Hey, it has a use!
Aside from it playing a major role in the games plot/story. I think if they fix the bug where supers dont kill in pandora…it will be alot better, because from what you guys say. the final blow doesnt spark the screen. my guess is later this mite change…
but i feel that pandora can be used effectively. if your using a mixup dependent character like Ibuki ,Raven, Poison ect. you can actually pull out the round given that your not too fat behind. just like any other mix-up you can activate Pandora on a knockdown. this is a better option then randomly doing it from mid-screen.
thinking about it in real scenarios you can actually see this system being used. its just risky as all hell. but if you can hit-confirm 1 hit into a combo, you can do it.
to me its pretty good just far from OP at the moment.
You know I wouldn’t be surprised if being in Pandora Mode when the game time outs is counted as 0.001 health.
Who knows the real start up on Pandora activation (10 frames?), it also puts you a quarter of the screen back when a lot of mixups are so spacing dependant, you can also tech roll when knockdown and use your meter to safely tag out while knockdown. If you get knocked down and they instantly activate Pandora so they can attempt a mixup why wouldn’t you techroll the other way (maybe Ibuki sj can punish this though) or meter tag on the ground.
ahh i didnt think it reset your position, that changes everything…
well the tech roll is an option but like backdashes in SFIV im sure you can catch them. but the tag on oki is a problem to deal with. but again these are mostly hypothetical explainations considering havent played with it yet.
anywho i just want to test it out and what not, but it seems to be that this is indeed a huge turn off for alot of people~
lets just hope its not useless.
I say better off useless than stupid.
Much more preferable for it to be an underused mechanic than one which wrecks the game by being retarded imo.
I’ll try and test some stuff @ the upcoming Melbourne, Australia BAM tournament on the 2nd-3rd October, I’ll probably only go Sunday but I intend on doing nothing but playing SFxT.
Let’s hope it’s totally useless and anyone who uses it get’s auto-owned online or offline.
Why must you Melbourne dudes always get the good stuff dammit! >.< Camp that shit extra long for me too will ya? lol
At first glance I was very worried about Pandora (read afraid of being X-Factor 2.0)
After seeing the duration I’m a bit less worried, but I’m still not liking, time will tell the damage it will do.
record if you can please 
x factor isn’t stupid, it’s straight up insanely irrepressible broken
So, basically it’s stupid.
“SAKERETSU,SAKERETSU,SAKERETSU,SAKERETSU,SAKERETSU,SAKERETSU,” oh the humility
broken is diffrent from stupid, if it’s stupid then it might be a little powerful or crazy
when it’s broken… dark phoenix, that is all
Semantics, broken shit can be stupid. They aren’t mutually exclusive.
I think i’d take the time with pandora and hit my opponent with my super as soon as possible.
touche
well i got mine, poison and rolento cough cough s.light s.light s.light…
At first look in october im gonna try; ryu donkey kick–>pandora–>heihachi supet. Its supposed to be full screen, so it might work if it catches
lol I was going to try that too, and if it didn’t work Cammy and Chun’s supers. Will try blocked DP Pandora x super. Also going to try to timerscam with last second Pandora activation. Is their a wallbounce move that looks to have more time to do something than Ryu’s EX donkey kick?