What UI leak???
Honestly, the silence has been pretty boggling to say the least. I can understand being focused on the Arcade version, but nerfing Fight Money/Missions/Extra Battle and not taking the time to explain why is really not a good look. Whenever there was a significant change like that, youâd see a blog up on Unity. All we got was a quick little blog on Kage and that was it.
Silence can repel people just as easily as it can excite them. Theyâre really not doing a good job with communicating to the fans. Sometimes taking the time to reach out to those who are supporting the game can do wonders.
I said earlier that Capcomâs PR strategy is to either make intentionally misleading statements to hide something negative (or make it look positive), or just act like it doesnât exist at all.
Capcom-Unity did somewhat touch on the Fight Money reduction on December 6th. They just didnât openly call it a reduction, and only specifically mentioned an Extra Battle âadjustmentâ without mentioning the Weekly Missions at all.
Not really a leak but a preview of the update. The FM changes were very unpleasant yet a character reveal or a new mode wonât ease it. What they need to do is give a alternative way to compensate with the FM adjustments recently.
I hope you SOBs are happy now. Between doing more reading for a collaboration, playing Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition, watching Dragon Ball Super: Broly again, catching some of Frosty Faustings, and multi tasking with the first UFC event on ESPN. I managed to get this done. Iâve included win quotes for the entire SFV cast and I have notations for the names of all the gods, titans, Ancient Greek weapons, and the solitary Ancient Roman term I used.
Name: Semele
Summary
Nickname: The Imperatrix of Order
Sex: Female
Ethnicity: Cypriot
Height: 6ft 5in (1.96m)
Weight: 192lbs (87kg)
B/W/H: 40-28-39(102cm-71cm-99cm)
Hometown: Nicosia, Cyprus
Appearance: Semele is statuesque middle aged woman in peak physical condition. She radiates a divine aura and her physique perfectly sculpted like marble statue. Semele has long flowing, sandy blonde hair that is elaborately styled into a Bohemian Chignon Bun. Her eyes Olympic blue and her legs are an astounding 43 inches (1.1m) long. Semele has a flawless porcelain complexion. There is an oval shaped royal blue jewel in the middle of her forehead just above her brow line. Her attire consists of custom pure white Doric Chiton (Ancient Greek Robe) that comes down to the middle of her thighs. Semeleâs upper arms are bare. She has golden colored bracers on her fore arms. Semele wears golden calf length buskins on her feet.
Likes: Order
Dislikes: Chaos, Failure
Fighting Style: Pankration of Order
Tone: Semeleâs warm outward demeanor quickly turns cold when her objectives are not reached.
Origins: Semele is the product of generations of selective breeding. This was the traditional way that the Illuminati created exceptional candidates for leadership. The process was arduous. Detailed records of family lines and character traits were kept. As time progressed surrogates were used to increase the number of âperfectâ candidates. This was how Semele came into being. Semele and her fifteen brothers and sisters were born on the same day. They were trained and educated together. Upon their sixteenth birthdays, a tournament was held. The siblings would fight to the death with the lone survivor being put forth as a Illuminati leadership candidate. Semele was the victor. Her reward for slaying those closest to her? A slot in another tournament of sixteen.
Semele trials and tribulations forged her into exceptional leader. They also gave her an interesting dichotomy of personality. She could be friendly, encouraging, and understanding. Boosting the moral of her followers and in an instant become cold, clinical, and merciless when presented with abject failure.
She ruled over the Illuminati for 18 years. During the first year of her reign the prophesied child was born. The child of red and blue, wielder of both fire and ice. He was to lead their organization to true glory. Semele took Gill, the child of prophesy, and his hot headed brother Urien under her wing. She trained and educated them both. Upon Gillâs eighteenth birthday she ordered him to fight his brother for the right to lead the Illuminati. Gill was victorious. Unlike Semele, Gill did not put down his rival as was their custom. He spared Urien. Semele disagreed with his decision. She thought it would sow unrest in the organization. She was right. Urien has continually plotted against his brother. After a decade of this chaos, Semele has decided sheâs had enough. She would bring Urien to heel and lead this organization the way it was meant to be.
Her Rival: Urien
Attributes: Health: 3 Power: 5 Range: 4 Mobility: 3 Technique: 5
1000 Stamina 1000 Stun
Throws:
Palm of Eos -LP+K: Semele grabs her opponent by the face, lifts them off the ground, and creates a small explosion of light energy from her palm that sends them hurtling away. 140 Damage/150 Stun
Light of Selene â B+LP+LK: Semele uses a firemansâ carry to toss her foe behind her. As they hit the ground, Semele hits them with a glowing elbow drop. 150 Damage/200 Stun
Dawn of Hemera â (In Air) LP+LK: Semele grabs her opponent by the face and drives them head first into the ground creating an explosion of light on impact. 150 Damage/150 Stun
Fall of Coeus â (In Air) B+LP+LK: Semele grabs her foe out of the air, throw them to the ground, and drops a glowing knee on their head. 160 Damage/200 Stun
Unique Attacks:
Judgement of Hera â B+MP: (Overjead) Semele hops forward while pulling both of her arms behind her head. She then slams them down together with double axe blow to her opponentâs head. 25F Startup, 80 Damage/150 Stun -2 on Block. Boss Version (18F Startup)
Ouranosâ Doryâ F+HP: Semele strikes with a long reaching upward right punch. Can anti air far jump in attacks. Ineffective against closer jumps and cross up jumps.
Iapetusâ Xyston - F+MK: Semele hits her opponent with a powerful long reaching low left kick that knocks them off their feet.
Justice of Themis â F+HP, F+MK (Target Combo): Semele pummels her opponent with a two hit, righ punch, low left kick combination that knocks her oppoent down.
V-Reversal:
Bulwark of Hephaestus â F+KKK: Semele strikes with a quick shoulder charge that causes her foe to stagger backwards but leaves them standing.
V-Skill:
Light of Apollo -MP+MK: Semele emits a beam of light from the blue gem in her forehead. The bolt travels downward at a 30°. Attack can be charged. Attack must be blocked low at full screen.
- Uncharged version - knocks down her opponent. 16F Startup, 48 Total Frames, 50 Damage/100 Stun
- Charged version â explodes on impact causing a juggle state. 24F Startup, 60 Total Frames, 80 Damage/150 Stun
- Boss version â Uncharged version gains the properties of the charged version. No Charged Version.
V-Trigger 1:
Phalanx of Light -HP+HK: One of the 66 Secret Arts. Semele body becomes hard as a diamond as she surrounds it with shield of white light. Opponents attacks are scaled to 70% damage on the first hit. Stun Damage received is cut by 50%. V-Trigger duration 1600F. Absorbed attacks, Medium or Heavy, reduced her V-Gauge by 200F. Light attacks do not reduced her V-Gauge. (Boss Version V-Trigger is permanent)
3-Bar V-Trigger
V-Trigger 2:
Redux of Fate -HP+HK: One of the 66 Secret Arts. Semeleâs body emits a soft golden aura of light. She gains the ability to intercept her opponents final blow and instant recover from her injuries. HP+HK has to be entered to intercept the attack. Attack converts EX gauge into to stamina. Semele gains 100 stamina per block of EX Gauge. Allowing her to recover up to 300 Stamina. (Boss Version 250 Stamina per block of EX, Max Recovery of 750). V-Trigger Gauge disappears for the rest of the round after a successful attempt
3-Bar V-Trigger
Specials:
Burning Aether - QCF + P: Semele performs a left open palm strike that creates a large stationary sphere of light energy. The properties are determined by the strength punch. All versions knock down. LP (12F Startup 40 Total Frames, 3 Hits 90 Damage/120 Stun) MP (16F Startup 42 Total Frames, 4 Hits 120 Damage/150 Stun) HP(20F Startup 42 Total Frames, 5 Hits 150 Damage/150 Stun) EX(12F Startup 40 Total Frames, 5 Hits 150 Damage/150 Stun, Travels Full Screen, Causes Juggle State) Boss Version (All versions travel full screen. EX 6 Hits 180 Damage/200 Stun Causes Juggle State)
Star of Asteria â QCF + P: (In Air) Semele jumps into the air, punches downward at an angle violently, and generates a star of light that rains down on her opponent. Attack must be performed from a forward jump. The punch button determines the angle of the projectile. LP, MP, HP versions have 11F Startup and 11F Landing Recovery 70 Damage/100 Stun. LP (60° Angle), MP (45° Angle), HP (30° Angle). EX 7F Startup/7F Landing Recovery(LP+MP 60° Angle, LP+HP 45° Angle, MP+HP 30° Angle, 2 hits, causes a juggle state) Boss Version (Star of Asteria can be performed from neutral and back jumps)
Hyperionâs Bindings â HCB+P: (Command Grab) Semele grabs her opponent by the throat with her left hand. As she lifts them off the ground and over her head, three rings of light are generated that trap and bind her opponent. She slams her opponent into the ground causes the rings of light to explode. All versions have 6F Startup and do 4 Hits. Punch Button determines Damage and grab range. LP(Most Range, 160 Damage/200 Stun, MP(Less Range, 180 Damage/200 Stun), HP(Least Range, 200 Damage/200 Stun) EX(Throw Invincible Frame 1, 5F Startup, Most Range, 220 Damage/250 Stun) Boss Version (All versions are Throw Invincible Frame 1, EX 250 Damage/300 Stun)
Buskin of Helios - HCF+K: Semeleâs entire lower leg glows with light as she strikes her foe with standing 360° back kick. All versions knock down. All versions doe not hit crouching opponents. All versions -8 on block. Stronger kick buttons slightly increase itâs forward range. LK (9F Startup 80 Damage/150 Stun) MK (14F Startup 90 Damage/150 Stun) HK (16F Startup 100 Damage/150 Stun) EX(9F Startup 110 Damage/150 Stun, Causes Wall Bounce) Boss Version (LK,MK, HK -2 on Block, EX +2 on Block)
Rolling Heel of Theia â HCB+K â Semele ignites her right heel with light energy as performs front somersault kick. The number of somersaults and forward travel distance are determined by the kick button pressed. LK (9F Startup 80 Damage/150 Stun, 1 Hit, Âź Screen), MK(12F Startup 100 Damage/150 Stun, 2 Hits, ½ Screen), HK(15F Startup 120 Damage/150 Stun, 3 hits, ž Screen), EX (9F Startup 160 Damage/200 Stun, 4 hits, ž Screen, Armor on Frame 3) Boss Version (LK,MK,HK Startup reduced by 2F, EX Armor on Frame 1)
Critical Art:
Rage of Perses - QCFx2+P: One of the 66 Secret Arts. Semele twists her torso back 180°, pulling back her right arm. The entirety of her right forearm begins to glow, emitting a bright white light. With blinding speed she strikes the base of her foes sternum with a blow said to contain the strength of the entire Greek Pantheon. The impact of the punch creates a massive shock wave upon impact and a large white ki blast that resembles a spear shoots through her opponents chest. 2 Hits 360 Damage (Boss version 2 Hits 500 Damage)
Reasons to be in SFV:
Semele has had enough of Urienâs brazen machinations. She is dissatisfied that Gillâs sentimentality is preventing him from what needs to be done. She absconds the leadership of the Illuminati. Three quarters of the organization quickly pledges loyalty to her with no resistance. Semele calls together a world tournament of her own. She will draw all of her rivals to one place. Semele will then garner their loyalty or crush them once and for all.
Win Quotes:
- Ryu âMy honor guard has a place for you. Swear fealty or welcome the afterlife.â
- Chun Li âI am the true authority here. Your laws have no jurisdiction over me.â
- Nash âYour life is fleeting. Ending you will be a mercy.â
- M.Bison âDarkness is no match for my light. This is your end. Your tricks will not grant you a second chance fiend.â
- Cammy âIndomitable will and the speed to match. I can help to achieve the order you desire. Join me.â
- Birdie âA gluttonous fool unworthy of my time. Enjoy your eternal slumber.â
- Ken âFighting for family is an honorable endeavor. The Mastersâ Corporation will be a key cog of my revolution.â
- Necalli âDevouring souls will not grant you one of your own. The dark path you are on has reached its end.â
- Vega âExterior beauty and internal ugliness is a combination I take joy in exterminating.â
- R.Mika âThis âMaster Zangiefâ is a poor tutor. Sleep. He will meet you shortly.â
- Rashid âThe winds you wield are a mere breeze to me.â
- Karin âA child playing at war, your narcissism was your demise. Your zaibatsu is now mine.â
- Zangief âSo you are the great âMaster Zangiefâ? I send you to Elysium to greet your student.â
- Laura âA family of lighting warriors would be of great use to me. Kneel, swear fealty, and your family will be spared.â
- Dhalsim âIs this ability of yours genetic or learned? It could have interesting applications.â
- F.A.N.G. âMy mastery over the 66 Secrets Arts makes me immune to your toxins. Smile, you are the second of your order to fall by hand.â
- Alex âSo, you are the prime candidate for recruitment? The novice abilities you currently possess belies your potential strength. I shall rebuild you from the ground up.â
- Guile âGo home soldier. Spend the little time you have left with your family.â
- Ibuki âIf your level of discipline is indicative of your clan. I shall make eliminating them a top priority.â
- Balrog âMoney has no place in my new world and neither do you.â
- Juri âAn agent of chaos is unworthy of mercy. Say hello to your parents, you shall see them soon.â
- Urien âI am not as merciful as your brother. Your sentence is execution and I shall carry out the sentence.â
- Akuma âI have met many warriors like you in my time. I shall give you the death in single combat that you so desiresâ
- Kolin âYour loyal service to the child of prophesy is to be admired. Come child there is more work yet to do.â
- Ed âPoor child. You lack direction. I shall give it to you.â
- Abigail âSuch titanic strength wasted on one so stupid. Your dissection may lead to the development of an intelligent warrior of great strength. â
- Menat âThe talent you possess can be useful if honed. I will oversee your reeducation myself.â
- Zeku âSuch rare skill. You are to be admired. I think I shall employ this organization of yours.â
- Sakura âYou have developed this talents on your own. Impressive. You will be a great soldier for me with formal training.â
- Blanka âHmmâŚI mistook you for one of Urienâs experiments. No matter, you will make a great subject for study.â
- Falke âGreat discipline and an affinity for order? Come child, your home is with me.â
- Cody âis the Mayor of Metro City always a great combatant? I could make use of your unorthodox tactics and great strength. Come, join me.â
- G âI am the one and only ruler of this world. Gaea was mistaken to have choosen you as her herald.â
- Sagat âI have no patience for false monarchs. Seems I will have to euthanize this tiger.â
- Kage âBegone shadow. You cannot exist in the presence of my light.â
Notes:
- Semele was the only mortal to birth a god in Greek Mythology
- Imperatrix is the Roman equivalent of the word Empress. Imperator is the equivalent of Emperor
- Cypriots are residents of Cyprus and can be of Greek or Turkish origin
- Dory is an Ancient Greek spear
- Xyston is an Ancient Greet javelin
- Doric Chiton is Ancient Greek robe that is full body in length, sleeveless, and typically folds at the waist
- Buskins are laced, opened toes boots worn by Greek and Romans
- Aether is the primordial Greek God of upper air and light
- Apollo is the Greek God of Light, Healing and is associated with the Sun
- Asteria is the Titan of Oracles and Falling Stars
- Coeus is the Titan of Intelligence and the axis of Heaven
- Eos is the Titan of the dawn
- Helios is the Titan of the Sun and also the guardian of oaths
- Hemera is the primordial Greek Goddess of daylight
- Hephaestus is the Greek God of Fire and the Forge
- Hera is the Queen of the Heavens
- Hyperion is the Titan of Light
- Iapetus is the Titan of Morality
- Ouranos is the primordial God of the Heavens and father of the Titans
- Perses is the Titan of Peace and Destruction
- Selene is the Titan of the Moon
- Theia is the Titan of Sight and the light of the sky
- Themis is the Titan of Order and Divine Law
Itâs not about interpretate it as a good or bad sign, itâs about call theyr communication/marketing team the trash it is
Even if itâs a high development period it will not be an excuse for theyr shitty work⌠theyâre not the ones âbusy working on the gameâ to begin with⌠theyr job is avoid embarassing situation like the current one
Since the begin of SFV these people damaged SFV and being the most recent chapter, SF image overall
They donât do theyr job well and donât try to give the actual team feedback-based suggestion to improve the bad name SFV started with (example vs screen Kenface still Kenface damaged SFV image for years, all you need is a douche posting it and others approving)
Theyâre not âSFâ, they didânt contributed to SF creation/evolution, theyâre no creatives, artists or game designers.
Theyâre just marketing/communication people (some of wich probably joined SF only in this chapter), not good ones while at it
And theyr incompetence is actually mining SF success
I honestly disdain a lot MK brand, find itâs character design/cast crap, like about nothing of it
But still there you can see the magic of solid marketing/communication at work, how to connect with fanbase, how to take advantage of quality feedback, how to preserve the brand
MK marketing guys are making crap a more popular candy than chocolate
In SF you got the opposite today, you got average internet guy having an image of the product INFERIOR to itâs actual value
The only who actually loved SF (Ono) was a big naive kid who just wanted to his cosplay mascotte gimmick and have fun with that shit, the rest of those that should have pushed SFVâs image were⌠i canât even remember them or they social media announcements
Iâm not a SFV detractor. I LIKE SFV.
In fact, iâm saying SFV deserve better than this crap of brand-management
The current situation show naiveness, deafness and honestly 2 or 3 big errors that even a kid can point out
They got entire negative years to learn from theyr own errors, and still here we are today
Being a loyal fan shut up and wait for nice stuff itâs a stupid mentality if used as reason to not point at all that crap.
Loyal fans like me or you are a minority and âinâ by default (due loyalty to SF), theyr job is keep SF high on everybody else opinion, and theyâre failing at that since the start of SFV
Somehow S3 slowly gained a good general reception, wich while doesânt make SFV a great killer success, at least finally redeemed some of the game past.
I seen lot of the negativity drop.
Even at casual level people start admitting SFV isânt that bad and shaping up (even if late) to something good in theyr eyes
Now itâs âSFV is a jokeâ all over again
They could release 6 characters at once next month.
So what?
It will still not excuse current shit communication strategy, not even for one month (in SFV case âone moreâ month)
Your defensiveness seem toward SF haters (wich i agree with), but the most pissed about these people performing like crap should be SF FANS
What they just need to do is fix the problem regarding FM thatâs the real reason anyway, because it directly affects the people. Rather than the what ifs and should ifs from fans, Who doesnât have clear idea of what they want other or having a hard time expressing their opinions.
I feel like things have gotten worse since that Monster Hunter guy took over
Didnât he just took over recently? Iâd say we should give him a fair chance, changes to something already so stablished (as SFV ands its Marketing/sales structure) take time to really show any difference.
No, I think a year now. Which I guess is still recent, but enough time to make some changes for sure.
Oh I did not know it was a year already, if thatâs the case then I agree with you, maybe not a full 180 degree results but something significant shouldâve been more evident in terms of changes by now.
Iâm also entirely sure that the Monster Hunter guy didnât affect shit and itâs just stream monsters making up stuff as usual.
Iâm not listening to anyone, itâs just my opinion on what could be happening.
I doubt there were a significant change at SFâs department; even if it was, it feels like things stayed the same. Anyone with balls would have made a public statement and presentation of whoâs the new guy in charge and would proceed to let people know that things were going to be different under his command, probably releasing something awesome enough that carries his signature and is different enough that Ono wouldnât have ever done that.
That Ono still did the Kage presentation at Capcom Cup means the new guy doesnât actually want to stand up for his work and would rather let him do the public relationships. At that point, Iâd rather have Ono lead than weak lead.
At least Ono had passion for SF, as silly as he is. This new guy, who knows, maybe he only cares about MH, I dont know, but its not looking good so far
The simplest fix would be to remove the ability to buy DLC characters with Fight Money. But if Capcom did that, the âhardcoreâ players would riot, screaming that Capcom betrayed its promise. Thatâs the ugly thing about Capcomâs FM cutsâŚthe hardcore donât care. The hardcore didnât care that Survival FM was removed, because they marathon cheesed Survival before AEâs release to bank most of it. The hardcore didnât care when Weekly Missions were nerfed with AE, and recently nerfed again, because they donât even bother with Weekly Missions. They donât care that a new middling player canât even get the FM to buy all the âfreeâ shop items, because they donât see the point in buying all those costumes when they only play a handful of characters. And if you bring up these points to them, you as likely will get a response that ultimately comes down to the idea that âcasualsâ should be paying more.
The fix that would mostly get everything working without breaking promises would be to completely revalue all Fight Money prices, so that DLC characters are massively more expensive than legitimate âfreeâ content like story costumes. Then they could properly rebalance FM rewards to restrict DLC purchases without completely crippling using FM to do anything else. (At this point, Capcom would have to just keep DLC prices the same while slashing the prices of everything else, as visibly raising DLC FM prices would again cause a backlash.) Even if story costumes cost 4000FM, Survival continues cost 25FM, etc, then FM rates would at least be somewhat reasonable.
Kage is obviously result of the poll, USF2 also did contribute to E.Ryu push in the poll. They are obviously giving people what they want.
Kage is a well thought idea to include a Ryu clone without being a Ryu clone and also Capcomâs way to compensate with E.Ryu voters without the need of another Ryu clone. A story relevant E.Ryu clone.
Some hardcores do care or started caring lately, agree with the problem you issued.
Necalli: DEVOUR⌠OUR⌠OURâŚ"
[spoiler]
Ryu: âEat this.â
Necalli attempts to eat Ryu. Ryu throws a Denjin Hadouken at Necalliâs face
Necalli: âACK! GAAAAAAARGH!â
Ryu: âEnjoy your meal.â
Ryu lies down and begins reading a novel. Kage shows up
Kage: â⌠Listen.â
Ryu: âWhat?â
Kage: âYou do realize that youâre nothing without me, right?â
Ryu: âNot this shit again.â
Kage: âBut, itâs true! Let me remind you that I am the true embodiment of the Satsui no Hadou! You are nothing more than a scrub. A bitch-made ass hobo who canât get any pu-â
Ryu: yawn âIâm going to play some Megaman X with Kyo and Terry for a bit. See ya.â
Ryu nonchalantly walks off
Kage: âDid this nigga just walk off while I was trying to rag on his ass?â
Kage uses Asura Warp to teleport back in front of Ryu
Ryu: âStep off.â
Kage: âBitch, is you stupid or what?â
Ryu: âYouâre really trying to start something, arenât you?â
Kage: âSmoke this shit! This the Satsui no Hadou we talkinâ about here! The power is immeasurable!â
Ryu: âAnd impractical.â
Kage: âWhat?â
Ryu: âSeriously. Iâm not even about that life. I got into this martial arts game for a completely different reason.â
Kage: âYou think?â
Ryu: âOf course! You should try it sometime, bud!â
Kage: âFuck that shit!â
Ryu: âHey, if you want to prove something to me, why do you challenge me to a street fight?â
Kage: âA street fight? Hah! Iâll crack that thick skull of yours with my fists! METSU!â
Ryu: âGood luck.â
Cue fight. Ryu and Kage duke it once more.
After roughly five minutes, Ryu emerges victorious, facing down his shadow.
Ryu: âThis is the path of my destiny!â
Kage claps sarcastically while still lying down from the painful beating he took.
Kage: âThis wonât necessarily be the last time you see me, scrub.â
Ryu: âSays the guy who got his ass kicked.â
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You darn right I am! Oooh, I love her! Great design and backstory, she could fit in nicely, especially since in Urienâs character story thereâs some strain in the council. They agreed with some of his ideas, but he took things far beyond what they wanted and really kept pushing his luck. I can see her not liking that at all.
Oof, the moves sound devastating and I LOVE her quote to Falke âYour home is with me.â I like the layers you gave her so much dude!
I also would LOVE if she was voiced by Lori Alan, the voice of the Boss in MGS3.