What's the point of Battle Hub?

[mach77]

I thought Battle Hub was for finding matches. And that Ranked matches were the "proper" game? Yet every time I enter Battle Hub, I have to manually set it to search for Ranked matches (and/or Casual matches). This seems odd to me.

What's the difference between sitting at the "arcade consoles" and fighting someone, and fighting a Casual/Ranked match?

Also, sometimes I get placed in the US Server, while at other times, I am in the more logical European Server??

I've never explored the Fighters Lounge type stuff before, in any fighting game, I used to just casually play the arcade mode and then, if I was still interested, I'd play a few online match-ups, so I'm totally unfamiliar with the paradigm and conventions of this.

[Castyles]

Just to screw around with others, from what I've seen. Like an MMO hub or something.

[al64inthedark]

I enjoy that's there's activity around me while it's looking for ranked opponent. Personally I think it's very cool compared to looking at a menu screen.
I wait in yoga pose and look around. Little thing, but I'm used to this now.
I only use Fighting Ground when I only have time for 1 or 2 fights.

Now Battle Hub is also the only place where you can fight with your avatar, it's quite fun and a change from the base game from time to time. Playing on cabinet, I think makes no differences with Casual but it seem it don't share stats with Casual, not sure.

The Hub is also a place of unpredictable thing. Like you walk around and see who are the 2 fighters beeing played on a cabinet and well, you can choose to spectate and such.

[Definively Not Alchman]

to meet up people and chat with the players of your area without needing to hop in discord.
that's pretty much it

[Gailim]

it's like casual mode without matchmaking.

sometimes it can be fun to not know how good your opponent is

[Signed Picasso]

You can talk ♥♥♥♥

[mach77]

In SFV, I used to set it to search for Ranked matches, then dive into Arcade mode and go about playing arcade until the network interrupted me with a challenger to fight.

So, never really sat around or anything. I find the chat thing annoying, as I have to put the controller down, reach over to the keyboard and then deal with a chat box that wouldn't be fit for service in a 1998 Excite! chatgroup.

Can we use headsets to voice chat in there?

[Benkai]

The battle hub is just a place to mimic the arcade. While u can of course go to the menu to do fights here its kinda a place to chill and do other stuff. Look at the monstrosities people made, do avatar fights, extreme battle or just play some original arcade cabinets. But sometimes im just there to hang out with friends, chat with people, or look at salt in lobbies.

Here is a video of a planner who actually came up with the battle hub to maybe help u understand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6hf4Ll_WkE&t=23s

[Holografix]

its where you Hub the Battle.

[Honzou]

Its a social hub for people to fool around, play cabinet matches (the closest thing to "local") and the only place for Avatar Battles.

[wizard master結城晶子リ]

Originally posted by mach77:

I thought Battle Hub was for finding matches. And that Ranked matches were the "proper" game? Yet every time I enter Battle Hub, I have to manually set it to search for Ranked matches (and/or Casual matches). This seems odd to me.

What's the difference between sitting at the "arcade consoles" and fighting someone, and fighting a Casual/Ranked match?

Also, sometimes I get placed in the US Server, while at other times, I am in the more logical European Server??

I've never explored the Fighters Lounge type stuff before, in any fighting game, I used to just casually play the arcade mode and then, if I was still interested, I'd play a few online match-ups, so I'm totally unfamiliar with the paradigm and conventions of this.

hUb is also place to fight useing your avatar