Picking grapplers feels pointless

[MacGowan]

Quote: Originally Posted by UFCBlackbelt

Just played a match against Conor using Chad, at no point did I feel my takedown threat was any better than had I used Bruce Lee. The takedowns come out extremely slow and are very easy to stop. There should be certain conditions hat guarantee a takedown. I ended up having to outstrike him with Chad. Now with the added takedown stamina dip its even riskier to shoot takedowns, and they are already hard to get. I find myself looking at this game like a kickboxing game

Yeah it's sort of weird, I actually ended up seeing a lot of difference styles of fighting in UFC2 couch multiplayer. In UFC3 though, even though there are so many different styles baked in the game i seem to end up kickboxing.

[UFCBlackbelt]

Quote: Originally Posted by MacGowan

Yeah it's sort of weird, I actually ended up seeing a lot of difference styles of fighting in UFC2 couch multiplayer. In UFC3 though, even though there are so many different styles baked in the game i seem to end up kickboxing.

Yesterday I destroyed a guy who was using maia by just avoiding the clinch and takedowns, his stamina dipped to nothing. I was using Thompson, I am not saying it shouldnt be possible but it wasn’t really hadd to do. Especially since he suffers alot more for failure to grappple than i do for failure to strike

[MacGowan]

It's weird, clinching should feel like a plan B if you're getting lit up on your feet. Someone's on the inside, boxing your head off? you grab them and hold on for dear life.

You do that in this game and you're dead.

[Boiler569]

I would like to see go-forward patches at least have half their gameplay focus on ground & clinch.....there is still some standup to be worked upon but it's a lot better than at launch (ESPECIALLY SINCE YESTERDAY ) ---- there are still some 'easy fixes' / low-hanging fruit that should be looked into ASAP for ground and clinch tho IMO so i hope we don't have to wait until May or June for those to be looked at

[LaQuica]

Devs please forget grappling. This is a striking only game! what we all really want to see u work on is Francis ngannous newest yellow highlights and fade .

[LaQuica]

Devs I’m in the top 500 please make grappling harder so I can be good too , some top player beat me yesterday on the ground . Cheeeeese!!! Exploit!!!! Take the ground and clinch off completely !!!

[Boiler569]

Quote: Originally Posted by LaQuica

Devs I’m in the top 500 please make grappling harder so I can be good too , some top player beat me yesterday on the ground . Cheeeeese!!! Exploit!!!! Take the ground and clinch off completely !!!

ok ok we get it smh

For the record I definitely want grappling to be expanded upon and overall, made more powerful

But you're whining aint gonna help much :P

[aliojin]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

In all seriousness, this is my take (not EAs and not with any inside info): The focus of development was on striking. People are paying more attention to issues with striking. So initially the dev team is working on fixing major issues with striking. We likely have 5 to 6 mos of patches and I have no doubt that GPD will get around to focusing on them soon. I know that isnt great news for someone who only likes to grapple but I'm confident something will be done.

You say the focus is on striking but in the two patches you make more difficult clinch, takedowns and ground game, and change the way to judge fights ending with decisions giving more point to striking.