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No problem. Yeah I've played Segata alot, we first met in DOA4 actually in 2008 or so. His name was Schwert Ryu back then
He has a great Ayane, and we've had many intense Ayane/Hitomi fights.

Right, he mentioned that he has been playing DOA for a long time. I think my win rate against him must be about 8% or so. xD
His Bayman is a pain to fight, not to mention is Ayane as you already said. I don't like fighting Ayane in general.

I think Ayane is just a top tier character in general, her spacing is as good as Ein's = the best. My winrate vs. Segata is over 50% but ONLY because he sometimes stubbornly uses Hitomi against me, otherwise we're equally skilled.

Ayane also has good mixups and juggle damage. I don't know, does she even have a weakness?

People say that her weakness is that he sometimes is in a back-turned state (therefore no blocking) and that she has some attacks that unsafe on block, e.g. her low kicks. However, the first point cannot be used as advantage imo, because she is spinning around fast and is fast in general.

The second point is also not really a specific weakness, because almost every fighter has attacks that are unsafe on block, especially lows. If you don't know any more weaknesses she has with your experience, I do not even more. I wont complain, but for me, she is a bit unfair due her high dmg output on, speed, two cb's and so on ...

I guess her spinning moves can be a weakness, as they can be interrupted with a quick mid or 2p (I think). I can't think of anything else right now. Even her throw damage is goodish.

What did you mean by saying that Segata used Hitomi "stubbornly" against you? That he tried to show that he is as good as you with her? Also, I'm interested to know what made you choosing the characters you play (Hayate, Bayman, especially Hitomi).

No he didn't try to show that, he was just learning Hitomi as a secondary I guess. I used the wrong word. What made you choose Kasumi? I chose Hayate because he's easy to use and learn and has some cool moves.

Hitomi - she's cute and I wanted to pick a realistic fighting style back in DOA3, and she's a karateka. Also she's easy to use. Bayman, I love his charisma and offensive holds. Especially I love his neck grab OH (236h+p).

Well in my case, it's a pretty strange story.^^
A friend showed me NG3:RE on his Xbox360 and there, I'd seen Ayane as character the first time.(I did not know anything about DOA or Ninja Gaiden) somehow, I was attired from her style (purple hair, a cool looking modern ninja, ...) and all this ninja stuff, so I bought the console and the game.

While playing the game, I recognized that there were also two other playable female ninjas, so I also tested them. Momiji didn't convince me, she was anti-appealing to me in all ranks. However, Kasumi felt somehow worlds better than Momiji and ways better than Ayane. So after playing her a bit, I was completly facinated by her.

I never had any game where a playable character did elate me so much, she looks beautiful, her character fits my imagination in all points (soft, friendly but still also able to fight if it's necessary), she's japanese (I like japanese in general) and she has a great fighting style.

I started to read more about the background of characters from TN , thats also why I started playing DOA5. I also figured out that Ayane had a more rude character, so somehow, I don't like her at all now. One I'd also tested out the other characters and got some knowledge about them, I was convinced that Kasumi would be my main for ever.

Regarding to the technical aspects, I also like to play her, not because she is easy to learn, rather because she is hard to master (especially since Ultimate). I always liked characters in games that were weaker, but faster, intelligent and do not want to have a front-row seat . That's why I would never choose Hayabusa (to much coolness), Bayman (to badass) or Christie/Tina/Leon (to braggy) as my main for example.

In short, everything on Kasumi is perfect

Okay lol, I don't like the "mean" girls either. Today I ran into a few good players, and one of them was called "WanoTheRising". You know him/her? Kokoro player, and what was annoying was that her in-string launchers and stun extensios came out so fast that with the little delay, I couldn't get my

parry/hold input out, even though I knew what hit was coming! I lost to him/her 2-1 today, but I'll show them next time!

Sorry, I don't know him. Currently, I'm not able to play that much during the week because of my studies, so I haven't met many people yet on PSN. Maybe I'm able to visit some lobbies and make acquaintance with players there at the weekend.

I've noticed that you are playing a lot more as you did on XBL, don't you?^^