SP2/SP3 baiting problems in war
Milan1405
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Is it just me, or have the problems with the reluctance for the AI to throw a special gotten worse recently?
I was fighting a sassy in war today and the first 80% of the fight was going great but then, all of a sudden, he just would not throw a special attack. Luckily I had him pushed in the corner so I thought I had enough room to work with but he just kept refusing to throw his special attack.
I tried every single trick in the book to manipulate the AI into throwing a special (ML into block, light intercept then stuttered dash back, light whiff, delayed dex etc) and nothing worked. Eventually Sassy pushed me into the corner and I just had to alternate between blocking (he was stun immune) and dexing but ofc he had block pen stat focus so eventually my health started to get worryingly low.
So eventually, I said "fk it" and just hit him and the SECOND he was able to, he threw his SP3. It's offseason so it doesn't really matter, but this still got me super frustrated as it's also happened to me in BGs (where time really matters) and there are countless clips of this super passive AI on youtube, the forums, discord etc.
This sassy fight really exemplified the AI issues as for most of the fight the AI was behaving normally, throwing specials fairly liberally and not requiring more than a few attempts to bait out. But when the AI gets stingy it gets REALLY stingy and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it in a timed mode; and the worst part is that it's somehow becoming more frequent. I really hope Kabam's improvements to the AI's aggressiveness are almost ready, as for me, they cannot come fast enough.
I was fighting a sassy in war today and the first 80% of the fight was going great but then, all of a sudden, he just would not throw a special attack. Luckily I had him pushed in the corner so I thought I had enough room to work with but he just kept refusing to throw his special attack.
I tried every single trick in the book to manipulate the AI into throwing a special (ML into block, light intercept then stuttered dash back, light whiff, delayed dex etc) and nothing worked. Eventually Sassy pushed me into the corner and I just had to alternate between blocking (he was stun immune) and dexing but ofc he had block pen stat focus so eventually my health started to get worryingly low.
So eventually, I said "fk it" and just hit him and the SECOND he was able to, he threw his SP3. It's offseason so it doesn't really matter, but this still got me super frustrated as it's also happened to me in BGs (where time really matters) and there are countless clips of this super passive AI on youtube, the forums, discord etc.
This sassy fight really exemplified the AI issues as for most of the fight the AI was behaving normally, throwing specials fairly liberally and not requiring more than a few attempts to bait out. But when the AI gets stingy it gets REALLY stingy and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it in a timed mode; and the worst part is that it's somehow becoming more frequent. I really hope Kabam's improvements to the AI's aggressiveness are almost ready, as for me, they cannot come fast enough.
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