Any help dealing with robopunchers?

[JohnnyRu31]

Re: Any help dealing with robopunchers?

Rd4 is as close to sim as we've seen but the stamina needs to be TWEAKED for sure. Just lost a fight. I'm 22-3 now. Knock out beginning of round 7. He threw 637 punches in six and a half rounds. Very high but the kicker is, of those 637 punches a total of 49 of those were jabs or straights. No one should be able to throw 262 uppercuts and 334 hooks in just over six rounds and have ANY stamina. And he only landed 47 percent of those punches. Hooks and uppers should take more of your stamina to throw.

[DaveDQ]

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do you just hold it or do you have to time it. seems holding alone doesn't work.

This is a good question. I'd like to know. Also, I'm playing the World Championship, but I think meters should be on. Mine aren't. Should they be?

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Uugh, that totally sucks. Wouldn't be fun at all. Pappy, did you try just blocking down low? Didn't that make his Stamina drain?

If it did I didn't notice lol. He only landed 33% of his punches and I was blocking to the body. He'd mix up **** body shots just enough that he'd be able to sock me with a nice one to the head in between his barrage.

It's all good though, I'm slowly accepting that all online games are gonna filled with these type of antics in one way or another. I've had some really great fights online too. It's definitely a much more realistic game than round 3 despite the stamina issue that needs to be tweaked a bit.

[DaveDQ]

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If it did I didn't notice lol. He only landed 33% of his punches and I was blocking to the body. He'd mix up **** body shots just enough that he'd be able to sock me with a nice one to the head in between his barrage.

It's all good though, I'm slowly accepting that all online games are gonna filled with these type of antics in one way or another. I've had some really great fights online too. It's definitely a much more realistic game than round 3 despite the stamina issue that needs to be tweaked a bit.

You bring up a good point though. I think the fact that online is so unreliable is the main reason we start leagues etc. How cool would this World Championship mode be if there was a way to monitor this type of gameplay?

[sportyguyfl31]

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Since figuring it out, Id say that I am beating these clowns 95% of the time, and am probably .500 or so against guys who have a brain.

Its tough to condition yourself to do it at first, but you simply have to accept blocking, backing up when your "meter" gets low, blocking again..and when the guy's stamina is low, proceed to smash him.


Stamina clearly does replenish too rapidly though.

[BigKaboom2]

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I blocked low for 9 consecutive rounds and the guy's stamina never went below 3/4. I think you guys are overrepresenting the effectiveness of this strategy. If the guy is using the robopunching strategy correctly, there's no way to get away - if you're able to back away successfully it's because they aren't properly comboing the hooks together. If they just continually hold the stick toward you and throw nonstop, you'll be stuck together no matter what.

[StonesRunIt]

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yea, those speaking as if realistic strategy works are delusional or haven't come across a high class cheeser...


its worst when they lunge forward with the body hook combos...it also seems its harder to time-block body shots and even more so after the first one has landed.

[SHO]

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I've started to face a rash of guys who have started to master robopunching and it is HARD. The vacuum effect really makes it hard to stick to the strategy. I've been KO'd every single time I've faced one of the good ones.

[gbeazy]

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Only unlimited if you don't/can't block. You are in the minority of people complaining about unlimited stamina. There is a stamina problem, no question, but it is countered by blocking. It isn't that hard to comprehend. Every single spammer I have bought has been dead tired by the end of the 3rd round at the latest. Watch the gauges in the corner...you block, you own. Pretty simple...

I guess I'm not the only one.

[sportyguyfl31]

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I must be playing a different fight night or something.

I'm not all that great or anything, but I see the stamina bar go down for the spammer big time, when I block, block and block some more.


I dont get it.

[IStillDoWhatIDo]

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when you block... are u just holding low block, or are you timing the low block perfectly and countering?

I try to time it and counter and eventho I think I am timing it perfectly, the majority of body shots get threw.

[acts238shaun]

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This really sucks because I have always been a 60/40 inside fighter in boxing games, especially after the online debacle that was FNR3. I quit playing that online because of the head butts and elbows after the bell. The other day I go online and a guy pulls out Ray Robinson and robo punches all two rounds. Holding your block low does not work!!! He didn't wear down enough to offset the fact that had ZERO block strength!

I hate that I have to change my fighting style because now it's cheese. I will be buying this game (I rented) because of the very good legacy mode, but there needs to be more stamina lost for robo punchers. I hope this gets patched. I have done a few things to combat robo punchers.

1. Create a guy designed to defend against robo punchers:

A: I made him with a medium height and short reach to fight inside and the peekaboo boxing style.

B: I also gave him a Philly Shell blocking style because it seems robo guys have a harder time picking up if I am blocking high or low. I don't prefer the peekaboo style (I like high rise and easy) or phllly shell (textbook), but I use this guy for online only.

C: Max out block strength - even if you block low and they keep throwing eventually your block strength wears out while their stamina hasn't. While you circle/back away to gather your stamina or push them they have near max stamina and you have maybe half your stamina and block strength back. Maxing out block strength helps to combat that.

D: Max out your own stamina - Same as C.

E: Max out Body Toughness - Same as C.

F: Max out Power to both hands:
Make the glitcher pay for coming in on you. Eventually he will leave your body alone and go for your head when your perfectly time your body block and nail him with your best punch (mine is a right (southpaw, lead) uppercut). If he gets up from the mat the second time, they either run or change their tactic and with the guy I created it's usually too late by then.

G: I only fight as a heavyweight online.
Heavyweights don't have as much stamina as middleweights and after the Ray Robinson debacle I made the move to strictly heavyweight until the stamina issue is patched. A guy using Ali tried the same tactics and wore down faster. I caught him with a lead uppercut after timing his attempted gut punch and KO'd him in the third.

My created guy's converted (for heavyweight) stats are below:

99 on both hands
70 hand speed
88 accuracy
42 foot speed
80 head movement
98 block strength
83 stamina
99 head and body toughness
100 chin
90 heart
90 cut
60 swelling

The foot speed and selling are low, but this guy is strictly for robo guys. Hope this helps.

[thelwig14]

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I guess I'm not the only one.

Once again, still the minority.

[SHO]

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Holding your block low does not work!!! He didn't wear down enough to offset the fact that had ZERO block strength!

I'm starting to agree with this the more I play online. It's really not worth it.

[sportyguyfl31]

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Im sincerely puzzled and perplexed by why people are saying that blocking is ineffective.

I'm not trying to sound greater then thou or anything,...I'm pretty average, but i'm really confused by this.

I'd love if someone who is having ths problem could post video, so we could see how they are playing.