before the tuner I was hella having fun with the game. Sure there were a couple things that needed adjusting - the perfect block was way to easy to exploit and some people complained that the 1 punch KO occurred too often (I didn't).
So they removed the perfect block, then fucked up a bunch of other shit in the process.
Accuracy is down, which at first I thought was cool, but because body punches and shit off-set your punches, when you're facing a jab spammer (especially one that mixes it up head & body) counter punching is a lot harder, and imo that's not cool. Guys that fight like retards should pay dearly for it. And when the 1 punch KO was there they would always get KO'd. Not now though since it's been removed.
Now, as a counter puncher my self that likes to side step when I anticipate the punch, it's becoming very difficult to do so because for one, a little jab or whatever will off set my punch/motion and two, accuracy is down so even if I do slip the punch, there is a good chance I wont even land it a counter. sure I can back-step a body spammer and try to land a quick jab or straight to their face, but often it will come just short for some reason then I'm right back into getting jabbed to death until I back out (so that just gives my opponent a few quick shots on me). And next thing you know after only a few rounds of doing that my stamina is 70-75% since they changed the stamina so dramatically and little faggot jabs to the body drain your stamina.
I went about 8-2 last night. But four of those fights I won by last round KO or KO in the 9th round, and all four of those fights I was badly behind on the scorecards. Why? Because I was getting "out-punched" each round by super jabbers, even though I was landing much more counters and hard shots. That's frustrating. Sure, with patience I can usually beat these guys, but it's annoying and not very fun. I'm not even going to talk about runners.
More often then not fighting online feels like a chore, it's not fun. Either I'm playing some type of spammer or a runner and each I know right away that I'm going to be playing 9-10 rounds and it's going to be a bitch, very boring and frustrating. Every now and then I'll fight someone who just likes to fight, and it's great. This is not how it was before the tuner, I had a blast.
I still have hope because this was the first tuner and not the last. They had the right intention, but they overdid a few things. With all the complaining and feedback they've been receiving from the community, there will be another tuner which I hope is a nice balance from pre-tuner to post-tuner (if that makes sense). Some happy medium. All they need to do is decrease the chance of 1 punch KO's (not remove it entirely!) and maybe just bring back perfect block, because that was an easy way to counter the body spammers, or make it so body jabs and straights can't off-set your fighter. And heavily fatigued someone who throws the same punch in a row.
