Quote Originally Posted by BatChao
but they hardly even make up for all her lost back-turn and Wind Charmer techniques.
That's a real shame. If you remember me ranting about this previously, my area was a breeding place for annoying Talim players and I had grown to not like Talim so much. But towards the demise of SCII in the arcades, I actually started playing some Talim, not because I liked her, but just so I could understand where her mix-ups could go and reinforce my game whenever playing against her. But in the recent weeks, just playing against friends, I've been developing Talim and even...*gasp* enjoy using her. I played against an AI Talim in the demo of SC3 I have and, yeah, I thought I could pick out the speed difference, but the loss of the Wind Charmers wasn't particularly evident until I read this. She also has an uglier character design this time round, IMO.

Quote Originally Posted by BatChao
From what I've heard Sophitia and Cassandra lead the pack when it comes to the top tier characters - with Cassandra just edging out Sophie. I haven't gotten the chance to play either character in the hands of a real player yet, so I can't say what that's like. But Cassie was already pretty damn good in SCII.
Sophitia and Cassandra, believe it or not, are vastly different characters. Although I enjoy dabbling in some Sophitia every now and again, I really can't use her that well. I don't know what to think about Cassie being top tier. Half the reason why I chose to use Cassie in the first place was because she was underused and underrated in my area. I wanted to step away from the standard fare Nightmare, Kilik and Talim users but I guess in SC3, people will be jumping on the Cassie bandwagon instead.

Quote Originally Posted by BatChao
I believe SCII went through 3 or 4 revisions in the arcades before hitting home (with even more changes).
I hear Nightmare's 66B was brought down in tracking ability about 3 times in consecutive arcade revisions. And yet, it still ownz.

SC3 still doesn't come out till next week down here but since I have no more exams, I guess I have nothing better to do than try and get myself back into top form. (Although even in top form, I was never any match against the more well-known players, yoshiwutsu, oinking etc.)