#ex mode

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This was the Only “Gift” I could think of to give you guys~

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD FIGHT~

[spicyorzo]

YESS!!! SUCK IT AGAIN OKINA! I finally beat EX Mode

[gear-project]

So, no EX mode for Strive, then? It's a shame, I would've loved to see revamped versions of some of the old moves in the series.

It’s not that so much, it’s that it would be a ton of extra work for the battle scriptwriters, as was stated in the interview by Zack Shini.

But actually... (and this is just me being a dork about modding lately)... what with the recent plethora of game mods being added to PC versions of Guilty Gear Xrd and BlazBlue Central Fiction... 

If given enough resources in-game, even if said resources are scrapped/not used, it would be possible to mod the characters on our own.

Yeah, it’s a truck-ton of work... and further, work on the part of the fans... no pay, and probably very little reward for the effort, BUT...

Think about it in terms of expanding the lifespan of the game itself!

Figure, if BBCF can add post-game Unlimited Character mods (and very good mods at that, mind you... I’ve tried them and they ARE super FUN)... think of the potential.

Now, while I’ve had misgivings of data-mining and such in the past... because people love to post spoilers and such.  That’s not what I’m talking about here.

Just like with Post-game DLC, or Season Passes that expand the experience of the game.... Post-game character modding... just think of it!

In the old days, fans would do a bunch of sprite ripping and put fan-made characters in M.U.G.E.N.

Nowadays, Mugen is no longer the playground... the real sandbox is the game itself once we buy it and get our hands on it for real.

Even if not everything is optimal... with enough resources, modding can make a ton of aspects of the game even more palatable and enjoyable.

Obviously, I’m being super optimistic, here... But as someone who enjoys understanding the inner mechanics of “any” videogame.... it’s a thrilling prospect!

[gear-project]

Don't turn your back on Legends when they get lost in the details and revisions.

[gear-project]

I was looking a bit into EX Characters and I kinda noticed that EX Ky and EX Sol both seem to take after each other, as in their fighting styles seem to get a lot more inpired on their Rival's one in their moves and attacks, Sol getting some "Use some technique" from Ky's and Ky getting some 'Don't let them damn breath' from Sol's. Does this hold any water or am I just overreaching?

No, you’re right to an extent.

Even the names are derivatives of one another.

Charged Gunflame > Stun Edge Charge AttackFlame Dipper > Stun DipperGrand Vapor Thrust > Grand ViperElegant Slash > Wild ThrowNeedle Spike + Greed Sever II > Bandit Revolver + Bandit BringerRide the Lightning (Orb Type) > Tyrant Rave BetaTyrant Rave Gamma > Ride the Lightning

Though, with all these similarities, Ky has a unique distinction in that he has more moves than Sol in his EX form.  Specifically his Forcebreaks and delayed Sacred Edge as well as Aerial Sacred Edge.

Sol, for his part, WOULD have had an aerial Overdrive “Dragon Flame” (he throws a giant ball of fire down at his opponent that creates a trail-wave of fire, similar to Terry Bogard’s Power Geiser, but mid-air), but it was scrapped after GG Isuka.

With all the changes these two have been given, you’d think some of it would have transferred over to Guilty Gear Xrd…

Well, some of it has.

While Ky no longer has an Aerial Sacred Edge, he most certainly has Grinders that can fire off Durandal blades.  It’s only a matter of time before they consider giving Ky a mid-air Overdrive again.  I also think Ky’s “red eye” might have an effect on his gameplay in the future.

Meanwhile, Sol lost his ability to “Clean Hit” his opponents with Sidewinder and Fafnir, but I think Sol will be evolving in a new direction with Dragon Install, given his aerial PBB grab and highly destructive flame-based enhancements, not to mention is Breakdown “Kudakero” dive kick.

This is all speculation for now, but it is something we should look forward to (and if some changes are made we don’t like… well, let’s be sure to give feedback whenever we can, like during Location Tests and such).

[gear-project]

EX Mode/Gold Mode Summary

This is just notes for @d-author

EX Anji --Many of his moves have higher bounce like in GGX. --Most moves are no longer auto-guard based, or just simply guard cancelled. --Auto-guard moves are bigger/simplified. --6H is old multi-hit. --Gold/Gold EX Anji can have any number of Shitsu butterflies on screen at any time. --Supposedly had a scrapped move called Higi: Hitori Mikoshi in soundtest.

EX Venom --Charge Moves are replaced by standard command inputs. --A lot of his normals were altered based on GGX incarnation. --EX Gold Venom has Level 2 charged balls when using Red Hail or Carcass Raid Overdrives. --EX Gold Venom's balls auto-charge, so Object ball is not needed.

EX Faust --Lots of classic GGX animations and antics. --Gold/Gold EX Faust has Infinite Tension and releases only Meteors.

EX Baiken --All moves can be done as specials, not guard cancels. --Many normals/moves are based on her GGX incarnation, especially Youzansen. --Gold Baiken/Gold EX Baiken Tatami Gaeshi mats won't disappear if Baiken gets hit.

EX Bridget --Previous moves from GGXX incarnation. --Bridget can do more moves in the air now. --Gold/Gold EX Bridget's bear Roger stays out longer during attacks.

EX Potemkin --Return of classic GG1 move Nitro Hook. --Unbreakable Spirit has multiple responses that Pote can choose from after taking an attack. --Giganter is no longer a two-part Overdrive, and the Lightning Wall lasts longer/acts like Aegis Reflector. --Gold/Gold EX Potemkin has a Dash/Airdash but his walking speed is reduced.

EX Ky --Has many forcebreaks. --Classic GGX Normals/specials including Crescent Slash. --Moves are closer to Sol's style, except Grand Vapor Thrust, which can cross players up. --Gold/Gold EX Ky has enhanced Lightning Damage and more hits during Stun Edge moves. EX Stun Edge Charge Attack won't disappear until its off-screen (like GG1 version). --Awakened Ky from GGIsuka had Aces High/Ray Divider Moves based on Robo-Ky from GGX. --Gold EX Ky has a Greed Sever Overdrive.

EX Testament --Many classic GGX Normals. --More Teleports that aren't triggered by getting hit. --Hitomi Trees are replaced by gigantic enhanced EXE Beast jaws. --Phantom Soul comes out faster like it did in #Reload. --Nightmare Circular has both an instant and delayed version. --Grave Digger swaps with Badlands as the Forcebreak. --Gold/Gold EX Testament: Phantom Soul, Grave Digger, Warrant, Throw/Airthrow all place Curse on opponent.  Curse causes EXE Beast behavior to act faster/more aggressive.

EX Millia --GGX normals (except GGX Lust Shaker which was utterly scrapped). --Pretty Maze replaces her aerial Tandem Top Forcebreak. --Secret Garden causes her to backflip. --Silent Force can be done on the ground (based on GG1 Living Lancer, but it can't be controlled). --Gold/Gold EX Millia has a hyper dash that can skip through opponents.  She has a wide backdash too.

EX Zappa --Graceful Body-moving System 2 lets Zappa pick which summons he wants based on how many Souls he has. --He can unsummon Raou and cause a Lightning Sphere to happen as a last resort. --A few of the summon attacks are slightly altered. --Raou's 6H gets swapped from Bellow's Malice, and is replaced by Knuckle Kaiser. --Gold/Gold EX Zappa has permanent Raou.  Raou won't disappear even if he uses the Lightning Sphere unsummon in EX Mode, 6H is still swapped from Bellow's Malice, however.

EX Chipp --Teleports can be done in Mid-air. --Alpha/Beta/Gamma/Banzai chain in to one another up to 3 times (not sure if Forcebreaks can extend the chain). --Banki Messai behaves like a command throw after so many hits. (It has a 6P combo variant in GGXPlus). --Gold/Gold EX Chipp Invisibility won't disappear if Chipp is hit and lasts longer.  He also has relatively faster dash/backdash speed.

EX Axl --Many GGX Normals (no vacuum on attacks). --Moves don't need to be charged. --Angry Thrust behaves like an Overhead Dust Attack, as does his Combo Overdrive. --Gold/Gold EX Axl: Beehive Trap auto-links in to Thieves' Flame Overdrive without Tension or input.  EX version of Beehive auto-attacks regardless of it being hit or not, but the Overdrive addition won't trigger unless the trap makes contact.

EX Slayer --Now has a Mach-punch chain system of special moves.  Gatling tree is also looser with less links. --V-Formation Dandy and Royal Hunt (former is an Anime reference, latter is a metal reference). --Many of his moves behave differently on counterhit. --Ground dash effects Mach Punch spacing/momentum. --EX/Gold EX Slayer has auto HP-regen, and health gain on hit based on damage, and regular Gold Slayer has wider Forward/Backward Dashes with more invincibility.

EX Jam --Many of her moves are punches, no longer kick-based (based on Kenshiro). --Lots of GGX Normals recycled. --Gold Jam has permanent fully charged Kick Cards. --Gold EX Jam has an auto parry that replaces her standing neutral guard, this works up to a certain point behind Jam's guard hurtbox.

EX May --Many moves are based on her GGX Incarnation. --May Dynamic from GG1. --Moves are altered based on Overdrives. --Gold/Gold EX May has huge stun dizzy modifier for moves like 6P or 6H.  Applause for the Victim releases a lot of Dolphins and is fully charged.

EX Johnny --Mist Finer is now an attack counter, but not as effective as before (still damaging though). --Many scraped normals based on GGX incarnation. --Has moves that behave like a DP reversal. --Dash move is altered. --Gold/Gold EX Johnny has enhanced damage on all slash moves, and enhanced Tension gain on walk. --Gold Johnny's Mist Finer does 588 damage which causes near-instant death in most cases.

EX Dizzy --Has a secret GGX intro animation in the Grove Stage. --Many GGX Moves. --Necro behaves as both an auto-guard dash enhancement (Necro Install) and a catch counter (Necro's Anger). --Dizzy gains a variant of Michael Sword based on Justice. --Gold/Gold EX Dizzy has Health Regen, and Ice Fish stay out until they are hit or disappear offscreen.  They can be controlled by different inputs.  Necro's Flamescythe Spiral does additional hits when active. --Boss version of Gold Dizzy has a Burst Overdrive called "Wings of Light" that has three versions, a Light Pillar, a Radial Beam, and a full Burst.  It gets triggered when she has Burst and at least 75% Tension.  She does three FRCs before it goes active. --GG Mode Dizzy gains an Instant Kill animation.

EX Robo-Ky --Has derivatives of moves based on Prototype Robo Ky from GGX. --Knee Missiles eventually fall back down. --(Worth noting these moves get effected/altered by Robo-Ky Mk II in GGIsuka if you spend time to customize him.) --Gold/Gold EX Robo-Ky has Tension Regen and will never Overheat with max Heat Guage.

EX I-No --Has a ground dash and many moves based on GGXX incarnation. --Slightly different Overdrives. --Can use a unique move to do a ground-to-air dash. --Megalomania is a Burst Overdrive (can auto-FRC if you have Tension to alter the path of the Heartball lanes).  Costs Burst to use though. --Gold/Gold EX I-No has Health Regen/Speed Enhancement and Disharmonic Scale Note does maximum hits regardless of distance.

EX Sol --Many moves are based on GGX incarnation. --Jump Dust has an auto wall-bounce for easy Dustloops. --Many moves are based on Ky, and also have lots of Wallstick options. --Sidewinder followup to Volcanic Viper still has a Clean Hit option for silly combos. --Forcebreak version of classic Grand Viper (super enhanced by the way). --Fafnir > Tyrant Rave Forcebreak input is based on classic GGX Tyrant Rave. --Gold/Gold EX Sol has enhanced Flame Damage, Health Regen, Permanent Dragon Install, Full Tension, and enhanced Speed. --Be careful when using GG Generations Mode, as Sol loses certain Forcebreak moves if he's in GG or GGX Mode. --Still missing moves from Awakened Sol in GGIsuka (enhanced Riot Stamp would later get added to GGXrd incarnation though). --Ironically Gold Sol "loses" the Permanent Dragon Install hidden Overdrive that normal Sol had.

EX A.B.A. --Auto Berserk --Can use Forcebreak to recover Health!! --6H is swapped from Dangoku ender. --Slightly different normals. --Bakumetsu can damage anyone on the ground (was optimal in GGIsuka situations though). --Gold/Gold EX A.B.A. Sacrifice Mode health-loss is slightly reduced with more health gained when using a Blood pack. --Gold EX A.B.A. is in permanent Double-Edged Hell Mode (so you better be aggressive with her).

EX Kliff --Technically doesn't exist unless you switch from ACPlus to ACPlusR rebalance. --Gold Kliff has Infinite Tension, slow Walking speed, reduced dash/backdash.  Enhanced Ahead of Time (Sen no Sen) dodge time, enhanced Specials (with multiple hits), and enhanced Overdrives.

EX Justice --Technically doesn't exist unless you switch from ACPlus to ACPlusR (which is a terrible Nerf for her). --Gold Justice has Health Regen, and can fire any number of N.B.bombs on screen, and her speed is enhanced. --Black Justice in Accent Core is especially strong, though.

EX Order-Sol --Has a dash based on GG1 Breaker dash (has a P and K version). --Many moves based on GG1 Sol, but can be FRC'd. --Bandit Revolver and Jump Dust have different attack frames from regular Order-Sol. --Slightly different input for Dragon Install Instant Kill combo, but the consecutive hits are still the same. --Tyrant Rave has a HUGE stun value and can be spammed with enough Tension. --Rock-It is highly spammable like Ragna's Hell's Fang in this incarnation. --ForceBreaks are based on Dragon Install moves (don't use GG Mode EX Order-Sol unless you're prepared to lose these). --Classic All Guns Blazing Instant Kill. --Gold/Gold EX Order-Sol gains a move called Flame Distortion that acts like a super Dragon Install that lasts for 15 seconds: ---For Gold Order-Sol this regenerates Tension at double the rate, as well as Charge Gauge, and it Regens Health. ---Gold EX Order-Sol only benefits from Tension/Health gain. ---Gold/Gold EX Order-Sol: Dragon Install Instant Kill auto-inputs the full combo so long as the first hit connects. ---Worth noting that EX Order-Sol has TWO ways to Instant Kill an opponent.

[gear-project]

November 9th is CHAOS NEVER DIES! Day (a new GG Holiday we observe)!

To celebrate, I thought I’d generate a little “Chaos” in PlusR! Music is from my old PS2 Music Mod Tribute.

[gear-project]

A Brief History of EX Mode

This is for @behemothbear as he requested.

Guilty Gear X ---Appears as "GG Mode", features a "Prototype" of Robo-Ky.

Guilty Gear X Plus ---A button Code must be pressed to select 'variants' of characters, though they are undeveloped. Gold and Darkside Mode were finally playable in this mode after being unlocked.

Guilty Gear X Advance Edition ---Had several unique variants, including classic GG1 move animations. ---GG Petit1+2 had GG1 Millia as well.

Guilty Gear XX ---Revised EX Mode further, and it was now an actual menu toggle in Character Select. This is the last time we see "Prototype Robo-Ky", with old moves.

Guilty Gear XX #Reload ---No immediate changes other than Robo-Ky getting revised and obtaining an EX Mode that was based on his old Prototype variant, but weaker.

Guilty Gear Isuka ---Based off #Reload, so, outside of exclusive characters and "Kakusei Mode" Sol and Ky, no changes. A.B.A. debuted in this game. Justice and Kliff were removed from the game Roster.

Guilty Gear XX Slash ---EX Mode characters seem "relatively unchanged" but because of the new moves added in Slash in to Accent Core, they were still incomplete. Consider these versions a "Prototype" of Accent Core's EX Mode. Features a #Reload Mode so players can play #R characters. EX A.B.A. Had no Instant Kill at this point. EX Order Sol was a prototype and very weak.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core ---EX Characters are still "weak" and Undeveloped since Slash, and rather than feeling like an EX Mode, they were hybrids between EX and normal characters. Consider this a "Prototype" of the final build. Justice and Kliff are missing.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus ---FINALLY!  Every character's EX Mode gets an overhaul, and are completely restructured!  Everything about the changes made to each EX character actually appears "cohesive" and not simply a patchwork of old animations. Justice and Kliff are added, but lack an EX Mode (since they were never given any, not even since GGXPlus) In addition, EX Gold Characters each get an exclusive feature unique to them (for example, Gold EX Jam had an auto-parry). ---It should be noted Anji Mito got the most "changes" because of his diverse Normal Attacks. ---GG Generations Mode and Extra Menu are added. ---Variants of Arcade and M.O.M. could be played either as EX Arcade Mode, Gold Arcade Mode, or Gold EX Arcade Mode/M.O.M. Mode, EX Mission Mode, and Gold Survival Mode (Classic Survival Mode without stat buffs or equips)

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R ---A few moves from EX mode were added to “Normal” Plus R characters to "buff" them, but they weren't very strong either way. ---Because of the rebalance changes in Plus R, many EX Characters were no longer as "powerful" as they were in previous EX Mode incarnations because of the nerfs and unusual buffs... though these ideas would later be scrapped for Guilty Gear Xrd. ---Justice got the short end of the stick, as even her Gold and Darkside Modes got severely nerfed because of her unusual nerfs, though this should have been adjusted exclusively for her Gold form but wasn't.  Her Darkside Mode could still abuse Omega Shift, but it wouldn't be practical, however.

Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign ---Because of a "glitch", it was exposed that Gold and Darkside colors were still in development, though outside of Arcade Boss character Ramlethal, nothing is apparent.  The colors were powerless DLC in Revelator, but the Darkside Color was tweaked with Red Glow effects. ---Darkside Elphelt Valentine retained her “appearance” in Story Mode as the “final boss” you never actually fight. ---In M.O.M. Mode, two bosses in the form of Sin Kiske and Elphelt Valentine can be defeated for an exorbitant amount of W$, though they aren't very overpowered, just very strong builds.

Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator ---Various Arcade Episodes reveal "Boss" versions of other characters besides Ramlethal, though they are only tweaked in terms of Speed, Tension Gain, and one or two enhanced Overdrives. ---At the end of M.O.M. Mode, two ridiculously powerful Level 140 Superbosses of Sol and Ky can be fought for rare abilities called "Mark of the Hero" and "True Mark of the Hero", featuring Permanent Dragon Install, a "Homing Gunflame" that wrecks your defense, Super Auto-Guard, Super Stun, and a "Homing Sacred Edge".  I've only seen a few Japanese players beat them using odd methods, but it's unclear what True Mark of the Hero does as an ability. Because M.O.M. Medal costs triple after level 120, it's almost impossible to get decent stats to fight these bosses.

Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev2 ---In M.O.M. Mode Baiken and Answer will be added as opponents, with unique Item Drops of their own.  No word yet on details/changes. To Be Continued...