Probably not. The entire point of making the game was to be pushed hard at FGC events, Bandai isn’t gonna bother if Toei is just gonna block them at every turn.
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Bad bussines decision to kill DBFZ if they wanted another upcoming game to be the spotlight.
Most of their DLC was $$$ for casual and DBZ fans instantly.
Guarantee it’s so that DBFZ doesn’t overshadow Jump Force or Xenoverse 3 or whatever piece of shit they want out next year
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There’s also Granblue on the works too from Arcsys.
Different company (CyGames vs Namco) and different franchise (Dragon Ball vs Granblue). Don’t think Toei being dicks about DBFZ has any connection
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Doubt it’s to do with game releases, probably just Toei being pissy about their IP being at events without them making money from it.
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It depends how you were using akuma before:
- 3 vt air fireballs instead of 4 (don’t care that much)
- ex DF slide being -2 (it was waste of bar even before, good players throw or cc that anyway)
- cr.fp a lot easier to hit (don’t care, only use it from close range)
So, nerfs don’t matter at all to me. Akuma is still awesome.
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I’m on Twitter pretty regularly and I didn’t see too many complaints about this (actually none that I can recall).
It may be who I follow though. While I follow mostly FGC people (I’d say about 300 of them), I’ve blocked or muted any whiners and complainers… Chris T was a day 1 block.
Sure! Add me, NCK_Kakarot is my CFN 
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You’re missing out on a lot of laughs
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With Ryu’s VT2 buff to special-cancel after s.HP, I was hoping I could do a FB after his s.MP xx s.HK target sequence. Doesn’t seem that’s the case. Oh well.
It’s true, but some days it also frustrates me. Actually Chris never frustrates me, it’s the people that take his whines as valid arguments that blow my mind.
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Told you Akuma can’t be bad, never was and never will be, it’s one of the absolute certain things of life.
It’s because as a character, he has no redeeming qualities if he is not actually better than everyone. If Akuma is not top tier or high tier, he is literally worthless in a roster and utterly replaceable.
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The only thing I’m loving about VT1 is the buffed V-Skill can lead to some good damage without wasting meter. Otherwise the VT1 cancels are dupe by time no one will fall for those.
Yeah at best you can call his nerfs more normalizations. Still what makes him top 5 is clearly intact.
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I like were the game is at now regarding balancing. Small nerfs to the top tiers but still not destroying the characters. Who knows maybe this is just a beta test for whats to come next. awaiting new Vreversals, Vskills?
My gut tells me we are getting Super SF5 at the end of 2019 and that’s where an update to the fighting engine would happen.
I also think that a definitive version of SF5 will be launched with PS5 that will allow cross-generational play with PS4 players. I don’t see SF6 coming as soon as everyone here would like to think. SF5 is being built and reshaped for the long haul.
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