocking. I’m perfectly fine with fadc into ultra combos (no, I don’t use a character that has one). It’s a heavy punishment for not blocking or doing stupid shit like unsafe jump ins.
A character’s ability to combo into Ultra doesn’t automatically make them top tier. Look at viper. She can combo into ultra from jump-in Fierce and Roundhouse.
Ultra from seismo. Ultra from AA thunder knuckle, Ultra from Burning Kick. Ultra from EX thunder knuckle (though admittedly that’s not that usefull). She can even Ultra from EX seismo at a larger range than point blank by High jump cancelling EX seismo into a FREE FADC into Ultra.
Still, is she considered top-tier? No. Well then clearly the Ultras aren’t game breaking.
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Completely forgetting to add that with High Jump cancels you can hit her ultra from a whole bunch of normals.
This is how it is. Every character has different tools. Akuma cant juggle his ultra, but I can’t teleport or throw air fireballs.
All a character is, is a set of tools. If you dont like one set of tools, pick a different set. This really is kinda like saying rufus should have a fireball just because some others do.
