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Street Fighter V |OTVIIII| New Generation - Fighting Game Is Something So Great

Neoxon

Junior Member
That link says only the 2016 Halloween costumes are only available for a limited time, not the new 2017 costumes for Bison, Fang, Birdie, Urien and Dhalsim.
So it's possible that I won't have to worry about the Gill costume going away for a year?
 

kikiribu

Member
So it's possible that I won't have to worry about the Gill costume going away for a year?
Well, the Unity blog that announced the costumes didn't say anything about the costumes going away, and the PS Store doesn't have a date either, so yeah, at the moment, it's here to stay until they officially announce otherwise. Limited time costumes are a stupid idea anyway.
 

Neoxon

Junior Member
Well, the Unity blog that announced the costumes didn't say anything about the costumes going away, and the PS Store doesn't have a date either, so yeah, at the moment, it's here to stay until they officially announce otherwise. Limited time costumes are a stupid idea anyway.
Agreed, it also grinds my gears in Overwatch when they limit when you can obtain certain costumes. I'm cool with them not being in the loot boxes, but at least let us use our credits to buy Santabjörn & Elf Tracer. You can just add more holiday costumes each year (which makes sense for SFV since not everyone got Halloween or Christmas costumes last year).

Anyway, I agree with MrCarter in that this year's Halloween batch is probably one of the best batches of costumes in a while (& that's not even counting the other costumes that came out). I kinda get some Master Mummy vibes (albeit skinner) from Dhalsim's Halloween costume, especially with how his arms stretch.


I would assume the November date is correct.

I'm just gonna wait for a bundle next year.
Smart man. Though in my case, all I want is the Gill costume. That being said, what we're talking about is the fact that there was no limited time period listed for the 2017 Halloween costumes.
 

lupinko

Member
I would assume the November date is correct.

I'm just gonna wait for a bundle next year.

The November date only applies to the 2016 costumes.

I can't believe you guys made me ask Capcom on Twitter now as a result of this. I want the costumes too but I don't want to rush into buying them right now. I already bought four costumes, English Manor (didn't want to wait for the 70k grind unlike other stages) and CPS1 music pack.
 
Wow, you went from playing the lowest damage character in the game to arguably the highest.
It's strange hitting someone a few times and killing them before I even realize it. A huge contrast to FANG, but I love how heavy and deliberate he feels. I think it's actually making my defense better, since he is so damn slow and chunky. FANG is my dude though, so no way am I dropping him as he is the best in the game. I still remember not being sure who I'd play with before the game released, and being 100% certain when that trailer dropped.

Number two is always number one! Keeping my eye on Zeku though...
 

LakeEarth

Member
I'm on a 10 game losing streak, gonna be ultra gold soon at this rate.

EDIT - broke the losing streak and immediately split. Screw the FM.
 

Teh Lurv

Member
Hold up, the win 10 ranked matches thing expires today? That's new.

Thanks for mentioning that, I assumed that was a full week mission. Got my 5,000FM.

Oof, I need to stop playing Ranked at the middle of the day. The game keeps matching me with players from Britain & Western Europe with supposedly 4-5 bar connections but once I'm in game, I watch half my hits get rolled back. It doesn't seem to affect my opponents though. I lost about 800LP completing that mission. I clawed back the LP once late afternoon rolled around and I started getting matches from the US & Canada.
 

Pompadour

Member
I don't know if a large chunk of the playerbase is playing MvCI but I've been matched up with the same players repeatedly more today than any other time since the game launched.
 

Surfside

Banned
I don't know if a large chunk of the playerbase is playing MvCI but I've been matched up with the same players repeatedly more today than any other time since the game launched.


Feels the same way here in Europe, let's hope this is just temporarily.

Lost nearly 1000 lp but atleast i'm back to silver. Dropped my target combo the hole time. Feels like i wasted the hole play session.Should have stopped earlier, should have...
 

MCD250

Member
Be super bizarre if only some of the Halloween costumes went away this year. Either they all gotta go or they all gotta stay.
 
Well even if it's not specifically stated, isn't it Occam's razor that the 2017 costumes will also not be available from that period onwards?
 

kikiribu

Member
What’s even the point of taking them down again? Isn’t Capcom supposed to love money? It’s safe to assume that a lot of players will still keep buying the costumes even after Halloween is over. Not everyone just uses them for Halloween.

Seems that the lesson would be, “you should have bought it when we told you to, bitch”
 

lupinko

Member
What’s even the point of taking them down again? Isn’t Capcom supposed to love money? It’s safe to assume that a lot of players will still keep buying the costumes even after Halloween is over. Not everyone just uses them for Halloween.

Seems that the lesson would be, “you should have bought it when we told you to, bitch”

It's to generate impulse buying.

It's why I bought all those Halloween and Christmas costumes last year.
 

Pompadour

Member
What’s even the point of taking them down again? Isn’t Capcom supposed to love money? It’s safe to assume that a lot of players will still keep buying the costumes even after Halloween is over. Not everyone just uses them for Halloween.

Seems that the lesson would be, “you should have bought it when we told you to, bitch”

I'm guessing you know this already but they're doing it for the same reason all businesses offer products "for a limited time only!" People will buy products they're waffling on if they think they won't be available later on.
 

kikiribu

Member
Yeah I’m aware I just don’t agree with it is all (for any game that does it, really). Same with preorder exclusive costumes, same with region exclusive colors, etc. I actually think it ruins the experience for lots of people knowing they have to miss out on in-game content over some silly ass “business” reasons.

If a Collector’s Edition is available from day one, it should include everything that was “exclusive” to retailers and other regions, for example. Just seems wrong to me otherwise and every new generation gets worse at handling things like this.
 

hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
So uh. When's Zeku?
Capcom will be talking about new content for their fighting games at NY Comic Con. So there's a chance it happens this coming week. The reveal at least.

The exact wording is "Capcom drops by the Twitch stage to show off the latest content from two of their popular fighting games." So they could easily disappoint by showing a bunch of stuff that has recently released. I don't know why anyone would go to a panel like that, though.

edit: I've unconvinced myself. This sounds like a totally perfunctory panel. Are there any major tournaments this month?
 
I need some real help with Menat man... going down from my super silver I got with Mika only to go down to ultra bronze with Menat hurts. I've been training too and I still can't win much. It takes so much to win because of low damage.....
 

Stantron

Member
I got my 10 ranked reward with 7:59:47 on the clock. Holy shit that was close. I thought it was gonna last longer. Good thing I checked.
 

Gr1mLock

Passing metallic gas
Capcom will be talking about new content for their fighting games at NY Comic Con. So there's a chance it happens this coming week. The reveal at least.

The exact wording is "Capcom drops by the Twitch stage to show off the latest content from two of their popular fighting games." So they could easily disappoint by showing a bunch of stuff that has recently released. I don't know why anyone would go to a panel like that, though.

edit: I've unconvinced myself. This sounds like a totally perfunctory panel. Are there any major tournaments this month?

You've raised and dashed not only mine but your own hopes at the same time.
 
I lost my street fighter skills after playing hyper and anime fighters exclusively for the past few months. Trying to slowly relearn the fundamentals and combo structure is a frustrating process.
 

MCD250

Member
I'm thinking Zeku at the end of this month, new (and old) Christmas costumes at the end of November, S3 balance patch (and maybe a new character) at the end of December and that'll be it for SFV for the rest of the year.
 
I'm thinking Zeku at the end of this month, new (and old) Christmas costumes at the end of November, S3 balance patch (and maybe a new character) at the end of December and that'll be it for SFV for the rest of the year.

Didn't the holiday costumes come out like December 20th last year? Why so early?
 

Surfside

Banned
Akuma's f.hp can be thrown out right before he lands the move.

This is some Decapre level bullshit.


Same is true for Chun's diagonal mk. I inadvertently input this shitty move almost every match and get thrown for it. Like if everyone knows you can throw this move.
 
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