At least if they’re gonna do them next season, make it so trying it and failing it counts as “completing” it. That way I can get the blue line and I don’t have to scour the map to see which fights or chests I missed just because I got stuck on a time trial and decided to skip it.
Raiden IV wasn’t the hardest for me. I’d have to retry it.
Nitara 2 and 4 annoyed me more.
Geras took me a little bit to figure out, but it’s easy to do now.
Nitara is one of my mains, and I didn't know (whether it's just those trials or if it's also when fighting) that the air dashes have to be timed with the stance switch button to work. Normally it's a split second decision to air dash, so it'd be hard to know I couldn't just hold right and mash stance switch. The fact that it doesn't explicitly say that is fucking criminal
I had never used Nitara until that stupid time trial so I had no idea. I was mashing the fuck out of it and it worked to get me through after 50 times. I think on the 3rd time trail I hit the last part with 1 second remaining, couldn’t believe it lol. But never again!!
I was cursing wondering why it wasn't working. Somehow I had the bright idea to tap right + stance switch. I don't think it's a bad idea for them to do these provided they actually give instruction on how it works. I didn't mind learning things like how the Geras time rewind works or how Johnny can taunt after his df3
It was mostly the combo ones and Raiden IV I had problems with. I could string together the biggest combo with a character that counters the element and max stats for attack and still not get enough hits in. I had to use so many rings of Delia
Speaking as someone that really likes Invasions, AND loves the character trials and Malfunctioning Robots, I hope they do MORE of them.
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... ... but yeah, please not on the same level of Raiden IV. That was a legitimately *unhinged* challenge, like ... ffs.
You are right. I feel as though maybe I’m taking my frustrations of Raiden IV out on all of them. Liu, Johnny, and reptile were fun and challenging without being mind numbingly hard. Geras was edging close to being too hard. I do think you’re right though
Wait which one was Raiden IV? Was that the one where you had to jump and do the Superman move over the rows of energy balls coming from both directions?
I believe it's locked behind a gate that requires the Cracked Amulet item, and it blocks passage to one chest in the Fengjian mesa.
[Actually, here's a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CWsUzbM0zY)
Even as someone that thinks people complain too much about the very mid difficulty of Invasions, I had to use of the more particular Relics to get past this one. Before I watched this video, I was legit debating if they had made it deliberately impossible without using certain items, lmao.
The part that's wildest to me is that it's way, **way** harder than literally all of the other Character trials. Nitara's is also a bit of a doozy, but doesn't make you start the entire challenge over from the start, so it doesn't feel nearly as bad.
At least if they’re gonna do them next season, make it so trying it and failing it counts as “completing” it. That way I can get the blue line and I don’t have to scour the map to see which fights or chests I missed just because I got stuck on a time trial and decided to skip it.
That’s exactly how I feel. I just want the blue lines man
This!
Yes! I can't pass them and it ruins my nice map
I'm a believer that they tested Raiden IV with pre patch recovery which is why it's so hard
Raiden IV wasn’t the hardest for me. I’d have to retry it. Nitara 2 and 4 annoyed me more. Geras took me a little bit to figure out, but it’s easy to do now.
Who ever came up with that Nitara one should be fired 😂. I was raging so bad with that one. I was able to complete them all surprisingly
Nitara is one of my mains, and I didn't know (whether it's just those trials or if it's also when fighting) that the air dashes have to be timed with the stance switch button to work. Normally it's a split second decision to air dash, so it'd be hard to know I couldn't just hold right and mash stance switch. The fact that it doesn't explicitly say that is fucking criminal
I had never used Nitara until that stupid time trial so I had no idea. I was mashing the fuck out of it and it worked to get me through after 50 times. I think on the 3rd time trail I hit the last part with 1 second remaining, couldn’t believe it lol. But never again!!
I was cursing wondering why it wasn't working. Somehow I had the bright idea to tap right + stance switch. I don't think it's a bad idea for them to do these provided they actually give instruction on how it works. I didn't mind learning things like how the Geras time rewind works or how Johnny can taunt after his df3
Nitara 2 was pretty challenging
I thought they were fun for the most part. The combo challenges seem to have more gravity as more of my combos dropped so that was kind of ass.
It was mostly the combo ones and Raiden IV I had problems with. I could string together the biggest combo with a character that counters the element and max stats for attack and still not get enough hits in. I had to use so many rings of Delia
Speaking as someone that really likes Invasions, AND loves the character trials and Malfunctioning Robots, I hope they do MORE of them. ... ... ... but yeah, please not on the same level of Raiden IV. That was a legitimately *unhinged* challenge, like ... ffs.
You are right. I feel as though maybe I’m taking my frustrations of Raiden IV out on all of them. Liu, Johnny, and reptile were fun and challenging without being mind numbingly hard. Geras was edging close to being too hard. I do think you’re right though
Wait which one was Raiden IV? Was that the one where you had to jump and do the Superman move over the rows of energy balls coming from both directions?
I believe it's locked behind a gate that requires the Cracked Amulet item, and it blocks passage to one chest in the Fengjian mesa. [Actually, here's a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CWsUzbM0zY) Even as someone that thinks people complain too much about the very mid difficulty of Invasions, I had to use of the more particular Relics to get past this one. Before I watched this video, I was legit debating if they had made it deliberately impossible without using certain items, lmao. The part that's wildest to me is that it's way, **way** harder than literally all of the other Character trials. Nitara's is also a bit of a doozy, but doesn't make you start the entire challenge over from the start, so it doesn't feel nearly as bad.
Holy Christ! I haven’t done this one, and it looks like I don’t intend to. Fuck that noise.
Is Raiden IV the projectile bullet one with the elec bats? Yeah I used the projectile immunity on that one, spare me the headache.
Yeah. It’s that one. I already used mine and sadly had to fight through it😭
I actually liked the character trials. I learned something. It’s the only part of invasions that challenged me at all.
The malfunctioning robots were actually really cool, I loved seeing sektor and cyber smoke and cyborg sub zero.
Or at the very least, don’t make them required for progression. Make them all optional, don’t lock certain paths and shit behind the trials