How to fix survival mode?

[Naked on Mondays]

I think most if not all of us would agree that survival mode in its current form is a failure and worst of all it is not fun, but what should be done to fix it.

The three things I would like to see changed are the length of each match, your health set to high and the computer’s to lowest, and finally far less counters.

To quote Bass survival is “too damn LONG!” At a rate of 15 seconds per fight that is 25 minutes to complete and you have to do it four times to complete all difficulties. If the computer had less life it would make the overall time shorter and help make it a bit fairer for the player.

Most importantly something has to be done about the counters. Once you get to about round 40 the computer starts to counter everything. I think survival mode should be more about an endurance slug fight I personally don’t think it would hurt the integrity of the mode it the computer could not counter at all.

So what do you guys think should be done? Do you even think Team Ninja will fix the mode?

Also any tips or tricks for survival mode are welcome.

 

[Sett]

It's already a test of endurance, how long you can mash the same combo over and over again without fucking up. If it was a real survival mode you would barely recover any health after an opponent hence how many fighters can you survive.

 

[DR2K]

Remove Lisa's last costume unlock and have it unlock after certain playtime and patch this shitty mode out.

 

[CyberEvil]

I've already sent some suggestions up the chain, but I recommended lowering the overall difficulty of the enemy AI, killing input-reading entirely, and a checkpoint-like system so that if you lost you didn't just start over.

 

[Deleted member 473]

I've already sent some suggestions up the chain, but I recommended lowering the overall difficulty of the enemy AI, killing input-reading entirely, and a checkpoint-like system so that if you lost you didn't just start over.

Thats the thing, haha. It wouldnt be Survival mode if it didn't.

 

[Megawarrior]

Fightng Akira on True Fighter time attack with helena is the best and worst thing I have experienced in the game so far.

 

[CyberEvil]

Thats the thing, haha. It wouldnt be Survival mode if it didn't.

The current system isn't fair to begin with, so it's hardly a Survival mode. It's a war of attrition you can't win unless you spam a move over and over. I'd rather have a beatable mode that doesn't really fit the name than one that is single-handedly the most broken mode in series history. At least in the shitty precursor to this mode in DoAD was winnable with Hayabusa's fireball. This garbage is just frustrating for the sake of it. There is no challenge when you can't actually fight due to input reading. Fuck this mode. It actually makes me not want to play the game itself.

 

[Crystic]

Dear god, Mila on Legend. Please stop. T.T

 

[Vicioushellsing]

While not "survival mode" limited. Trying to beat arcade mode without using a single continue on legend? I need to find a gimmick like the old jann lee unblockable the computer would run into every time. Because trying to legit fight these AI isn't happening.

 

[UncleKitchener]

Survival isn't enjoyable any more. I'm gonna skip out on this and besides I got Alpha unlocked anyway.

 

[Zeo]

Dear god, Mila on Legend. Please stop. T.T

Fought her. The pinnacle, PINNACLE, of input reading. Took me a good 30 minutes or more to take her down with Hitomi.

 

[Sora]

FG AI has, is and always will be broken. SC5 Legendary Souls got close to breaking that mold with not reading your inputs but rather storing your favorite inputs, but it was still far from resembling a human opponent.

 

[Chaos]

The A.I. Behavor is the same as DOA4....but harder and sometimes this game will piss you off. Even on Normal difficulty im having a tough time fighting against cpu which means it's time to head back into training mode but I wish TN would of tone down the difficulty with a patch, but not too hard & not too easy.


Edit: The input reading bullshit is the reason why I HATE DOA2U so much back then.