Originally Posted by Snooper
My thoughts on the update:

The whole battle network is nice, but its based on the number of matches you play, not how good you are. Still, its really cool. Vid sharing, being able to see other players records and leaderboards are awesome.

Sagat is still the best character, even further ahead of some top/high-mid tier due to akuma, guile, bison, dhalsim and ryu nerfs. Tiger knee nerf isnt huge, still safe from max distance and tiger shot can be used for close range chip.

Makoto is scary. More damage, easier links. Huge pressure with frame traps/tick karakusas. Now she can do safe chip that keeps her close with hayate like yun and bison Shes gonna be that character that catches you off guard and youre dead before you know what happened.

Yuns mid tier now. Really good pressure that actually leads into decent damage. Has trouble getting out of pressure with low priority specials though, and still going to get zoned hard by sagat an ryu.

Honda and bison seem to have been hit hardest, possibly blanka too. Headbutt being unsafe is so huge to hondas game, and bison does significantly less damage with bnbs and his amazing jump in is now below average.

Top 5: Sagat, Akuma, Viper, Guile, Dhalsim

Bottom 5: Sakura, Vega, Honda, Dee Jay, Cody (Cody being the worst)