Boo the taunt "fix"

[Gamma Ray]

Yeah, it was broken, but it was fun. Now I can't farm super bar and have the same kind of fun that I used to. I paid money for this fun. I don't like that my fun has been reduced some months later.

[View The Phenom]

Revert your game to a previous version, problem solved.

[Gamma Ray]

Originally posted by View The Phenom:

Revert your game to a previous version, problem solved.

How?

[DJPlace]

i just noticed that and not a good call IMO...

i don't think you can play online with an older version of the game.

[Gamma Ray]

Originally posted by DJPlace:

i just noticed that and not a good call IMO...

i don't think you can play online with an older version of the game.

Playing online, that may be true and that's fair, but I don't know how to play an older version.

[Devsman]

What changed? Taunting doesn't refill your super anymore?

[DougRedfield87]

Originally posted by Devsman X:

What changed? Taunting doesn't refill your super anymore?

taunt will only fill to level 1 so you cant spam taunt to have level 3 in story mode

[hopelesshost]

Yeah now you actually have to learn how to play, bummer.

[Lemony Freshness]

I think it's a wise change, as it prevents noobs from abusing the supers.
Honestly, if you have to spam supers to get through the game, then you're probably an incompetent gamer with no skill.

[Gamma Ray]

Originally posted by Lemony Freshness:

I think it's a wise change, as it prevents noobs from abusing the supers.
Honestly, if you have to spam supers to get through the game, then you're probably an incompetent gamer with no skill.

You can have all your skill you want. I just want to have fun.

[Giga Grimace]

I agree with the sentiment that the infinite taunt regen made the game easy - and that's exactly why I loved it so much. It was like an on-the-fly difficultly adjuster. If I wanted to take the time to taunt in between fights, I could. Now I can't. Which... honestly, it's not the end of the world, but it would be nice to give people more options regarding how they want to play.

Some might say that I'm a no-talent noob, and they'd be right. But hey, I am what I am. And this is gaming. It's not like I'm cheating on my taxes. If I wanted something difficult, I'd learn a more impressive/expressive skill... like playing the guitar. Actually, now might be a good time to learn how to play the guitar.

As the OP said: "You can have all [the] skill you want. I just want to have fun."

(This is still a really awesome game, by the way. I'm just nit picking. Props to the devs for their continued support.)

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Giga Grimace:

I agree with the sentiment that the infinite taunt regen made the game easy - and that's exactly why I loved it so much. It was like an on-the-fly difficultly adjuster. If I wanted to take the time to taunt in between fights, I could. Now I can't. Which... honestly, it's not the end of the world, but it would be nice to give people more options regarding how they want to play.

Some might say that I'm a no-talent noob, and they'd be right. But hey, I am what I am. And this is gaming. It's not like I'm cheating on my taxes. If I wanted something difficult, I'd learn a more impressive/expressive skill... like playing the guitar. Actually, now might be a good time to learn how to play the guitar.

As the OP said: "You can have all [the] skill you want. I just want to have fun."

(This is still a really awesome game, by the way. I'm just nit picking. Props to the devs for their continued support.)

Thing is, it's not enough for EPIK FOR TEH WIN HARDCOAR gamers to play turbo masochist mode. They want the Internet to worship them for it. And it's such a pain in the ass to say "without taunt spam" every time they gloat about their being better than you that they'd rather it be implied by making the game just as much a pain in the ass for everyone else as they made it for themselves.

[WolfLink0370]

I mean even as a casual player - I can see this being warranted for a couple of reasons.

First reason is straightforward and obvious - it was admittedly kind of overpowered in story mode. Just having free reign of doing supers and Radical mode as much as you pleased made a lot of the boss fights trivial. Should allow for more variety to beat up the goons as a side product, instead of just super spamming the waves, taunting up to full meter, then moving onto the next.

Second reason is actually the multiplayer side of things. While I didn't play too much online, I could see someone holding the group up while they taunted themselves back up to three bars after every fight. By doing this change, it does end up cutting a couple dozen minutes of a given online session from all that waiting, and while that sounds minor - it allows Story Mode to be enjoyed at a more brisk pace in multiplayer, and that pace can potentially better accommodate those who have less flexible time schedules.

Third and finally - most people looking for the die-hard challenge would likely play Arcade Mode over Story because then their lives and health management matter a lot more. Hey guess what - this change doesn't affect Arcade in the slightest because you only ever get one super meter bar. Better to brag about doing all story challenges on Hard instead of the lack of taunt spamming anyway (because screw those no-damage ones in particular)

[Dr. Best]

They nerved the taunt? Oh thank god!
@OP jup, you did - but the rest of us probably didn't steal the game either.
Fun is quite subjective, and hearing a Donatello go "Just a minute!" or Casey "Batter up, scuzzbucket" three times in a row every couple of steps ruined the fun for me quite a few times.
Playing the game to unwind, not wanting a challenge is OK, but unless you are completely new to beat em up games, the easiest difficulty should be a breeze for you after just the tiniest bit of practice.
Good luck and have fun!

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Dr. Best:

They nerved the taunt? Oh thank god!
@OP jup, you did - but the rest of us probably didn't steal the game either.
Fun is quite subjective, and hearing a Donatello go "Just a minute!" or Casey "Batter up, scuzzbucket" three times in a row every couple of steps ruined the fun for me quite a few times.
Playing the game to unwind, not wanting a challenge is OK, but unless you are completely new to beat em up games, the easiest difficulty should be a breeze for you after just the tiniest bit of practice.
Good luck and have fun!

So don't do it?

[Dr. Best]

Originally posted by Devsman X:

Originally posted by Dr. Best:

Fun is quite subjective, and hearing a Donatello go "Just a minute!" or Casey "Batter up, scuzzbucket" three times in a row every couple of steps ruined the fun for me quite a few times.

So don't do it?

I don't
Apparently I should have worded that clearer, I was talking specifically about multiplayer, and your co-players doing it.

Clearing screen after screen with three specials may have been fun for the Casey-player, not so much for the 5 other guys sprinting against the right side of the screen while Casey goes:

"Batter up, scuzzbucket"

"Batter up, scuzzbucket"

"Batter up, scuzzbucket"

after every group.