I feel completely crushed playing this game now.

[Viper]

When I started playing Persona 4 online last week. I was doing well using Yu. Then I hit C rank and everything went straight to hell. Now I barely win any fights and when I do win it feels like a fluke.

I feel like my spirit is completely crushed and I'm not sure I can even keep playing this game. I want to get better, but I'm not sure it's even possible for me.

Maybe I'm just not cut out for the fighting genre anymore.

[SolAscension]

If you like playing the game, keep practicing and getting experience. Just because you're not good at something immediately dosent mean quit. Go play player matches, get match up experience and figure out the game. If you give up just because its hard, then no, fighting games are not for you.

[SolxBaiken]

You learn alot more from losing than you do winning, go play casual matches, do stuff you know might not be the smartest thing, keep an eye on what people are punishing from you, use all this to make a smarter gameplan and rise to triumph!

[darkpath]

It's a good thing you're willing to be good, Rage quit doesn't take you anywhere try watching video matches and read match-up threads, discuss combos in combo threads and ask questions in Q&A thread, I can teach you how to go around with Yu since I main him..

If you need help I'm willing to

[Legacy Edge]

I know that feel.

I have been playing BB with the same guy since i got extend, and would always loose, bad. 40-10 i think was the best i ever did. At first it was cool, i mean i used to study my loses, think it will become better, etc, but after around 3-4 months of training, with me unable to improve my execution or learn better combos, and panicking a lot during matches it lead to a situation very similar to yours, wich peaked with the useual, me flaming my character (lambda) for being hard, etc.
Honestly it went away on its own. Took a small break from playing other people and just had fun with bots , fooled around a bit in practice and well, now the passion for the game and my character is pretty much back up, even though I keep on getting stomped. Well loosing to a corner carry->corner stuff just because I whiffed a sword still pisses me off, but well nothing to do, guess i will get over it.

I believe that if you truly like the game, you will get over it. Maybe you should play some weaker opponents just to regain some confidence and have some fun, worked with me.

[Jyosua]

It takes months of practice to truly get decent at a game. Additionally, it will probably never get to the point where you body all other people. At best, you'll go even with the best players. It takes time, but it's pretty rewarding.

[Agni]

I know it probably sounds cliche, and I'm not the best person to ask, but the real way to fix this is to simply keep playing. Just do it. Stop focusing on your wins and learn to love just plain battling and learning. If you play people who body you, you'll be forced to think extra hard and you WILL get better.

I get bodied a ton. It took me over 20 matches to win my first match on Netplay. But I still keep playing, even against people who can body me with their hands tied behind their back, because I love battling in its own right, and I really am learning and getting better.

This isn't like math or science, where some people are just plain better than others and always will be. Anyone can become good at an FG--it merely takes dedication and practice.

Of course, make sure to take this all with a grain of salt...

[RagnaXBL]

netplay is super easy, all you need is one cheap gimmick to win 100 matches
just keep playing

[Teutonicknight]

When I started playing Persona 4 online last week. I was doing well using Yu. Then I hit C rank and everything went straight to hell. Now I barely win any fights and when I do win it feels like a fluke.

I feel like my spirit is completely crushed and I'm not sure I can even keep playing this game. I want to get better, but I'm not sure it's even possible for me.

Maybe I'm just not cut out for the fighting genre anymore.

Practice. By practice, I mean play against good players, specifically the ones who pick the characters you have problems against. If you don't find anyone good, or just don't have connection, a good way to find openings and gaps on all the characters is take them to practice mode, train on each of them one at a time, about a good 4 hours each, with each hour an increasing difficulty. Set it like a normal match, but don't worry about losing, just keep trying.

This will not guarantee too much success against actual players, but it will give you a good idea of what these characters are capable of. Once you know how they work, you can read them like a book. Also, learn defensive techniques as well. I'm sure everyone on this forum can give you REALLY good pointers on offense and defense.
I learned tons on dustloop already.

But in closing, you can learn from good opponents or even by just watching matches. Fightings games are not learned immediately, that's for sure...

[Linear04]

if playing a game makes you feel bad then dont play the game