Between Arakune and Nerfing

Good news 1:

The bastard’s finally getting nerfed… a lot… According to ArcSys, their first priority is to nerf V-13. I guess the community’s getting all the support their need. At least we wont have to bear the Arakune rape any longer.

Balance patch scheduled for August! IRC log:

[04:39:36] <Whiz> AksysG: seriously though….arakune….the hell was yall thinking….that guy is just rude rofl
[04:39:41] <AksysG> LOL
[04:39:48] <AksysG> he’s getting nerfed, trust me LOL
[04:40:41] <AksysG> hahahaha
[04:40:51] <AksysG> lets just say come august
[04:40:56] <AksysG> we get a new patch
[04:41:02] <AksysG> that balances things out

[04:42:58] <AksysG> arakune will get nerfed
[04:43:02] <AksysG> theres no doubt about it

[04:47:07] <Chindogg> AksysG nerf v-13
[04:47:18] <AksysG> she will be
[04:47:25] <AksysG> she’s the top of the priority

If you were to ask me, Tager might need a couple of new moves. It seems that Tager players are all pissed with their tier disposition. Some of Blazblue’s strings are unpunishable, much like ending the string with a Bloom Trigger (Noel) or executing the sweep early enough to back dash  after block confirmation. This makes Tager’s life a lot harder than Potemkin’s, especially since Pot had the AWESOMEHATE Slide head attack that completely incapacitates his enemies long enough for him to get close and perform his combo. It’s actually the first time I saw a brute enter the low tier list. It’s not like Zangief had this problem back then in SF2.

As for Noel, I guess I’m pretty much contented since Arakune and V-13 are getting nerfed. Noel still has some bad matchups but that’s a given thing in every fighting game.

Good news 2:

Blazblue scored a 9.4 in IGN’s video game review… it’s slightly higher than Street Fighter’s 9.3. Seems that Blazblue is the highest rated Fighting game to ever hit the gaming industry. I guess the copyright battle for Guilty Gear kinda backfired… cuz now Arcsys has an award winning fighting game. Sega Sammy can keep Guilty Gear for all I care. No wonder Guilty Gear Overture didn’t have any returning characters besides Sol and Ky…

You could say that losing Guilty Gear was a blessing in disguise. Thanks to them… we now have Blazblue