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Deadbeat Poetry
Mar 6, 2004

Sorry if my costume scared you

Jamesman posted:

PS4 player. Faction page is down, online rooms are down, living towers are down. What the hell did you guys do?

These are unusual to you??

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The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax

Liquid Penguins posted:

16 gig patch right as friends come over to play, gently caress this. 10,000 koins as an apology for launch day when most unlocks cost 6000+ is awful. Coming off of how great 9 was I don't want to give ed boon money ever again.

Considering Mk9 didn't have online for like 4 months, this is pretty good.

Jamesman posted:

PS4 player. Faction page is down, online rooms are down, living towers are down. What the hell did you guys do?

This happens from time to time, the trick is to make sure you've loaded all your poo poo before trying to load other poo poo. I.E. when the game turns on, wait for the little dragon icon to go away, and for the main screen to show evidence that you'[re connected before actually hitting the 'online' button.

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
Is there a complete costume unlock guide anywhere yet? Is anyone else still unable to log a WBid into the MKX mobile game?

Jamesman
Nov 19, 2004

"First off, let me start by saying curly light blond hair does not suit Hyomin at all. Furthermore,"
Fun Shoe

gannyGrabber posted:

This happens from time to time, the trick is to make sure you've loaded all your poo poo before trying to load other poo poo. I.E. when the game turns on, wait for the little dragon icon to go away, and for the main screen to show evidence that you'[re connected before actually hitting the 'online' button.

Alright, I'll try resetting and seeing if that fixes it. Never had that happen before, so I just thought the servers were down.


Figured I'd take the time to practice some other characters and went for Kung Lao. He still feels like he's meant exclusively for arcade sticks, so that sucks.

Natural 20
Sep 17, 2007

Wearer of Compasses. Slayer of Gods. Champion of the Colosseum. Heart of the Void.
Saviour of Hallownest.
Oh man, I got a couple of hours in the lab with Quan Chi

His poo poo is so easy. Off Zombie (bf3) he has a combo that lands for 25% damage every single time. The best part, it's blindingly easy to do and involves literally no cancels after the initial zombie. Full combo is Open - bf3 - f2122 - f124 You can land zombie off almost any attack that he does, so if you tap a dude you're hitting them for 25%. If you're in the corner you can throw a neutral jump 1 in between the two combos for additional damage.

The best part is that this is available in an QC variation and is easy enough that even a moron like me can do it.

Meowbot
Oct 12, 2005

I havent had a plrecription for my eyes in years so the other day I went and got a new one and it hasnt changed. The doctor was like why havent you seen us in 4 years? I told them im scared of op tomietris when the air shoots into your eyes and dilation. They told me my eyes cold get worse....
a bunch of nerds from work bought this game and are like hey lets have a tournemenat and fight it out mortal kombat style and winer takes all and im like "so what is the prize si nce I will be winning :ohdear:"

and this dude who has neverp layed a mortal kombat is like "heh ill own you scubs you dont even kno" and im just like man cassie cage is going to neeed extra ammo on the night of that tournament becuz its gonna be brutality city baby :love:

still contesting nothing is funnier than ending a fight with cassies brutality - I was using brwlawer and it was prettyy good but spec ops owns a lot

Ill even wear my shades like her dad and be like "jokes on u guys lol" and my eyes will glint as I own them in mortal kombat

in this thread I posted my love and labor for lmortal kombat nad no one will take that away from me. definitely not some work nerds, there better be chicken wings and piza or it will just be a nother night ofowning noobs in the nether realm

I keep asking "SO when is this PROPOSed tournament" and the answer is "TBD." that is how nerdy they are, cant even find a date for a nerd night of gaming . .. I call him "scrub zero" becuz he is going to get owned by spec ops cassie cage a lot.

Evil Canadian
Sep 10, 2000

No one man should have all that Psycho-Power.

Yorkshire Tea posted:

Oh man, I got a couple of hours in the lab with Quan Chi

His poo poo is so easy. Off Zombie (bf3) he has a combo that lands for 25% damage every single time. The best part, it's blindingly easy to do and involves literally no cancels after the initial zombie. Full combo is Open - bf3 - f2122 - f124 You can land zombie off almost any attack that he does, so if you tap a dude you're hitting them for 25%. If you're in the corner you can throw a neutral jump 1 in between the two combos for additional damage.

The best part is that this is available in an QC variation and is easy enough that even a moron like me can do it.

If you are into quan heres what I figured out for him so far(corner is warlock specific but you can find a diff ender).

code:
f2122, run, b12, zombie, jip, f2122, b1 pillar - 33%
same but with b324 starter(and you don't need to run) - 33%
b2, ex close pillar, zombie, jip, f2122, b1 pillar - 33%


*corner*
f2122, njp, 4, 4, close pillar ex, 4 zombie, jump back 1, f212 portal grab thing = 46%

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

Meowbot posted:

a bunch of nerds from work bought this game and are like hey lets have a tournemenat and fight it out mortal kombat style and winer takes all and im like "so what is the prize si nce I will be winning :ohdear:"

and this dude who has neverp layed a mortal kombat is like "heh ill own you scubs you dont even kno" and im just like man cassie cage is going to neeed extra ammo on the night of that tournament becuz its gonna be brutality city baby :love:

still contesting nothing is funnier than ending a fight with cassies brutality - I was using brwlawer and it was prettyy good but spec ops owns a lot

Ill even wear my shades like her dad and be like "jokes on u guys lol" and my eyes will glint as I own them in mortal kombat

in this thread I posted my love and labor for lmortal kombat nad no one will take that away from me. definitely not some work nerds, there better be chicken wings and piza or it will just be a nother night ofowning noobs in the nether realm

I keep asking "SO when is this PROPOSed tournament" and the answer is "TBD." that is how nerdy they are, cant even find a date for a nerd night of gaming . .. I call him "scrub zero" becuz he is going to get owned by spec ops cassie cage a lot.

can I buy drugs from you

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you

Meowbot posted:

lmortal kombat

Does that mean no one dies?

Seriously though your posts are hilarious, but I do wonder what your deal is.

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
Sub Zero's tower ending is ridiculous.

Russian Remoulade
Feb 22, 2009

Spacebump posted:

Sub Zero's tower ending is ridiculous.

It is literally everything seventh grade me ever desired.

"You guys like Sub Zero right? Well what if Sub Zero was riding a motherfucking dragon:black101:

Orv
May 4, 2011

MonsterEnvy posted:

Does that mean no one dies?

Seriously though your posts are hilarious, but I do wonder what your deal is.

It's just his gimmick.

NarkyBark
Dec 7, 2003

one funky chicken
Poked my toe into online, and it played out exactly as I suspected it would. I got totally trashed by a Mileena and especially by a Subzero player, for two different reasons.
The Subzero had like a 146-10 record so I knew I had no chance, and he did almost nothing but little pokes. He kept doing this little mini-kick thing from standing position and I couldn't get anything out. My fastest poke (quanchi) just didnt seem quick enough to get through his poke barrage.

The Mileena match made me realize something else, which is also what I didn't like about MK9 online- the very slight feel of latency. He kept doing a lot of rolls and teleport kicks and I was able to block most of them, but I could only punish maybe a third of the time- he was able to block after his move otherwise. It's almost like I need to input the punish before I think I should, letting the slight delay do it's work. My brain doesn't like adjusting to online :(

Evil Canadian
Sep 10, 2000

No one man should have all that Psycho-Power.

NarkyBark posted:

The Mileena match made me realize something else, which is also what I didn't like about MK9 online- the very slight feel of latency. He kept doing a lot of rolls and teleport kicks and I was able to block most of them, but I could only punish maybe a third of the time- he was able to block after his move otherwise. It's almost like I need to input the punish before I think I should, letting the slight delay do it's work. My brain doesn't like adjusting to online :(

You gotta learn what moves are the best for punishing what. Not everything that is unsafe is as unsafe as it used to be. I have already run the gamut of matches(good to laggy) and punishing isn't really one of the problems.

Shadow Ninja 64
May 21, 2007

"I stood there, wondering why the puck was getting bigger...

and then it hit me."


Moving Pictures, it's the World of Tomorrow:

- A D'Vorah Swarm Queen 15 minute breakdown video although he apparently doesn't talk about some of her better strings: http://testyourmight.com/threads/you-will-incubate-my-young-dvorah-combo-thread.49758/page-4#post-1664248

- Ermac combos for all three variations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFukYmFxZw

- An Erron Black Outlaw video on the uses for his f22 string supposedly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOqQx3ul3is

- Some Ferra/Torr tech vs. wakeup armor attacks: http://testyourmight.com/threads/ferra-torr-wakeup-tech.50331/

- Jax combo thread, has a few videos: http://testyourmight.com/threads/jax-combo-thread.50227/

- This Jax normal has a goofy hitbox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9cKsMEXpF8

- Several Johnny Cage Stunt Double videos including a run cancel combo into X-Ray for 62%: https://www.youtube.com/user/TesuuArisato/videos

- More Goro vids because Goro is a cool dude, both in this post and further down: http://testyourmight.com/threads/the-goro-combo-thread.49798/page-3#post-1664397

- Kenshi Possessed might be the first char/variation to have stance specific combos because of weird hitboxes: http://testyourmight.com/threads/fe...23#post-1665285

- More Kitana combos because Kitana is also cool: http://testyourmight.com/threads/kitana-combo-thread.49720/page-7#post-1665056
- Also, a Kitana Royal Storm corner combo video using more fan tosses than you can shake a stick at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9b6xv9V2c

- Three Liu Kang Dragon's Fire posts in a row by three different people, each with a video: http://testyourmight.com/threads/liu-kang-combo-thread.49944/page-3#post-1664059

- Quan Chi meterless combos (besides the first thing I guess):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rud7iVO2Q4w

- A Quan Chi Warlock 37% midscreen meterless combo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_BoKtxyDIU

- A couple Raiden Displacer 3 meter combos from Tony-T: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OshNUQe79Yw

- Reptile Nimble funny meterless corner combos (because when are you gonna get to activate normal Nimble and then immediately land a hit):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvoL-lH15n4

- The same guy with a reasonable Reptile Nimble combo that spends meter and then two more random naked normal Nimble activation combos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDzx0Zoeuo

- Exploring Reptile's options versus wakeup attacks: http://testyourmight.com/threads/reversing-wake-ups-mid-screen-and-corner.50308/

- A couple Sonya videos on this page: http://testyourmight.com/threads/sonya-blade-combo-thread.50013/page-3#post-1665148
- Sonya Covert Ops corners, midscreen and corner, with a couple videos and notation: http://testyourmight.com/threads/mkx-sonya-coverts-ops-combos.50334/

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

I finished the Klassic Tower tonight, and all I got for it was a bronze trophy on PS4. :/ Well 55,000 Koins as well by the time I was done. That was 24 fighters, 240 matches, 480 rounds.

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you

Orv posted:

It's just his gimmick.

I more or less figured that out. Though not why he has not been banned.

Anyway after the patch that just came out I can now play this game with no lag at decent graphical settings.

Jamesman
Nov 19, 2004

"First off, let me start by saying curly light blond hair does not suit Hyomin at all. Furthermore,"
Fun Shoe
OK yeah the servers are just totally hosed, apparently. Even after restarting, nothing is working. It's not just me, right?

Friendly Factory
Apr 19, 2007

I can't stand the wailing of women
So the 15gb patch I mistakenly downloaded on Steam today has made my game noticeably worse. I never dropped frames under the old system but since the update I drop frames on like half the stages. gently caress.

BattleTech
Jun 6, 2010

Is this easy mode?
Fun Shoe

I said come in! posted:

I finished the Klassic Tower tonight, and all I got for it was a bronze trophy on PS4. :/ Well 55,000 Koins as well by the time I was done. That was 24 fighters, 240 matches, 480 rounds.

The Klassic tower should only be 10 dudes not 24?

AllLuckySevens
Oct 15, 2012
[quote="gannyGrabber" post="444193653"]
That gives you a whole 24 hours to sell your pc, get a ps4, and play the game until your eyes melt!


Really though, don't do any of those things.

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

Neo Helbeast posted:

The Klassic tower should only be 10 dudes not 24?

You have to play as all fighters to get the trophy. So it comes out to be 24 fighters to play as, 10 matches each fighter you play as, 20 rounds per fighter you play as.

Suspicious Cook
Oct 9, 2012

Onward to burgers!

Friendly Factory posted:

So the 15gb patch I mistakenly downloaded on Steam today has made my game noticeably worse. I never dropped frames under the old system but since the update I drop frames on like half the stages. gently caress.

Same. My game was smooth and buttery before the patch (minus the crashing I managed to fix) but now it's basically unplayable.

BattleTech
Jun 6, 2010

Is this easy mode?
Fun Shoe

I said come in! posted:

You have to play as all fighters to get the trophy. So it comes out to be 24 fighters to play as, 10 matches each fighter you play as, 20 rounds per fighter you play as.

Ah I misread that as one run was 24 fights long.

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

Neo Helbeast posted:

Ah I misread that as one run was 24 fights long.

Ooh god, I couldn't do it if it was that long. :gonk: It doesn't sound like that many matches total, but it gets to feel like an exhausting grind by half way through because you have to play fighters that you are going to hate.

BattleTech
Jun 6, 2010

Is this easy mode?
Fun Shoe

I said come in! posted:

Ooh god, I couldn't do it if it was that long. :gonk: It doesn't sound like that many matches total, but it gets to feel like an exhausting grind by half way through because you have to play fighters that you are going to hate.

When I did pools for DOA5 at Final Round they were 3 hours long, after awhile you can build up an endurance to marathon that many matches in a row with only minor fatigue.

I've actually discovered that I don't like playing as Johnny Cage and that makes me sad, as he's my favorite MK character.

Evil Canadian
Sep 10, 2000

No one man should have all that Psycho-Power.

Shadow Ninja 64 posted:

- A Quan Chi Warlock 37% midscreen meterless combo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_BoKtxyDIU

Huh, this one is the goddamnest thing. I never tested ending with portal grab cause it actually does less damage than pillar of light which is normally what I end that same combo with(and the combo normally ends at 33%). I wonder what causes the scaling to change so differently?

A. Beaverhausen
Nov 11, 2008

by R. Guyovich
Cool, the patch fixed the only issue I was having, that being framerate.

E: I'm a huge pussy, is there an ini hack to turn off the random jumpscares? loving spider caves...

Captain Oblivious
Oct 12, 2007

I'm not like other posters

Suspicious Cook posted:

Same. My game was smooth and buttery before the patch (minus the crashing I managed to fix) but now it's basically unplayable.

I on the other hand have had horrible framerate fixed and now the game runs great v:v:v

Still can't get the drat Faction page to load without locking up the game though.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



So...If you finish a match with your x-ray attack, is that always an unlisted brutality with all characters? Or did I do something special and just not notice when it happened when I was using Sonya earlier today?

Captain Oblivious
Oct 12, 2007

I'm not like other posters
Ending chat:

I for one welcome our new Dark Raiden overlord. Seriously how is this not an improvement in every way? Looks swag, decapitates scenery chewing idiots, I knew Raiden had it in him all along. :911:

Supersonic Shine
Oct 13, 2012

Captain Oblivious posted:

Seriously how is this not an improvement in every way?
I think you know why. They don't call him the God of Blunder because he's got a fondness for really old shotguns.

Captain Oblivious
Oct 12, 2007

I'm not like other posters

Supersonic Shine posted:

I think you know why. They don't call him the God of Blunder because he's got a fondness for really old shotguns.

Raiden Did Nothing Wrong. :colbert:

LibbyM
Dec 7, 2011

Have there been any Wednesday night fights (or similar styles of stream) tournament type things for Mortal Kombat X? Some of my favourite times when MvC3 came out were those early tournaments while people were still figuring out the game.

Orv
May 4, 2011

Captain Oblivious posted:

Raiden Did Nothing Wrong. :colbert:

I will only let this pass because someone on my Steam had the name Smoke Did Nothing Wrong for a while, which is objectively worse.

Suspicious Cook
Oct 9, 2012

Onward to burgers!

Captain Oblivious posted:

Raiden Did Nothing Wrong. :colbert:

I refer you to Kitana's arcade ending.

Gologle
Apr 15, 2013

The Gologle Posting Experience.

<3
Raiden hasn't really hosed up that hard though, it's just goons being goons. It's a shame that it's only when he gets super pissed do things finally begin to turn around because then he's willing to break the rules. I hope we get a Raiden spin off game where we explore where he went after Kano "snared" him. Also that scene where Raiden was just lying on the ground getting the poo poo kicked out of him was probably my most favorite scene in the game, even though Raiden's my man.

Shadow Ninja 64
May 21, 2007

"I stood there, wondering why the puck was getting bigger...

and then it hit me."


Evil Canadian posted:

Huh, this one is the goddamnest thing. I never tested ending with portal grab cause it actually does less damage than pillar of light which is normally what I end that same combo with(and the combo normally ends at 33%). I wonder what causes the scaling to change so differently?

I don't know but someone found something similar with Piercing Mileena a day or two back, as well. People trying to optimize combos will need to think outside the box about these things because there are some oddities in the damage scaling.

Al Borland
Oct 29, 2006

by XyloJW

Fenn the Fool! posted:

Fighting games are hard. Learning kombos can be fun, but it can also be incredibly frustrating. But here's the deal, in the big scheme of things Executing Kombos In MKX Is Actually Pretty Easy. There are a lot of stumbling blocks for new players, but if you play with any kind of regularity, all of the things that seem difficult right now will be trivial for you in a week or two. There's stuff that's going to be frustrating, but just take my word for it, it'll get easier. Here are some execution tips for new players:

Keep Your Inputs Clean: When you're in training mode, make sure you're not inputting any extra button presses or directions. Don't mash, every input should be distinct choice. Take your time and do things slowly. What say you're having trouble with a complex string like Liu Kang's f21u4, input it very slowly while watching your input display; it doesn't matter that the string doesn't actually come out as long as your inputs are clean. From there you can slowly speed things up until it works.

Break Things Up: Make sure you can do each individual piece of a kombo consistently before you try the whole thing. Say you want to learn Jax's corner kombo f21 bf2d 11 db1; first make sure you can do both strings and both special moves consistently on their own, then practice f21 bf2d by itself and 11 db1 by itself. Once you have those down try and put things together, but you should still expect it to take a couple tries.

Stay Calm: A lot of new players concentrate really intently when trying to do something difficult. As you get more familiar with a kombo, try to relax and hit the buttons calmly, let your muscle memory take over. Try to do kombos while not looking at the screen and with the sound off, the less attention you can pay to what you're doing and still hit the buttons, the better.

Expect To Drop Kombos In Actual Matches: Transitioning from doing a kombo in training mode to doing it in a real match is hard. You have a lot of things to think about when playing against a real opponent, learning to quickly switch gears and start up a kombo takes practice. This is why you want to be calm, it'll make the kombo come out easier while you're focusing on the match. Set goals for yourself and don't worry if you win the match; if you consistently hit kombos that have been giving you trouble then it doesn't matter if you win now, that improvement will win you matches later.

Don't Bang Your Head Against the Wall: If you're working on something you find difficult, don't spend hours and hours in training mode trying to brute force it. Most of this is muscle memory, spend a couple minutes on each kombo and then go do something else. If you're working on something really hard it'll feel impossible, like you're never going to be able to hit it more than 1 out of 10 tries, and then you'll just sit down one day and be able to do it every time.

Watch This Video: If you haven't already seen it, it's quite helpful.

Learning kombos is just the very first step to learning fighting games. It seems hard now, but it'll get easier, and even if you could execute every kombo first try, you'd still get wrecked by someone who understands stuff like footsies, zoning, frame traps, or just knows more about the game and the characters than you. Eventually you'll learn what all that stuff means, but for now just take your time, have fun with the game, and in a couple weeks you'll be able to look back and be impressed with how much you've improved.

As always, the most important advice I can give you is to make friends with the people you play against. Play long sets against somebody what whups your rear end and ask them what you can do to improve.

Vhak lord of hate posted:

I had to give up on the kombo tutorial when it told me to do 2, f2 and I couldn't do it and I'd just overhead kick every time or the combo would break and for ten minutes I couldn't do it and I gave up and just mushed buttons in story mode.
I'm working on a tutorial for us. I did my first two videos today.
1. Controller setup and you.
2. Basic moves, specials, and simple kombos.

I have to do the voice over for them still but for the most part i'll hopefully have them up soon.

I'm treating Kano cybernetic as a recommended starting character.

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Jamesman
Nov 19, 2004

"First off, let me start by saying curly light blond hair does not suit Hyomin at all. Furthermore,"
Fun Shoe
Lin Kuei faction broke the servers. I hope you guys have learned your lesson and will pick Brotherhood next time, if you want this game to work properly. :colbert:

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