The dream: SFxGG and Arcsys are given the dev job.

My wishlist

Alpha style art, using arc system type graphics(obviously not going to happen)
I didn't mind SFVs graphic design although many of the backgrounds are dull and flat and the animation of the moves could be more dynamic.
Less fighters overall and give each fighter more moves
Back dash to return or similar. 
Stop focusing on OTT balance stuff. The game should be fun first and foremost. Fighters should give the player as many options as possible in play style, instead of limiting it to one style fits all. Sure, this means some characters might be broken and others wont be popular. So?
I can handle the costumes but they should fit the character. Some of Vs costumes just seemed randomly chosen (especially the themed stuff)
Cut down on the male gaze. I dont mind sexy characters - male or female - but some of SFVs stuff goes straight for perv vision. 
Scale back the power of the Super combos. I like meter stuff in fighting games but I hate the Ultra/ Super combo taking half a bar and being wildly different in terms of difficulty to hit with some characters. It should still need skill to land one. 
Forgot about story guff. A little background to each fighter adds flavour but surely no-one wants or cares about those stupid story modes or the frankly insane bonkers crap that was the main story game. It was universally awful and players only completed it to get the Fight Money stuff. 
Arcade mode should feel like Arcade mode. The addition of arcade mode to V was needed but it didnt feel like a proper arcade mode like in any other street fighter.

I'm 50 - 50 on a new game with a 3rd Strike parry system. I'm saying this, with full knowledge of my (non existent) skills.
I'd always liked the Alpha counter system myself, where you spend meter for a knockdown in place of blockstun.

Focus Attacks were a good compromise, but even they created a high skill barrier for many people.

That said, parries are fun. Even basic use is satisfying. Like I say, I'm 50 - 50.

Brooks wrote:

Yossarian wrote:

I’ve got a stick, plus a Brook universal board, and I could really do with finally putting them together, but it’s pretty damn confusing.

https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/brook-fighting-board-cable-hitbox-cable.html

Top option, so long as your stick has a 5-pin connector? If it has independent switches, i.e. 8 wires, you'll need the Hitbox addon. The 5-pin has a wire for each direction and a ground that loops via the PCB, whereas indie switches use a ground connector for each on a wire loop.

Okay, so this is what the inside of my stick looks like:



I assume that the first cable will be all I need and it should be pretty much plug and play (at least once I work out how to get the lead to the console connected into the board)?

Then I think there’s another add-on box that I’ll need as well if I want PS5 functionality in the future.

Yossarian wrote:

I assume that the first cable will be all I need and it should be pretty much plug and play

Yeah, £17.99 plus a few quid postage. Your Brook should have wiring instructions on paper, but they're here: https://www.brookaccessory.com/detail/06960737/

Good idea to update its firmware.

For the USB you could drill a 24mm hole in the case and fit — https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neutrik-NAUSB-B-Chassis-Mounting-Coupler/dp/B003VSXQVI — with two nuts and bolts (M3 countersunk).

Or if the stick has a cable compartment, something like:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ChenYang-Female-Printer-Scanner-extension/dp/B00S6G9JXY
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Female-Type-B-Printer-Extension-Scanner/dp/B08ZRR1J6T

PS5 upgrade is available, but expensive — https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/brook-ufb-ps5-upgrade-kit-for-universal-fighting-board.html

The 5-pin connector on the stick has a latch, but it lifts easily with a fingernail. For the buttons, pull back the sleeves and insert the smallest flathead screwdriver you have (like from a Christmas cracker) under the flat side of the disconnects, and gently prise them away from their pins while pulling.

They have little locking tabs:

Yossarian wrote:

I wouldn’t mind saving the current USB lead setup if it’s possible

There might be a premade cable to convert it to USB-B. Is that simply a USB daughterboard with a removable 4-pin male header? What stick is it?

I can only find USB-A cables...

https://www.moddiy.com/products/USB-A-to-USB-Motherboard-4-Pin-Header-FF-2.0-Cable-10cm.html?setCurrencyId=6
https://www.moddiy.com/products/USB-Type%2dA-Male-to-USB-4%2dPin-Male-Header-Cable.html?setCurrencyId=6

...and don't know if they're the correct pitch (gap between pins). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_header

It's quite easy to make one with a decent crimping tool.

I'm just in favour of any mechanics that let the player or spectators go buck wild, I'm happy for them to put 3rd strike parries, focus attacks and metered counters/parries with big windows and invun. Give the players more defensive choices!

Once again I defer to GG, where you could block, block while using meter to prevent chip damage and increase the pushback on the attacker, parry, metered parry that you could hold like a focus attack, hitting a roman cancel in neutral to fuck with the enemies timing, or press the get off me button once or twice a match to interrupt any combo or attack outside of a cinematic and send the opponent back across the screen - that said I have no idea if all those things made it back into strive)

Imo a well timed parry into your counter attack is honestly just about the hypest thing you can do in a fighting game. Give players more ways to do cool stuff. None of those mechanics require anyone to be able to consistently hit a one frame link or anything like that, you just go with your gut or you feel like you have a read on what's coming next and go for it.

Defensive tools and options also give players something to do other than block and wait if the opponent is really piling on the pressure, or comboing you into the middle of next week - to be clear I'm a big fan of people being able to tee off on the opponent of they mess up, but the option to get a once or twice per match get out of jail free card can help players not feel like they lost a match because that made one mistake.

Anyway none of it matters now that the internet detectives have that logo was fucking $80 stock art from Adobe that someone spent 30 minutes alerting slightly. FFS Capcom why do you keep doing this to SF?

dynamiteReady wrote:

Still not feeling any of the new stuff, @TheShend?

Hardly play much of anything at all, even 3S. GG Strive looked real purdy though.

Yossarian wrote:

No header, just wires attached directly to a board. I’m hoping they can easily be attached to some of the screw connectors. And it’s a Razer Atrox.

Here we go:



To avoid soldering you could use a terminal block or splice connectors, but the wires have to be stripped.

TheShend wrote:

dynamiteReady wrote:

Still not feeling any of the new stuff, @TheShend?

Hardly play much of anything at all, even 3S. GG Strive looked real purdy though.

I hear that.

Having the time to play is one thing, but these days, the seasonal character stuff does my head in too.
But at least Tekken, GG and Dragon Ball looked 'complete' at launch.

Definitely tidier than the one in the video. Cheers!

Hah brilliant!

Heh

After two years of 'online exhibition events', while I'm sure it's infuriating the missus, the ComboBreaker streams are mad hype...
Can't turn away from the Strive and Tekken pools.

If there's an SF5 one, I barely care.