[Multiplatform] Boobs and... Lightsabers - Soul Calibur 4

Just wondering if anyone else has the PS3 version? Thought we could have a bout or two when there's a chance. Kinda looking forward to seeing the CaS you guys made. (I have mine in me gurnal, 3 screens)

Quite sure I've unlocked all CaS parts too, got me 31 honors already.

Another thing to point out, Taki, is broken. Nobody but a handful in the PS3 community could beat me. Handful as in 2 out of the near hundred fights I fought. The other loses in my stats are from my Nightmare bouts.

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Originally Posted by Summonmaster

I do, although when I tried earlier to have a quick match or host a game it said my connection timed out, even though I was still connected to Playstation Network somehow :/

Just restart your PS3 if that happens. And then prepare for "game session is full/can't connect" a couple of time in between every successful match up. Anyways add me on your PSN, we should go for some non-ranked matches. Your PSN is Summonmaster too?

@OP: Aww man, I was looking forward for a match with you. Any chance of getting the PS3 version too? =PP

@SouthJag: Just download the system update with the PC and transfer it to the PS3 with a thumbdrive.

Anyways, if anyone else has the PS3 version, let me know, we should have a friendly match ;D

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It's a couple of bucks this time. $1.50 for the CaS stuff, but $15 for SC1 soundtrack. Not that I'm buying anything.

[edit] Also, what the hell are people thinking when they make characters like these

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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

You might wanna reconsider giving up $15 for the SC1 soundtrack. It's only available in-game for battles. Daylight robbery if you ask me.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Just put on equipment with good stats instead of the Impact/Gauge/Special/etc bullshit. And use Venom Fang A for those insane mobs.

Note that I haven't played much of the Tower though I know this strategy. I already got all equipments from getting above 30 honors. I have exactly 41 honors. Only a couple left. I'll probably run through the tower for 30 treasures (honor) then just complete it normally.

I was speaking idiomatically.

May or may not help, but try mixing in throws and low attacks. AIs don't guard against low attacks as often. Even on Arcade or Story-Hard, I spam Mitsu/Nightmare/Astaroth with low attacks and get perfects often enough.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I heard that not installing delays the loading time by a bunch. I didn't compare though, installed right away.

FELIPE NO

Tower of Lost Souls was actually easier than I expected, having survived

34 floors without dying:

Also, Arcade scores just for the heck of it.

Spoiler:

Updated these images in my last gurnal entry.

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ToLS is divided into two paths:- Ascend and Descend.

You can have your own sweet time completing ascend since matches are divided into 2-3 floors each, allowing you to continue from the latest floor you stopped.

Descend on the other hand, is the survival mode of SCIV. Your HP carries over to the next match, and you get a treasure unlocked for every 5 floors beaten. Lose one, and you restart from floor 1.

And yesh, Astaroth is awesome in the tower. That was who I used too. Yun Seong's -->B is a hack when it comes to quick Critical Finishes, but might be a little hard to pull in descend. AIs combo you liek wut.

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The beauty of Yun Seong is, you don't even need to max his style to play him. A level 1 YS is as formidable as a level 9 YS. AIs are dumb enough to just stand there and block the -->B until they get soul crushed, then destroyed with L1.

First thing I did when I got the game was to clear story mode with everyone. Wanted to have a complete Ending list.

Also, the LE exclusive CaS parts, are they any good? I heard those codes can be used twice too?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

God, I can't beat the last couple floors of the tower ascend. Floor 57~59 is hell. The AIs actually uses the tag-team combos to a full extent. Once you get caught, say goodbye to your life gauge.

If anyone has any tips on the damn thing, I'll be bloody thankful for it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Lacerta

Grapple til infinity?

Random 360 people I've heard mention this area used The Apprentice as one of the two characters (mostly because he can take advantage of people he can get into the air)

I manage to get Astaroth with HP Drain A and Venom A, cleared 57 and 58 with low sweep attacks. Got lucky with the AI on 58 actually. Then at 59; fucking Nightmare is immune to grapple, and blocks every shit I throw at him. Then he comes at me and gang rape me with that damn ring girl. Can't even recall her name now due to anger. Also, for some reason, the AI's grapple counter rate is random. There was a match where I couldn't grapple at all.

As for the Apprentice strat, doesn't work too well. I use him for his B+G grapples to throw mobs off the map, but not much use otherwise. Floor 59 Nightmare seriously blocks all my grapple attempts. I'm quitting this part of the tower until a solid strategy appears. First time I felt so frustrated over a game to the point of throwing the controller out the window.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Nullify counter seems to be quite pointless. You can't really break enemy's combos with it on anyhow. And by Soul Drain, you mean HP Drain?

But the thing about Siegfried or Nightmares, they can't combo much. Same with Astaroth. When the AIs closes in, if you can't repel them with a knockdown, you're pretty much dead. They could tag-rape you from full health to 0 without pause.

Shave Damage may sound good, but I'd rather slot in HP Drain/Venom A since Shave doesn't do much damage.. Not enough skill points to slot all of that without sacrificing major ATK/DEF/HP stats.

And I also read that some dude actually grappled floor 59 Nightmare all the way. Hard to believe it worked. The AIs must've been on sleep mode when he played it.

Seriously, Namco should work on their AI. Command reading AI is NOT challenging, it simply takes the fun out of a game. I'm taking a break from 57~59. Let me know what you think when you hit those floors.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I don't think the long range poke method works well enough. Whenever I step back, the AI starts chasing after me. And often, they wait for me to attack before dropping their own guard and retaliate. Command reading AIs FTL.

There are a couple of "best" sets around, depending on character stats, or skill stats. And by skill stats, there are even more combinations depending on the skills you wish to equip.

If you're interested, this is the female CaS equipment that got me through level 1-56. 45/46 and all that don't matter, it's just the same character but with different style when need arise. I throw in Yun Seong style for Criticals, works wonders on mobs with super ATK/DEF.

Voodoo Crown (D+30 HP+15 Power+35 Special +30)
Ribbon (Gauge+10)
Gorgon Spaulders (D+30 HP+25)
Kunoichi Tights (A+10 HP+10 Power+10 Gauge+10)
Tortoise Cuirass (D+35 HP+25 Gauge+20)
Gorgon Gauntlets (A+20 D+25 HP+5)
Gorgon Fauld (D+40 HP+10 Gauge+20)
Shinobi Tabi (Gauge+10)
Kingfisher Greaves (A+30 D+15 HP+5 Gauge+20)

With Astaroth's style, I have the Nanbanfu Axe equipped and I get a final A-137% D-135% HP-145% with HP Drain A, Venom Fang C and Auto Counter C. My main priority was HP Drain, the rest were to fill up the extra skill points.

You'll only need to get to level 8 for HP Drain A. Heck, if you'll be spamming Yun Seong's -->B, you don't even need HP Drain. Just throw in a Soul Gauge Damage A, available at level 6. If you want an easier run, prepare a 2-3 Astaroths for tag teams as well (or 2-3 Yun Seong, as you'd like it).

Additional Spam:
Wow, I cleared floors 57~59. Not sure if it was luck, don't intend to retry and find out. I reworked my Astaroth, gave him higher damage/defense, and spammed my usual sweep attack with Venom A.

Surprisingly, didn't have to grapple at all. And I killed Nightmare before ring girl. Just had to time my mid~long ranged attacks to keep them at bay and let Venom do it's part.

And, floor 60 is easy as hell. Used 3 of my latest Astaroth (will post recipe if anybody interested), and finished Algol in less than a minute. Same tactic as the previous 3 floors. Now I only have 6 more honors left before completing the list.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

How on earth do you get 175% HP or 200% ATK? When I build a CaS, it's like some force is holding me back, forcing me to balance out the stats. I can't even get a certain stat to 160% without having some other stat to fall below 100%.

But anyhow, let me know how it is when you get to 57 and up. I spammed 1A, A and 1A, B till then. And then it doesn't work that well with 1A, B since they parry it alot easier with the command reading AIs.

Also, farming gold off floor 60 Algol. Getting 12500 every 2~3 minutes lolol

[EDIT] I just realized that the announcer in SCIV is Col. Campbell from MGS. What the hell. "YOU WIN. SCISSORS61."

[EDIT2] Supposedly, the empty slot between Apprentice and Vader is a slot for this new character

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How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Kostaki

I can't seem to win a match online at all, and those are the last achievements I really need. I'm more of a reflexive player using Taki or Mitsurugi, but it seems like both of them are out the window because everyone and their dog chooses either Kilik, Astaroth, or Nightmare and then begins spamming the holy hell out of every distance move they can knowing you can't defend from it. That 1 second delay simply does not allow for it.

Any suggestions as to what I can do to neutralize this?

How can you say that the tower is easy while you can't win a fight online? I have over 80 consecutive wins with Taki online but I find floors 57~59 in the tower to be mad hard.

If your opponents spam Kilik/Astaroth/Nightmare, spam them back with fast characters. I hadn't had any problems with Taki. Another protip, upgrade your character's ATK/DEF/HP stats. Having good skills equipped but low in character stats and you're dead anyway.

Also @Lace: 200% ATK Astaroth kills enemies in 2 hits, but has shitty overall stats.. Unfortunately not ideal for tower usage.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I know for one thing: my skills aren't good enough for head on collision against floor 57~59 AIs. I got over those floors by playing it safe, hanging back and using longer ranged attacks. It's purely luck against the AIs. If it counts for anything, I had no problem farming Algol on floor 60 either.

As for online, I have no trouble anticipating what you mentioned from other people. Heck, I don't even need to grapple them to win if they have auto grapple equipped.


On the side note, only 4 honors left! Wooo~

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Those are incredibly well done! I'd love the Raziel recipe especially. Now if only there's a guitar joke weapon for I-No (she isn't flat, just not Lara Croft properties).

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You don't have to have an ugly mismatched dress-up for good stats.

I quite like my CaS here, A-155%/D-149%/HP-150%:

Sorry about my cheap TV and phone cam ;___;

I initially got 30 honors for the equipments too. Now I get the remaining honors for the sake of completing the list. And it's the better alternative for all equipment than going through the tower's treasures.

Honors left are (4): 100 Criticals, 200 impacts, obtain 350 equipments, all equipments and weapons.

It's just a matter of patience for these now.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

By the way, if you want to get-

12500 gold in 13 seconds,

-all you need to do is fight your way up 59 floors of the tower,

YouTube Video

and watch Algol jump off the top.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Kostaki

Nice, but will he do that every time? He has about 20 ways to ring you out as well. I love that fight though if only for that stage music. I ended up raping Story on Hard repeatedly until I had enough gold, S Rank is 24000 gold.

Are you kidding? I got from 600 gold to around 50k in around 2 minutes, including loading time. Just have some common sense to equip Nullify Ring Out A and your last few honors are yours in no time. Going through story is a waste of time.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Kostaki

It certainly wasn't a waste of time for me, but to each his own I guess. I've never beaten Algol at all using that method, I beat him normally each time I fight him. Eventually I got to the point that I decided to just rip the stage music and leave it be.

I don't really regret doing it the way I did.

I've beaten Algol countless times with my farming team, the legit way. I still get 12.5k gold in 1~2 minutes or so compared to 10 minutes of story mode for 24k. I've already beaten story with everyone, no point wasting time on it.

And going through 10 minutes of the game in real time for 24k isn't a waste of time compared to getting 12.5k gold in 10-20 seconds? If you say so.

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...are there unlockable items exclusive to the Tower of Lost Faggots mode, or can I just unlock all this with honors.

No exclusives except a stage unlocked in 14th floor or so. The rest can be bought from the shop after honor unlocks them.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Whoa, you basically need like, 3 million gold to buy everything. I just got the honor for all weapons and equipments, and my final gold tally was 3028450 on my Tower of Gold counter.

FELIPE NO

Too bad the PS3 version doesn't have achievements. I've got nothing to do after getting all honors.

How ya doing, buddy?

The trophy system is bullshit. So far, main PS3 titles like MGS4 and SC4 doesn't have any trophies. Heck, 90% of the current titles doesn't have trophies. I don't even know of any game that has trophies. They tried copying Xbox's achievement system, but pretty much failed so far.

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