What do you guys think about the base roster?

[Vakula]

For me, the most played characters I enjoy come from the Season Pass. How do you guys feel overall? For me, it feels a bit weak tbh.

[Everchosen]

I've enjoyed Manon, Chun Li, Juri, Marisa, Ryu, Cammy, Kimberly, and to a lesser extent Luke from base roster.

From DLC I like Akuma and Aki, don't really care for anyone else they've released, but this list will probably grow to include Terry and Mai.

So I'm having more fun playing different characters in SF6 in general, here is basically what I played in other SF games.

SFV: was R.Mika and Chun Li
SF4: was Akuma , Chun Li and Makoto
SF III: Chun Li and Makoto
SF Alpha: Akuma, Sakura, Sodom, and Chun Li
SF II: Sagat, Chun Li

[al64inthedark]

No criticism on my side, totally fine with it.

[Doc Holiday]

Base roster played too safe and I thought the Season 1 pass was nothing special either.
Fortunately I found a new character that vibed with me in Lily, and enjoyed this iteration of Ryu and Akuma, so 3 characters for me to really enjoy the game in the main modes, aside from using Random select with friends.

The Bison ressurrection so soon in the story was a disappointment for me, I wish they brought another character instead.

Things will get more interesting and fun filled now with Terry, Mai and Elena.

[Vakula]

Im not sure why they include Honda, Dhalsim and Blanka when basically no one plays them. I think just saying they are iconic and legacy characters isnt a good reason.

[🌎Earth]

Hearing that the base roster was mostly SF2's cast is what made me take a look at 6. Most of the DLC so far has been a miss for me except for Akuma and Bison but I agree with Doc that they should have held off on Bison a bit longer. Looking forward to Elena.

[TheG]

Vakula eredeti hozzászólása:

Im not sure why they include Honda, Dhalsim and Blanka when basically no one plays them. I think just saying they are iconic and legacy characters isnt a good reason.

The best player in SF6 mained Blanka in season 1.

[Vakula]

TheG eredeti hozzászólása:

Vakula eredeti hozzászólása:

Im not sure why they include Honda, Dhalsim and Blanka when basically no one plays them. I think just saying they are iconic and legacy characters isnt a good reason.

The best player in SF6 mained Blanka in season 1.

Right but like on whats Blankas usage amongst all players? Whats his pick rate for every one? Id wager to say its pretty low.

I just checked the data for June and Blanka Honda and Dhalsim are bottom 3 in pick rate. Im not sure how a professional video gamer playing it means its a good inclusion.

[TheG]

Vakula eredeti hozzászólása:

TheG eredeti hozzászólása:

The best player in SF6 mained Blanka in season 1.

Right but like on whats Blankas usage amongst all players? Whats his pick rate for every one? Id wager to say its pretty low.

I just checked the data for June and Blanka Honda and Dhalsim are bottom 3 in pick rate. Im not sure how a professional video gamer playing it means its a good inclusion.

Blanka's pick rate was decent in S1.

He is generally regarded as one of the most exciting characters to watch in tournaments. And he has all the tools for the drive rush meta.

My guess is that the reason his pick rate has fallen is because the combination of execution difficulty (charge) and no longer top tier means you have to work harder to get a result. And when he got nerfed and the top pros switched, everyone else just followed.

His low pick rate is a combination of execution difficulty and relative power. Had they not nerfed him, people would have kept playing him.

Honda and Dhalsim were never good at top level. They nerfed Honda's scrub busting ability a little bit and made him a better character overall, but he is still low tier.

[okey]

Too safe. The only returning character they took a chance on was Dee Jay who himself is from SF2. Even the newcomers were weirdly conservative this time around.

[Danny DeVito with a Gun]

My only issue with the base cast is the lack of SF3 reps, the only reason I can see why they’d omit them is more DLC money

Having the World Warriors in the base cast is asked for a lot and I can remember people gave Capcom ♥♥♥♥ for YEARS for not having all the World Warriors in SFV’s base cast

Popularity also isn’t everything when it comes to getting added to the game. The devs have said there are characters that interest them from a gameplay standpoint, which is why you’ll get oddball characters make it in along with fan favorites. Only way a character like Birdie would come back in SFV and Dee Jay wasn’t exactly a huge fan favorite either

[Jirai]

Base Roster is fine imo.

[ShadowSplit]

It's like, slightly below average.

[HoneyDrake]

Base Roster = some safe picks, overall good but quite bland. And outside of certain characters you would be unable to tell from which games this roster was from.

[Vakula]

HoneyDrake eredeti hozzászólása:

Base Roster = some safe picks, overall good but quite bland. And outside of certain characters you would be unable to tell from which games this roster was from.

AKI for me is such an awesome new addition, and she should have been base roster IMO. After how much hate FANG received and how ugly he looked, she is a massive win.

[FAT WANZER]

Vakula eredeti hozzászólása:

TheG eredeti hozzászólása:

The best player in SF6 mained Blanka in season 1.

Right but like on whats Blankas usage amongst all players? Whats his pick rate for every one? Id wager to say its pretty low.

I just checked the data for June and Blanka Honda and Dhalsim are bottom 3 in pick rate. Im not sure how a professional video gamer playing it means its a good inclusion.

blanka got nerfed tons after that pro wins a cup so natural ppl migrate to other char;dhalsim cause he is unique zoner with stretchy limb that got wacky funny interaction(luke running whole screen to beat his ass on super3 vs his strechy arm and leg or a literal bear of a man teleporting to grab him);honda i dunno bout him but in old game i just mash button and he slaps..... literally(this 1 don't know cause even not even a lot of japan play him)