DOA: Ultimate Official Thread

I'm having a bit of a control problem that relates to Jan's qcf+K. Now, when you play against him, you know that kick will be coming sometime or another...you constantly look at for it (and still manage to get hit by it anyway). Still, othertimes you know the player is behind and looking for cheese, so you can expect it. You can counter and get the back attack (sometimes), or you can just duck.

My normally try to duck, since it's safer, and still leaves you with options. However, hitting down makes you walk towards the screen. Holding downback makes you walk in that direction. Either option = foot in face. Is there a reliable way to just duck? I guess you could hold down forward for a crouching advance...but sometimes I just want to quickly duck a throw attempt or Jann Lee kick, and I always end up getting nabbed.

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Originally Posted by FuryFox

I'm having a bit of a control problem that relates to Jan's qcf+K. Now, when you play against him, you know that kick will be coming sometime or another...you constantly look at for it (and still manage to get hit by it anyway). Still, othertimes you know the player is behind and looking for cheese, so you can expect it. You can counter and get the back attack (sometimes), or you can just duck.

My normally try to duck, since it's safer, and still leaves you with options. However, hitting down makes you walk towards the screen. Holding downback makes you walk in that direction. Either option = foot in face. Is there a reliable way to just duck? I guess you could hold down forward for a crouching advance...but sometimes I just want to quickly duck a throw attempt or Jann Lee kick, and I always end up getting nabbed.

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1|2|3+G. In layman's terms, hold guard and then hit down to duck. Same mechanic as in SC2. Or you could just crouchdash under it. Actually, the best idea might be to punch him out of it. If you are feeling ballsy, try hitting him out of it with a fat launcher with the appropiate combo tacked on for quality damage. You will have to watch the pop-up height, though.

As for the kick, the move is deceptively fast -- it has significant startup, but a lot of it is masked by the fact that the startup animation looks like he is just dashing at you.

-Dippy

But there is no guard button...? If you hold F without any inputs, does it guard?

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Originally Posted by FuryFox

But there is no guard button...? If you hold F without any inputs, does it guard?

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Yes. I do not know why they call it the free button (I think you had to hold it to sidestep in DoA2, but this game now has DoA3-esque walking); it does the exact same thing as guard in Soul Calibur (minus the fun 2+G glitches in SC2).

-Dippy

OK, OK.

I just took a look at the ATT page here, for my account. Looks like I'm paying $40 a month for DSL that is capped at about 150 kbps upload/download.

For $10 more, then can bump that to 350 kbps. Would that help with teh online gaming enough to be worth it? I really have no clue.

I would assume so, since you were the only one lagging hard last night.

From gamefaqs(I know) XBOX live requires 216kbps download/156 upload. So it should help.

I'll make the call tonight.

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Originally Posted by Dipstick

Yes. I do not know why they call it the free button (I think you had to hold it to sidestep in DoA2, but this game now has DoA3-esque walking); it does the exact same thing as guard in Soul Calibur (minus the fun 2+G glitches in SC2).

-Dippy

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I see now. I always just blocked streetfighter style. That does make ducking easier, although like you outlined above, there's a lot worse you can do to a predictable Lee than just duck and counter.

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Originally Posted by Mzo

OK, OK.

I just took a look at the ATT page here, for my account. Looks like I'm paying $40 a month for DSL that is capped at about 150 kbps upload/download.

For $10 more, then can bump that to 350 kbps. Would that help with teh online gaming enough to be worth it? I really have no clue.

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I had the same problem a while back also Mzo but I get 284 on my upload. But for $5 bucks more a month they'll up that to 384 which would work fine half the time till it would drop out. I called and complained so they did a line check at my house and said I was too far away from the main hub to receive the ultimate speeds. Kinda fucked up they sold me something that wouldn't work due to my distance away from their hub. Just be sure you have one really close to you before you pay more, and do frequent speed tests to make sure they aren't ripping you off. DSL and Cable speeds suck in the south. They always cap the upload unless you have a personal business. :(