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Hi
I know there has been a lot of players hating on the Centurion, yes I am one of them. This is more of an overview as to how he works as a playable character and my own personal opinion and suggestions. And I may Get some hate for this; on a side note I have never actually used him as a character either. So this is more what I have experienced vs another player. Overall I think this character is poorly designed and his 'description' upon reading it is only partially accurate. I quote "Melee-Specialist, Mix-up Intensive" in regards to mix-ups.. Great! He is quick and for me particularly as a Nobushi main.. hard to parry.. players mix up the directions with nice quick light attacks.. Fine. Now we get onto the main issue. Stamina Draining. I not sure what it is.. a combo whatever. But it drains stamina big time... And when it is just repeated over and over again WITH such a mix-up intensive character: fast light attacks and again the over head combo taking a lot of health, this isn't balance... I will give a example of balance that was not long taken away... Shugoki! GREAT heavy character a challenge.. nice slow.. But heavy hitter.. And his Oni Charge it doesn't do anything... it isn't worth talking about as your playing the game... 'oh let's go down the moves list.. Oni Charge..?? Nah no point' it is like a a tiny shove like your walking through the school corridor..? But the point being, was it worked with Shugoki.. when it actually knocked them down?? Because HE WAS SO SLOW. And it didn't get you far either.. because it drained his stamina fast... The centurion is not a balanced character for the vast majority of players I see.. it is a very lazy playstyle. Same combo and hits.. you have deeply flawed his design in such a way, when does stamina drain and mix up intensive work for balance; with the added agony of a vast majority of the cent players... simply lazy.. he has potential! But you added a stamina drain combo.. to a mix up intensive playstyle? And it is just abused right from the get go.. because his combos can also get abused.. and i am sorry all you centurion players out there, that would rather not see him nerfed or changed; on the basis that 'you have to get good with the character' it doesn't take a genius to see how flawed this design is.. because I play against it everyday? Like the vast majority of the now small player base.. I paid £30 for this game.. And I expected abuse of combos. But the Centurion takes the biscuit... I would rather have a slow heavy hitting shugoki. With a knockdown Oni Charge... that drains HIS stamina really fast... than a Mix-up Intensive, Stamina Draining combo abuse.. by simply put.. a lazy player base. That just can't seem to knock off an actual decent combo. Other than the same one repeated until they get a kill. I say lazy player base, regarding the vast majority of cent players.. not the very few that can string a good combo. And make a fight last longer than 30 seconds to a minute, simply because he could be bothered to learn the move sets adequately. I suggest quite simply. To take the stamina draining away. And to rework a few combos. That is all he needs. His mix ups are more than adequate to balance this character. Look forward to a reply or suggestions. Try not to get worked up over this post please, just trying to improve the gameplay.
One more thing. I realise shugoki' s headbutt drains stamina pretty much all of it.. But this trade off works, and with his Oni Charge going back to knocking players down. Would also be great too. We talk about character balance.. I believe this post is it... personally. Thank you.
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For good reasons ive only read half of the post. 99% of what you said has ben (as you said) complained on bi others. Even tho i do not agree with what you said, i want to ask thou this:
If you say cent saps stamina fast and this is a problem, have you EVER played against a raider? Because that guy saps stamina 2x faster and 3x spammable...
Arest my case!
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Yeah you clearly have not read the post??? The design of the character allows a combo to be repeated over and over. Along with the fact the character is pretty fast and 'mix-up Intensive' and to add to it. Drains stamina... I not care about the raider?? If he has stamina drain ok? But his attacks are slower.. and his combos aren't as bad as the Centurion... And yeah the post does complain about others because they are taking full advantage.. And have been for such time? And this does not warrant a change? I think so personally. But thanks for your comment.
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Personally i have no problem against a cent, cent gets your stamina to 0 from a grab wich its easy to react or kick wich is easy to react etc etc (except from parry and that doesnt deplete your stamina to 0 depending on the character) raider has a parry and a grab and youre out of stamine. Paire that with the unblockable that can be canceled insanely late into a top fast stun that its spammable as long as you have stamina and yes... you het the idea... cent is easy to play against if you know how and thats why ppl complayn of him. Not like real issues from wichbyou have no real option to get out of. And im 100% sure that cent kicks *** because ppl spam dodge and he has the heavi cancel to gb... stay your ground and 99% of the problems are solved.
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