I know this game encourages competitive play, but..

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Gud

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...Am I the only one here that doesn't bother practicing with long-ass combos and just plays for fun with a few friends? I mean, I know I'm not very good at the game and I'm sure that attributes to my disinterest in competitive online play.. but the concept of it just doesn't sound very fun to me. The online achievements even turned me off from bothering getting 100% achievements on this one. =\
 
Yea, same here. I´m not interested in learning 30 or 40% combos, i just wanna have some good fights against normal players. But for the moment i am done with online play. Too much spammers, quitters and horrible lag.
 
It doesn't even really matter to try those 50 percent combos if you're going online.

The lag prevents it.

I can do 40-53% combos with Sektor, but online I can hardly get the third hit off :(
 
personally, without online play this game is useless... not a jab at you guys but, if you do learn the combos and practice for even a few hours straight you will beat all the spammers really easy and just rack up wins together with the wins from quitters.

Yes the online lag does annoy sometimes. However, you do get games often with perfect conditions where your training pays off.
 
Enenra said:
personally, without online play this game is useless... not a jab at you guys but, if you do learn the combos and practice for even a few hours straight you will beat all the spammers really easy and just rack up wins together with the wins from quitters.

Yes the online lag does annoy sometimes. However, you do get games often with perfect conditions where your training pays off.
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But what if that little W/L ratio doesn't make a difference to me? I don't want to sit around not actually making progress in anything just so I can boast about a higher winstreak. I dunno, I guess it's just not that important to me.
 
if you do learn the combos and practice for even a few hours straight you will beat all the spammers really easy
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I always play with 8 or 9 different characters online because i don´t wanna get bored and its impossible to keep all the good combos in my mind. I know some special attacks, thats enough for me ;-)
 
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Mr.KlickKlick-Durk said:
I always play with 8 or 9 different characters online because i don´t wanna get bored and its impossible to keep all the good combos in my mind.
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I don't find it hard to remember.

Most newbs don't understand the MK mechanics I think that's why they feel it's hard. They see a lot of generic kombos in the move list and think they have to memorize everything. But once you understand how combos and juggling works there's nothing to it.

All you need to know his your characters BnB launcher and his special moves. The rest is all customizable or universal techs.
 
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It doesn't even really matter to try those 50 percent combos if you're going online.

The lag prevents it.

I can do 40-53% combos with Sektor, but online I can hardly get the third hit off :(
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I can get those combos off just fine on offline play but as soon as I try them online it makes me feel like I've never played the game before.

The game is good for people who want to play casually, its accessible enough. But there is room for improvement for people who want to take it more seriously. On a scale of 1-10 how competitive I am, I'd say about a 7. I know decent combos with every character, I can random select and still win no problem, but then again I don't plan on going to tournaments and things like that.
 
Immortal Reaver said:
I can get those combos off just fine on offline play but as soon as I try them online it makes me feel like I've never played the game before.

The game is good for people who want to play casually, its accessible enough. But there is room for improvement for people who want to take it more seriously. On a scale of 1-10 how competitive I am, I'd say about a 7. I know decent combos with every character, I can random select and still win no problem, but then again I don't plan on going to tournaments and things like that.
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Thats exactly how I am.

It sucks too because I use Sektor's teleport punch to surprise people, but when there is lag they can see it coming from a mile away :(
 
If you don't want to learn 40% combo's, but are happy to just play the game without worrying about winning or losing, you're a casual gamer.

If you want to win and losing annoys you, you are competitive.

If you are competitive but can't be bothered practicing 40% combo's, you're lazy.

To be honest, some characters have VERY easy 40%'s. Sektor, Ermac, Liu Kang, Scorpion can all easily get 30%+ off of a jump in.
 
I don't enjoy losing, but I'm really just playing Mortal Kombat for fun. I've only recently even bothered to figure out simple combos that net around 20% damage. I've got the specials down and I'm getting better, but I've got no real urge to spend hours in Practice Mode. A little time here and there, plenty of Test Your Luck for s--ts and grins, and some online but overall I judge it by the fun factor. If I enjoy doing it, I'm game.
 
To whoever the idiot was that gave me negrep for this thread..

I just don't see the point in spending hours doing something as boring as practicing the same combos over and over again just to get good at an online game that does nothing but lag like crazy. I'd rather do something that's more noticeably productive, since I (unlike some people, it seems) can't dedicate all my time to playing video games.
 
Gud said:
To whoever the idiot was that gave me negrep for this thread..

I just don't see the point in spending hours doing something as boring as practicing the same combos over and over again just to get good at an online game that does nothing but lag like crazy. I'd rather do something that's more noticeably productive, since I (unlike some people, it seems) can't dedicate all my time to playing video games.
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Different strokes for different folks. There are plenty of people who play the game more casually and for fun like you do, you just won't find as many here since this IS a forum for people who are really into the game and would naturally spend more time learning its intricacies.

Having said that, your more recent post comes off as a bit condescending saying that you'd rather be doing something more "noticeably productive". Playing video games is a hobby and its really no one's place to judge if some people play more often than others. Similarly, that person obviously shouldn't have given you negative rep for this thread because you don't play competitively.
 
Mr.KlickKlick-Durk said:
I always play with 8 or 9 different characters online because i don´t wanna get bored and its impossible to keep all the good combos in my mind. I know some special attacks, thats enough for me ;-)
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Perhaps you should stick with only 1 or 2 characters you really like and start practicing with them. You dont have to remember 8 major combos for 8 other characters. I stick with cyrax and I already have 50 wins with him.
 
djg1285 said:
Different strokes for different folks. There are plenty of people who play the game more casually and for fun like you do, you just won't find as many here since this IS a forum for people who are really into the game and would naturally spend more time learning its intricacies.

Having said that, your more recent post comes off as a bit condescending saying that you'd rather be doing something more "noticeably productive". Playing video games is a hobby and its really no one's place to judge if some people play more often than others. Similarly, that person obviously shouldn't have given you negative rep for this thread because you don't play competitively.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to quite come off as condescending by that. What I meant is: Sitting in the practice menu shows no real progression. There's no real feeling of accomplishment with doing this, especially considering that I don't find joy in competitive playing. Whereas if I were to pop in Castlevania Lords of Shadow, playing through campaign shows off actual progression.
 
Training mode does show progress. In every competitive fighting game this is where you'll be spending the most hours of your gameplay, learning new combos, move properties, techniques, etc.

Playing MK9 competitively is actually more fun than playing it casually. It's much more intense and you'll see some new things that'll surprise you.
 
Gud said:
...Am I the only one here that doesn't bother practicing with long-ass combos and just plays for fun with a few friends? I mean, I know I'm not very good at the game and I'm sure that attributes to my disinterest in competitive online play.. but the concept of it just doesn't sound very fun to me. The online achievements even turned me off from bothering getting 100% achievements on this one. =\
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From the very beginning, NRS has said they were aiming to make a game that's easy to get into for casualers and still competitive enough for hardcore fighting game fans. There's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with playing for fun or not being interested in pulling off long, high-damage combos.

Have you actually played online? The people I've played online aren't very good, either, so I wouldn't worry about that much.

Are you actually wanting to get better? For high-level play, long combos aren't nearly as important as being able to get passed your opponents' defenses well. You can know every long combo in the game, but if you can't actually make the first hit of a combo connect, such knowledge is pretty useless. If you are interested in getting better, practice pressuring and how to get around blocks (over head attacks, low-hitting attacks, etc.) would help the most.
 
Gud said:
To whoever the idiot was that gave me negrep for this thread..

I just don't see the point in spending hours doing something as boring as practicing the same combos over and over again just to get good at an online game that does nothing but lag like crazy. I'd rather do something that's more noticeably productive, since I (unlike some people, it seems) can't dedicate all my time to playing video games.
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You spend time moaning online about the game in the forums, mention that you won't get 100% achievements with this one (implying thats what you'd usually do), but stress that you have more important constructive things to do with your time. Do you see the contradiction?

And what you said about the training room is outright wrong. You go in with a combo to practice, your first attempt is unsuccessful, 20 minutes later, you know it off by heart and can land it from a jump in, taking your damage from whatever it was before, to a nice 40%. Sounds like sizable progress.

I think there's a big difference in thought patterns here. For most getting good at a game would entail mastering it's mechanics and learning its secrets, so that you can "Win" at the game in the most efficient/impressive/stylish manner. But for others it's getting the achievements, or just completing the story?
 
I'm in the same boat as you, OP, but that's not the games fault; there isn't really a character that I have desired to play to a high level yet. They are all really cool, I would give them a 4 (out of 5) for coolness, but none of the characters are actually... what I want in my fighter.

Of course, this is the first fighting game I have played since MK3, so yeah.... I just haven't discovered my style yet. Kind of hoping Kenshi/Skarlet are my type of deal. if not I guess I just have to wait for Havik/Rain or whoever they decide to throw in next.
 
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