Higher ranks = less fun ?

[j0n35ey]

So i've been in blue ranks with raven now for a few weeks and feel confident I can get there with other chars I will learn but i just feel like the game gets so boring. people so the safest little pokes they can do and just take 0 risks. I get that its what happens but its just boring.

The games I choose to play this style I win but honestly it's just not fun too. does anyone else feel like the higher the ranks the more boring it becomes ?

[Rutabaga]

The higher ranks are just as terrible. The only thing that changes is that most players refine their bunga flowcharts.

[Kug3lf4ng]

it changes to a completely different game yea, little pokes and waiting or forcing enemy wiffs to punish.

The Fun Spectacular all out action factor is lost almost completely.

But its a 1on1 Game with a ranked progression system, and as long as you climb in ranks the more serious are the opponents trying to beat you.

I think by just picking up a different char and beginning from step 1 again is a way to escape the hardcore high rank stress games.

And thanks to the insanely huge roster i think this soft "reset" is a viable option to keep the game fun for a pretty long time

[SEATEK The_LEFTY]

Are you asking this question seriously? Or sarcastically?

I ask these questions because most people I think would understand that the higher in a ranked environment you go (in anything), the more serious, tactfully sound and safe opponents are going to play.

[T1g3r]

Tenryu coolest rank, as I said before

[Shiro♌]

Such is the nature of competitive focused videogames.. Getting all serious and therefore being less forgiving, enjoying the videogame a lot less, being unable to laugh at your own mistakes, and so much more.

Generally speaking, the more competitive the environment, the less fun it can be.
Though, I shall add that there's a graph where there's no fun for average players in the lower ranks due to their increased expectations.
So, when people get the general idea of what to do, but have a long way to master it.. That's where you're gonna have the most fun, I'd say.. When you're better than approximately ~20 - 40% of the playerbase, possibly a bit better. Somewhere where you can allow to make some mistakes without being punished for it while not punishing those mistakes yourself in most cases.

[steedless]

Ranked wouldn't be so stressful if you didn't lose 800 points for fighting someone higher rank than you.

[Dorpa]

More pluggers, trolls, key charging. Hitting blue rank was the worst mistake of my life.

[$OULJA $TRIFE]

high rank mishima games is always peak tekken

[Be_Proud (Heritage)]

I like it. You have to be more precise, and carefully choose which moves you want to fight with to engage your opponent. Depending on your character, you’ve got some great win-conditions and scenarios which are favorable for you. You have to understand majority of match-ups so you don’t get blown up by stuff that might catch you unexpected and punishment becomes important.

People mash less and movement becomes kind of essential, and whiff punishment becomes a noticeable thing. I would say match-up knowledge and it’s application begin to shine in these areas.

You have to weigh your options too. To be honest, if you have an optimal strategy for winning, I’d just keep doing that. However, I’d say there are still a lot of things to improve in blue ranks than to mash or party, but this is subjective and I like the play difference in ranks, because now you’re actively trying to one-up your opponents instead of “random bs go” method. The game gets calculated and it can take some stamina to play.

[Necropants]

It's real Tekken...maybe it's not the game for you.

(namco better do something about the pluggers and tweak the system going forward though.)

[BIG E.]

I mean if its a matchup you are somewhat experianced in higher ranks are more fun.

But if you have no clue about the matchup its gonna be a torture.

[chosenxeno]

Make a Smurf and make some Player Rooms/Lobbies. You can still play your favorite Character. Free of the sweatiness of ranked and get some live practice. Y'know? Stuff I'd be doing if I wasn't a masochist that just goes straight to rank day one of any fighting game lol

I really should do more non-ranked stuff but I can't! I need meaning!

[Top Dizog]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3181236991

i'll take you on with my whoreang, i dont even block. hell i dont even know any combos i just mash.

[chosenxeno]

Originally posted by Top Dizog:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3181236991

i dont even block. hell i dont even know any combos i just mash.

You said this like it was news. We all know this about Rang users.

[Zagryzaec]

Originally posted by j0n35ey:

So i've been in blue ranks with raven now for a few weeks and feel confident I can get there with other chars I will learn but i just feel like the game gets so boring. people so the safest little pokes they can do and just take 0 risks. I get that its what happens but its just boring.

The games I choose to play this style I win but honestly it's just not fun too. does anyone else feel like the higher the ranks the more boring it becomes ?

Actually you supposed to utilise fundamental tool to way greater level, and that's where fun must come from.

You need to make those safe moves unsafe by taking risk yourself and that's where fun comes from. It's just way harder.