Killer Instinct Discussion Thread

Jun_DP101 wrote: »

Did they change sabre wulf. I'm in work atm can't check vid

-The final hit of Shadow Leaping Slash now recaptures an airborne opponent into a ground combo.
-While the forward Dash is the same duration as before, Sabrewulf gets behind his opponent quicker now so that properly timed punish attempts are less likely to come out facing the wrong way.
-One additional frame has been added after the Super Flash before Shadow Eclipse hits.
-Backdash distance reduced.
-Crouching Light Punch pushes the opponent back further.
-Fixed a bug that let Sabrewulf cancel Crouching Medium Punch into his -Heavy Chain during Hitstop, which also prevented Manual Breakers from firing correctly.

Updated Instinct:
-In addition to its previous properties, while in Instinct Sabre now gains the ability to perform a Feral Cancel (HP+HK) which can cancel any grounded move back to neutral. This has a short cooldown on it but can be performed as much as you want during Instinct.

Just thought I'd leave these podcasts here for anyone who might be interested to hear a bit more about Season 2. They are both quite lengthy (especially the second one) but interesting enough.

MrGrimmmz's interview with Keits








CDJr podcast with Alex Valle (who has played Season 2), Paul B and others

Found the snes and started playing Ki again. !

Maya tease from Adam Isgreen's twitter page

Adam Isgreen 12/9/14

"Hello everyone,

Welcome to the post-leg textual stream! With a question for y'all too!

What’s up with KI S2:
WE ARE 11 DAYS AWAY FROM EARLY ACCESS FOR SEASON 2! 11 DAYS UNTIL TJ!
Some lucky focus testers got to go hands-on with Maya the other night. The results? Near-unanimous LOVE for how she plays. She has some of the craziest combos in the game yet – you’ll get a taste of that in her trailer.
And regarding Maya’s trailer – you will see it before the end of the month!

More endings, or more story?

For season 1, we followed the arcade games in having three endings for each character’s story. While it was great to pay homage to the originals, creating multiple endings, two of which are essentially throw-away work because they’re not canon (i.e. the “real” ending for that character that we use into the future) takes time away from adding more story element to each character that matters going forwards.

So the question I ask of all of you: is the trade-off worth it? If we could get a bit more story into each character’s story mode (say a rival intro and pre-boss scene) by removing the three endings and only having one ending per character, is that worth it to y’all? We’d like to know! Comment in the thread if you want to keep it as-is or would like more story beats in each S2 story!

From the forums / twitter:
There are no 3D rotating stages planned for KI right now.
We’re aware that some countries aren’t able to purchase the Ultra edition of KI in their respective countries’ stores. That is being resolved, and we’ll update you on it as soon as we can.
For those of you in Germany or using the German store, be aware that due to ratings restrictions in Germany, we can’t sell the Ultra edition in that country’s store.

To repeat, before launch (Oct 15th) of season 2, you will have much more information on what’s in the season, not by early access.
We currently have no intention to offer an option to play with S1 balance & features vs. S2 balance and features. Too many core systems and character scripts have been changed behind the scenes for S2 onwards to easily allow a toggle between versions.

Tease:
The teaser for the 3rd character (at the end of Maya’s trailer) does something we’ve not done before – you get an early peek at that character's stage too!
Fun Stuff!

We use a mix of motion capture and hand animation for our characters. For Maya's mocap, we got Keri Hoskins to play Maya. What other fighting game series has she done mocap for? Hint: They're in Chicago as well..."

2gen wrote: »

Maya Reveal

Reveal Trailer with a teaser at the end.

Some gameplay footage from TGS 2014. Also shows the new UI of the game.

new UI looks ass

hope you can revert it

2gen wrote: »

I'm not liking it either ... I don't see anything wrong with the original UI.

I do like the added stats at the end however

Maya at TGS 2014 with IGN


Adam Isgreen 19/9/14

Hello everyone, and welcome to the TGS edition of the Textual Stream!

What a week! TGS! Maya trailer! New character tease! A peek at the new UI!

Let’s get to it!
S1 Ultra and Combo owners, YOU get a deal on S2 Ultra Edition!

Starting on 9/23 with Early Access, and ending 9/29, all Season 1 Ultra or Combo owners will get an automatic 10% discount on the purchase of the S2 Ultra Edition! It’s our way of saying thanks for being part of S1 and believing in Killer Instinct.

Even if you buy S1 (Ultra or Combo) during that week, you can immediately take advantage of the discount on S2 Ultra Edition!


Early Access and the S1 balance update
On Monday the 22nd, the balance update for S1 will be pushed out and your game will be updated. On Tuesday the 23rd, early access starts. You will not have the ability to purchase the S2 Ultra Edition and get early access to TJ until the 23rd, so DON'T PANIC if you get the update on Monday but can't buy into S2. We wanted to make sure everyone had the update first.


Maya’s trailer!
By now, you’ve all seen Maya’s trailer. She’s an incredible character with a ton of combo and juggling options that make her amazing not only to play but to watch, too. You have only around a month before you get to play her! 60FPS version of her trailer and Ultra coming soon!

The next character teased!
We gave you a very early glimpse of the next character releasing this season. His name and origin will remain a mystery for now, but his stage, cluttered with the artifacts he’s gathered over the centuries for his dark research, is called The Forbidden Archive. You’ll know this character’s name and more of his background by Season 2 launch, and you can look for him and his trailer to arrive in November.

Maya @ TGS
Maya is playable at TGS, and we’ll be having streams and more detail on her moves and mechanics soon. We’ve got this whole S2 early access thing launching in 5 DAYS, so let’s get through that first, eh?


New UI!
Yes! There is a new UI that goes in line with the theme of this season’s story, “The Rise of Ultratech”. We’ve shown it to you a bit early at TGS, and you can look for it to be evolving up to S2’s launch and beyond.

New Progression mechanics
As some have noticed in the new UI preview at TGS, we’ve overhauled the ranking and leveling system for S2 to make it more friendly towards earning your costumes, accessories, and other badges of honor. A player will have a character level for each individual character, and a player level for overall progression. Every mode you play (except dojo / lab) contributes to character and player level, so you’ll be earning progression towards specific unlocks (for the character you’re playing) and global unlocks any time you’re playing KI in any way. We’ll have more on the new progression system before S2’s launch.


S2 characters first for Ultra Edition owners
Last season, Ultra and Combo owners got new characters on the same day. This season, S2 Ultra Edition owners will get each new character first. Several days later, S2 Combo pack owners will get them. Sometime after the combo pack gets them, they will be available for individual purchase.


#IDARB fan?
We’ve got a special surprise for you next week!


And a tease!
Boy, with all the info already this week, what could I possibly tease? How’s this:

At the end of TJ’s teaser, he was lit up by someone or something behind him. There’s only two characters from the original KI that could have possibly created a glow like that. Whichever one it was, they are returning this season. What about the other? We’re not saying yet if they’re coming this season or next. Continue the speculation!

5 DAYS TO EARLY ACCESS!

A teaser picture of the next character whom will get his full reveal at around November. So far all MS/IG have said is that this character will be a zoner.

Adam Isgreen 26/9/14

Hello everyone,

Welcome to this week's textual stream! We're only 20 DAYS from S2 launch!

Lots to cover! Let's dive in!

Early access!

We hope everyone is having fun with the new changes and TJ. There's a few balance tweaks coming with the launch of S2 (e.g. Sadira has less KV on air attacks) and we will continue to play, watch, and listen to feedback, so please continue to (constructively) contribute to KI's development here on the forums!

Matchmaking & “the spinal patch”

Many players have commented that after the release of Spinal during S1, matchmaking became more difficult. Before the Spinal update, we were much more tolerant of >50ms pings in matchmaking, supporting pings of up to 200ms. That changed after the Spinal patch, getting a lot more restrictive on pings beyond 50ms.

We’re addressing this. Right around the launch of Season 2, matching search criteria will look at a larger range of pings (up to 150ms) and be less exclusive as it generationally searches for good matches between players. This should result in an easier time finding a match anywhere in the world . Of course, we’ll continue to adjust until we get it right so that everyone worldwide can play anyone else and have a good game.

S2 Progression systems

First things first – SPEND YOUR KP NOW!

We are moving away from a point bank & spend system (KP) and instead embracing an earned XP system based on you just playing the game in any non-practice mode. The new system unlocks items based on player or character level, so you’ll automatically earn your colors and accessories just by playing. The level system will continue to grow over the season, so there’s lots of stuff to chase for each character, including 9 colors (yep, 9! For both S1 and S2 characters!) and other prestige items.

For items that you already own from S1, you will automatically have them unlocked rather than having to hit the character level to access them. This is why you should spend your KP before S2 starts.

“KI Gold”

While all non-premium accessories are available by leveling (i.e. for free), we’re also going to be offering a way to shortcut the level requirements of some accessories and colors through an in-game currency that you only purchase with real money called, appropriately, KI Gold. So if you really want color 6, but don't want to wait to level up to get it, you can buy KI Gold and spend it on the color instead of leveling up and getting it for free. For those that don’t buy the S2 ultra edition, KI gold is the new way you’ll also buy the premium accessories if you choose to do so - you don't buy them directly any longer.

Note that you get a much better deal buying the Ultra Edition than you do buying the accessories individually, just like last season.

And since we believe that there should be badges of honor that you absolutely must earn, things such as color 9 are ONLY available through leveling.

KI soundtracks

The delay in launching the soundtracks was over the offers – we have two albums and a double set, and we didn’t want anyone to buy one individually and then realize there was a double album with a discounted price. We decided to remove the singular albums for now and feature one two-disc 25 track version that features remastered versions of all the Killer Cuts tracks (they sound amazing!), plus all the KI Season 1 music in one package (also amazing!).

THE DIGITAL 2-ALBUM SET WILL BE AVAILABLE ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 14th. We’ll have more information on the outlets soon.

The Season 2 launch trailer

Shortly before Season 2 starts on October 15th, we will release a launch trailer. The trailer features TJ’s track (it’s… really, really good) and gives you a very clear picture of which of the remaining original characters are returning this season, plus drive speculation on the new ones as well!

Is Bayliss fixing/updating/changing/etc. any S1 costumes?

No. Kev is busy with the S2 alternate costumes. I wouldn’t call them retro exactly, but they certainly reflect Kev’s signature style.

Teases:
I never said that character #3 is 3500 years old…
You will see the results of “the 10%” at launch…

Killer Instinct At TFC 2014

KI has just started.

Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/bifuteki

Brackets: http://thefallclassic.challonge.com/tfc2014_ki

Winners Top 8

TheSteamCO CD Jr (TJ Combo)
RM Cloud (Glacius)
GnarlyFeats (Orchid)
Gimpy NS (Orchid)

Losers Top 8

MOT Rico Suave (Spinal and Fulgore)
PR Balrog (Orchid)
IC EWTH ASAP Ricky 88 (Fulgore)
Paul B (Sabrewulf)

Top 8 will be streamed on the same channel tomorrow (12/10) at around 6:30pm (1pm est).

Killer Instinct Soundtrack



Tracklist:

Killer Instinct Season 1

1. Touch Me and I'll Break Your Face [0:00 - 5:48]
2. The Instinct [5:49 - 12:42]
3. Hinnamatoom [12:43 - 18:33]
4. Warlord [18:34 - 24:59]
5. The Tiger Warrior [25:00 - 30:03]
6. Type-03 [30:04 - 35:26]
7. Shatterhail [35:27 - 40:11]
8. Ballet of death [40:12 - 45:24]
9. Lycanthropy [45:25 - 54:40]
10. The End [54:41 - 57:38]

Killer Cuts (KI Classic)

11. The Way U Move [SeamlessR Remix] [57:39 - 1:02:10]
12. K.I. Feeling (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:02:11 - 1:05:54]
13. The Way U Move (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:05:55 - 1:09:53]
14. Controlling Transmission (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:09:54 - 1:13:46]
15. Oh Yeah (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:13:47 - 1:17:07]
16. It's A Jungle (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:17:08 - 1:20:11]
17. Do It Now! (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:20:12 - 1:24:07]
18. Full Bore (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:24:08 - 1:27:23]
19. The Instinct (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:27:24 - 1:32:17]
20. Yo Check This Out! (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:32:18 - 1:33:52]
21. Freeze (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:33:53 - 1:36:03]
22. Trailblazer (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:36:04 - 1:37:54]
23. Tooth & Claw (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:37:55 - 1:41:01]
24. Ya Ha Haa (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:41:02 - 1:44:02]
25. Rumble (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:44:03 - 1:46:13]
26. The Extreme (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:46:14 - 1:48:44]
27. Humiliation (Original Arcade Soundtrack) [1:48:45 - 1:49:25]

You can now find the full soundtrack for purchase on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes and Xbox music.

TJ Combo and Maya full themes

RKosmik has released the two themes on his youtube channel. He records all the music clips in game and then edits them together to get the full tune. He has done this for every theme when Season 1 was releasing characters.



TJ Combo




Maya

FutureGuy wrote: »

The KI forums on SRK are absolutely dead. I'm going to add people from the lists here and hopefully have a few games later today. Messing with new characters.

you need to go to http://www.ultra-combo.com/forums/index.php if you are looking for an active KI forum.