YinYin

[YinYin]

Dennis stage 1 once again, with the new stage 2 file and after shifting the data lines.

I still got an error a few seconds into the replay. But cool thing you got to play without the hopping. Siegvar just reported having the same problem, so I'm now double on trying to find a fix (without messing up data.txt order).

And his most damaging attack is not any of his special abilities, but his NORMAL PUNCHES - 30 each, and frankly the fall value is too low, he can sometimes just punch you 4-5 times before using super(which is further enhanced by the charge) on you for over 220 damage.

It is kind of your fault if you get hit that often. That 4th attack should knock you out - dropping you with minimal damage (better than taking the super X, be it charged or not). A 5th or more can only go in if you flipped or had a larger gap between the attacks, which should allow you to escape or counter.
Here is a tip if you have trouble keeping distance or need to stay close for your own attacks: all the basic attacks can be blocked. You can even block the super X as often as you like in a row. Either you nudge away while doing that to use one gap and jump out of the way or you wait for YinYin to cool down with a straight up screw attack.

I finally fought him to a draw with Dennis after 100000000 tries. His armor seems to have been upgraded, and he knows how to turn when in his charging animation so back kicking doesn't always work.

During those tries, I learned one thing: NEVER use D to cancel D>J for Dennis or Firen, or else the controls will screw you up. I'll get a better one next try.

A draw! I wish I could view that. The armor itself actually got a slight downgrade (longer screw attack crouch allows for a quick backside attack and the broken armor animation creates an obligatory split second with the armor down). The full charge however may block projectiles.
And I also recently learned you should better not stop special moves like that.

why do you have to make something THIS hard to beat?
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the grinding part really makes me feel bored soon. the fact that your attacks normally deals so little damage even when you manage to get behind him also gets on my nerves a little.

I am iterating. The first stage should actually be a little easier now compared to version 1. The same will probably happen to stage 2 in version 3.

If you have an opportunity to attack from behind you should try to pick your strongest attack available. The better tactic is however trying to break and get past the armor for the same direct damage from the front. Whenever you see/hear the armor break you'll know that your last attack (sequence) was enough to break the armor. From that point you'll have to figure out how to expand it with one or more quick and strong hits.
(Also: Higher difficulty makes the armor come back more quickly. While easy mode may be too boring, normal mode should be a fair balance. Hopefully challenging but not frustrating.)

Teaming up can also be a fun way to land more hits or tactically attack from both sides.

I agree grinding isn't fun. Find strategies around it. (For me this is the most fun part about boss fights. You get thrown into an unknown hostile situation and while struggling to stay alive you have to find a strategy to win a seemingly impossible fight. I myself don't have the patience to crunch on the armor 8 minutes to win. Either I die under 2 minutes or win within 4.)

oh, and a sad thing about the update, now that i updated my y2f pack to ver2, i couldnt view my previous replays.

Don't worry. I'll be keeping backups of all versions. http://www.mediafire.com/download/ntwwq8...rsion1.zip