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[mAc Chaos]

Well, another thing that bothers me is when I get to higher level play. I don't want to get to that point, spending all that time, mastering a B tier character or something like that. But I don't want to play with a character that I don't enjoy just because they are higher tier (with more options).

If you get good enough with your character you can overcome their handicaps.

[Celerity]

Ok, if you're really serious about playing at a high level, you first need to get to that high level. How do you get there? Playing a lot, with a character you like. Your investment will not have been wasted, believe me. Most of what you learn is going to be universally applicable to all characters, and to a lesser extent, all FGs.

What you're doing right now is spreading yourself too thin, so you'll never learn anything of value. Mastery of a single bottom tier character in a game that nobody plays is worth more, experience-wise, than being mediocre with the entire cast of all the games out there.

[mAc Chaos]

Playing a lower tier character will make you a better player anyway. You'll have to close the gap yourself rather than relying on the character. It's like training weights.

[StarGazer]

Not really, low tier'ness made me quit going to locals and staying in the training room for more than 2 mins.

Just pick the character you like the most because you're gonna play it with nearly all matches and practice on using him/her a lot, and don't worry about the "i am wasting my effort on the wrong character/game" as skill can be easily transferred from a character to another and from a game to a game.

[mAc Chaos]

Not really, low tier'ness made me quit going to locals and staying in the training room for more than 2 mins.

Just pick the character you like the most because you're gonna play it with nearly all matches and practice on using him/her a lot, and don't worry about the "i am wasting my effort on the wrong character/game" as skill can be easily transferred from a character to another and from a game to a game.

Well, if you don't like it that's one thing. You should play who you like first. But, let's take a character that's top tier and can just faceroll everybody. Whoever plays that character is going to be able to get away with lots of sloppy stuff and won't have to ever develop their game as much as somebody who has a character that has problems that the player himself needs to overcome to stand a chance.

The tier won't have a drastic effect usually but having a less capable character can force you to explore as many options as possible that you otherwise wouldn't need to. Even if the character is worse, your own skill as a player can be better.

But yeah what I'm getting at is, the important part is developing your skill, and which you can transfer between games and characters; at least, the basics of it. In games like BB you have to specialize in just one character if you want to go anywhere. They are too complex and different to just dabble in a few and get by.

[CupofT]

If you are really serious about getting better in a FG then stop caring about win-loss and PSR. At the end of the day, they're just numbers.

[StarGazer]

Well, if you don't like it that's one thing. You should play who you like first. But, let's take a character that's top tier and can just faceroll everybody. Whoever plays that character is going to be able to get away with lots of sloppy stuff and won't have to ever develop their game as much as somebody who has a character that has problems that the player himself needs to overcome to stand a chance.

The tier won't have a drastic effect usually but having a less capable character can force you to explore as many options as possible that you otherwise wouldn't need to. Even if the character is worse, your own skill as a player can be better.

But yeah what I'm getting at is, the important part is developing your skill, and which you can transfer between games and characters; at least, the basics of it. In games like BB you have to specialize in just one character if you want to go anywhere. They are too complex and different to just dabble in a few and get by.

I'd blame the characters for that, someone who plays Bang will most likely get the jumping 24/7 habit for example.

[Teutonicknight]

Well, if you don't like it that's one thing. You should play who you like first. But, let's take a character that's top tier and can just faceroll everybody. Whoever plays that character is going to be able to get away with lots of sloppy stuff and won't have to ever develop their game as much as somebody who has a character that has problems that the player himself needs to overcome to stand a chance.

The tier won't have a drastic effect usually but having a less capable character can force you to explore as many options as possible that you otherwise wouldn't need to. Even if the character is worse, your own skill as a player can be better.

But yeah what I'm getting at is, the important part is developing your skill, and which you can transfer between games and characters; at least, the basics of it. In games like BB you have to specialize in just one character if you want to go anywhere. They are too complex and different to just dabble in a few and get by.

This all the way. I'm a low-tier warrior for life! (low-tier matches are way more fun anyways)
Besides, Blazblue is one of those games where tiers hardly even matter, except for maybe CT and CS1, but as for CS2 and EX, the tiers are much tighter together, and won't matter anyways. Unless you are playing CRAZY high-level play, I wouldn't sweat it, because nearly every character is good. Take Mac's advice, and just pick someone who suits your playstyle. That's what I do, and I enjoy the game more that way. It's not fun when everyone picks the same fighter every time, right?

And be sure to practice one fighter at a time, also said by Mac. It's hard learning two totally different fighters in a game, especially BlazBlue, because every character plays drastically different!