I played some ranked last night, like 6 matches, and it is definitely better after their server maintenance. It found matches quicker (still garbage, like one every 2-4 minutes, should be like 30 seconds tops) but the thing that was way faster was the load times from when you find the match until getting into it. It’s like 20 seconds or so now which is way better than the 60+ seconds it took before.
I went 6-0 with no rage quitters, but then again I only had like 339LP when I started yesterday lol.
the more i play necalli the more I feel like he lacks long term viability in his current form. tho his v trigger is quite good.
But that could be because I’m usually a chun player, playing a character who is the new makoto.
But yeah I have him as a mid tier character whos bad matchups are most of the common characters, bison, nash, karin and ken. hes a good pocket character though bc he does beat sim pretty well. I know I’m in the minority here but he fights chun well too, but mostly because you can take 50-60% health in one go.
as for the netcode i mostly stopped playing ranked. i cant get any matches anymore that aren’t completely teleporty. full screen, then im getting thrown.
also, i will get decent matches where the game seemingly just stops for me and then a bunch of stuff happens in about .3 seconds then im dead
Console release of vanilla SF4 outsold SFV. Only the 360 version of SF4 sold less. Digital copies weren’t factored in I guess because JP doesn’t buy digital, but even if they were that’s a pretty big gap to cover.
Remember these are Japenese region sales, not international sales. They most likely do not reflect the overall state of things.
Japan isn’t big on console gaming anymore and the game was mainly advertised for US/Euro sales. It wouldn’t be worth worrying about their sales either way. With Japan I’m only concerned if they release an arcade version.
Alot will probably disagree with this because some heve put in the work amd i get it but a part of me wants the update that adds rage quitting penalty to take away all points and start from scratch just to see those scumbags rage harder
