As far as sound goes, I hope they add more cries from the people getting hit. I can hardly hear them in the game. I miss the Saberwulf dog yelp sound from KI1. When you do Combo’s ultra to him, all you hear is a high pitch dog sound because Combo’s hits come so fast. That is the only gripe I have with the sound so far, and it’s a pretty minor gripe. I think the sound in general is incredible.
I’m starting to wonder if certain characters will speak in there native language like how Sadira speaks Thai (that’s if she is even from Thailand)
Would be cool if Kim Wu spoke in Korean and if Cinder,Maya, & Tusk will speak whatever they would speak as well
Just to add another note to the discussion on using instinct to optimize combos.
Instinct also resets your KV, so if someone gets locked out late in a combo… you can still lay down a ton more damage. This can really affect the meta when you have instinct stocked, because by default, breaking later seems to have better risk reward than breaking earlier. But if the aggressor has instinct stocked, that dynamic changes.
It’s hit or miss. Jago speaks English despite being some sort of Asian, Thunder speaks a Native American language, Glacius is an Alien, Sabrewulf is a wolf, Sadira speaks English despite being Thai and I think Orchid speaks English too.
they really made sadira thai instead of some middle eastern nationality? seems like a wasted opportunity. if i want a laughably wide selection of asian characters i could play any other fighting game.
Well the middle east IS asia. But I get what youre saying.
Still, its not like middle eastern characters are some untapped market. The dark-haired, dark-eyed, slippery, svelte, seductress is kinda over-done as well.
Well now that I’ve seen Sadira’s stage and looked at her face more, I can see the Thai resemblance. Her mask kind of reminds me of Adon’s alternate outfit in SFIV and I know it’s traditional for them to wear masks (that usually cover more of their face) during their Khon performances. She has structural designs in her stage that definitely look like something straight out of Thailand. The robe she wears is probably just to keep herself hidden or mysterious like Kenshiro would in HnK. Not to associate with anything middle eastern.
Since everybody loves Sadira…MORE SADIRA Q and A.
Does Sadira suppose to be from Thailand?
And where did you guys get the idea for her name?
JustCallMeBau-Her base is located in Thailand, and she speaks Thai, but her origins are shrouded in mystery, ie more to come 
Is her health lower or should I say more seth like than other characters??
Does she have an air throw??
JustCallMeBau-Everyone has the same health value. She does not have an air throw.
My first question has to do more with anti Sadira strats…
-With her air mobility being so good what can other characters do to keep her on the ground so they can put the hurt on?
JustCallMeBau- Her air mobility is really strong, but if you can knock her out of the air, you need to maintain pressure to keep her from getting airborne again. If you manage to successfully maintain pressure, you can knock her out of the air if she attempts to jump, and her ground normals aren’t that effective at getting people off of her (you just have to be careful of the Shadow Counter). Some characters have some very strong moves against her as well, Thunder’s Sammamish is projectile invulnerable, and has a good arc to counter her jump ins, and Sabrewulf’s Shadow Eclipse shuts down her cross ups hard.
In the latest stream we got a good look at Sadira’s strong offense moves. One move which wasnt used alot, was the wall jump. Seems as though the wall jump launching forward move doesn’t quite have the reach to be effective or just poorly executed in the stream just like the failed ultras to show the new cancellation, no offense, I enjoyed the stream very much thank u 
Anyways, my question tell us more about her mix up game with the wall jump, how to use it effectively?
And thank you for this awesome thread
JustCallMeBau-Her Wall Cling is a strong mobility tool, but it can be risky if you’re not careful (once activated, you automatically rebound off of the wall a set distance, which can be punished if you’re not careful). You can cancel her jumping normals into the wall jump to reposition yourself if you feel you’re in a bad spot (you can cancel the rebound portion of the move by performing a Widow’s Bite, or Widow’s Drop). You can also use the Wall Cling to attempt a crossup which can be difficult to block if you use it correctly.
What’s to stop her from getting life lead an just constantly jumping away an air to air the rest of the cast?
JustCallMeBau- We’ve actually done quite a bit of work in order to reduce her run away potential, from reducing her jump back distance, to tweaking the angles of her Widow’s Bite follow up. You have to see her in game to see how it all works together tho.
How long does her instinct mode webs hold??
JustCallmeBau- The duration for how long an opponent is held by Sadira’s web is still being adjusted due to balance testing
- Which character gives Sadira the most trouble and why?
JustCallMeBau-Matchups are still being tuned, but there are some very interesting matchups with Sadira. Sadira v Jago is an incredibly dynamic fight, Sadira v Sabrewulf is insanely quick match, pitting ground vs air mobility, one of the more difficult matchups is against Thunder, as his Sammamish is projectile invulnerable, and the arc is a great way to knock her out of the sky.
Sadira is extremely vulnerable trapped in a corner, what’s the best way to get out of this situation with her?
JustCallMeBau-To not be there ;p Her mobility is her greatest asset, so getting locked down in the corner is a very tough situation for her. If Sadira finds herself in that position, fer Shadow Recluse has a frame of invincibility, but it’s not the best “get off of me” move, or a well timed Shadow Counter can help turn the tables.
I heard Sadira has the ability to jump cancel some of her normals. Can she regularly do this or is this one of her instinct buffs?
JustCallMeBau-She can only do this during Instinct Mode
@JustCallMeBau : The Glacius and Sadira matchup must be very interesting (I’ve been missing streams so I wouldn’t know) Does one or the other have an advantage when it comes to available tools?
JustCallMeBau- That matchup is very complicated. With strong players, it can definitely be one of the most stressful matchups so far, as Glacius has many tools to try to keep opponent’s out, but Sadira has many tools to allow her to close that distance almost immediately. If there is any discrepancy in the skill levels between players, it’ll quickly turn into a landslide matchup, where one will dominate over the other.
Alsooo…Interview with Ken Lobb regarding the specs, decision making behind the Xbox One and the beta testing for KI. Describes that 10,000 people will be “whitelisted” or chosen to be the beta testers for the last 2 characters.
http://m.edge-online.com/news/xbox-one-the-state-of-play-according-to-microsoft/
The way klobb talked about the beta program suggests that there is some hard/software thing going on with the X1 itself… I’m not sure what that means, but it piqued my curiosity.
I Imagine that top players in the FGC will have their invites, then people that are well known and well versed in fighters like Max and James Chen… Then you’re still left over with 9,900 or so beta invites, i wonder if they’ll be giving those out based on ranking or better yet reviewing match data from the cloud… This is very interesting, cant wait to hear more… This is gonna be a long seven weeks.
I share most of your mindset atm, new consoles always have some kind of troubles, especially the 1st batch of units.
I had my FAT PS3 die with the dread Yellow light.
Anywayssss
This upcoming I should be able to spend some time with KI at a public gaming event.
SInce it’s mainstream with all CoD’s and such, hopefully the KI pod(s) won’t be to crowded so I can get some quality few hours with the game and a bit of footage.
The Dutch FGC hyped for KI is gonna be all over that place XD
For what it’s worth, the RROD and the hacking issue has put an extremely high level of scrutiny on those things.
While it’s impossible to be certain, I think we are getting some if the best quality boxes from both companies out of the gate.
Sadira suffering from that Zangief Syndrome, everyone is already figuring out tech against her.
10,000 testers for balancing!? Count me in! pretty please, haha.
This has the potential to put the x1 over the top, being able to beta console games would be huge. The only sucky thing is NDA would be a pain to enforce, and I’m pretty sure it would get ruined pretty quickly either by lack of knowledge or just plain disrespect.
I think that 10k number will end up being more like 5k, with 500 or so being top players and the rest randoms. The question is how will they choose? Will it be the 1st come 1st serve? hmmm
Yeah in actual practice it seems a bit shakier than the concept. We’ll see how it goes.
NDA with 10,000 gamers? I don’t think it’ll be on that level, and just be a beta.
Yeah I don’t play PC games much, so I don’t know how betas for those work, but I guess they just kinda assume that something may leak and just throw it out there for feedback and balancing?
You do have to trust people when you sign an NDA. I’m sure it will be an “open-beta” in which the outside world will be able to know and see information about a character but that would be about it. The testers will be the one with feedback about balance. Anyways, it’s KI Thursday! Streamday!
seen as today is Thursday, does anyone know what time the Microsoft stream usually comes on? I live in the UK by the way