Tekken 8 Patch 3.0 is not "a small step in the right direction" but "many steps in vastly different directions"
Some characters were nerfed in solid ways that make a lot of sense (Anna CH > elbow, Nina b222, Steve armor, Yoshi 1,1)
Other characters got slaps on the wrist, or were ONLY buffed.
Weaknesses were intentionally removed. This contradicts the statement of focusing on strengths, weakness, and identity.
The only consistent thing was a focus on making things "easier." Unique tech and conversions were removed, offense was streamlined, and a lot of execution checks were completely removed.
According to this patch, situational awareness is not something that should be heavily rewarded, and cool things keep getting removed or simplified.
Generally the vibes seem down, and I'm personally pretty confused by the direction of the game.
Am I going crazy Why did we get three clips of season 2 gameplay with buzzwords slapped on top and then three character reveals
Can I have a crumb of stuff I care about after 8 months why do we have so little to show after The S2 Patch why is 70% of the trailer runtime for dlc
S3 Moves Teaser
Reina - new homing from backstep
Victor - charge attack from stance
Lars - his old 1+2 from T6 (track left)
Kazuya - another heat 112 follow up
Jin - new d/f2 extension
Lee - hitman transition after slide
Leroy getting B1+2 from stance, Lee getting a HMS entry off slide on hit, Reina getting a new homing high off her sidestep stance & more
Are we sure we are going "back to basics" by buffing stances further like that?
I don't like how they're not interviewing Pakistan players at the finals on stage.
If they don't speak English, then get someone who understands and speaks Urdu to translate.
It's so lame interviewing one guy lol
Now that its the end of the TWT Regional season I am posting with great concern to the legitimacy of the Oceanic TWT rankings. @nickromancer_tk has already posted with great evidence the player Allidar is benefiting from inflated and boosted numbers at his Dojos. After looking at each Dojo that has awarded Allidar points I have found that the events often have "semi DQs" and a massive amount of full DQs however they carefully ensure to never drop below +64 and +48 man events so Allidar is able to get as many points as possible.
These 48 and 64 man events are very important for Guam as those numbers are not easily reached in Australia.
In October the bracket of 110 entrants has a total of 46 DQs leaving the total players at exactly 64 players.
The Bracket in November has a total amount of 40 players and 8 DQs leaving the players at 32 players.
September is one of the most drastic cases as this bracket has 70 entrants with 20 partial DQs and at least 8 full DQs. Of these partial DQs many of the players lose 0-2 in winners or losers side as one of their games, one of these players being Kensanity the president of the Guam Esports Federation who runs many of these Dojos.
Another case of a "64 man event" is Augusts Dojo with 104 attendees has a total of 52 partial DQs and 18 full DQs meaning half of the players at this event were DQd. Julys Dojo has a total of 54 attendees with 7 DQs which leaves them at a 48 man event exactly.
Since pretty much no mainstream media platform is talking about it and Bandai Namco has been silent, I put together an article about players who allegedly cheated their way into TWT qualification.
You can draw your own conclusion on if they cheated or not.
Link below:
The disjointed hitboxes in Tekken can kinda drive me crazy sometimes and I hope they try to do something about this in the future because this is actually ridiculous and happens across the cast lmao