Ok...find my 2 mains, Jean, and Lion...Lion seems to be a little more work as his combos are bit more technical/counter hit based and overall is just a high-low mixup character I think, were Jean is very defensive oriented and a heavy punisher with nice one-two combos.
Made my way up with the Dans, but starting to get beat by the better players who don't mash, and have combo/setup variety, and I'm generally fighting players where match-up knowledge is becoming extremely effective. Still, it was nice winning 10 and 20 times in a row against the Kyu fellas, and I went through all the characters I have an interest in and ended up with Lion and Jean.
First match-ups will definitely be El Blaze (grrr..hate that little flipping idiot) Shun Di, and Pai...there are giving me the most problems so far, Shun Di is a bit confusing as well to defend against. Also got rapped by a Kage who knew how to use his rolls and counter moves effectively, I really didn't know how to block any of it...true ninja stuff lol
Are you guys Gamertags the same as your PSN, that's all I see on the name tags? I'm playing VF5 on PSN as
OmniStalgic btw, OmniCloud is officially retired. tks for the tips peeps...helped me out a lot, now I ready to stop owning these scrubs online and play FOR ReAL! Well, close, online does present some slight lag, but still much better than most fighters.
the move is so satisfying to hit, you eventually get used to it...I don't main Akira, so I never felt the desire to get too competent with his bnb, but I did manage to get it down 6/10 times on PS3 dual shock.