Japanese Players - first impressions

Originally Posted by LordDeArnise

Soon it'll be Asia v. Europe and their Commonwealths v. The Americas...and Asia and Europe will dominate HoH.

Originally Posted by neoteo

im sure they have their districs , what im not sure is if they play for korean territory , but almost sure they do. just like in european territory they have diferent districs for diferent languages , i presume korean territory now have districs for Taiwan , japan , korea

Originally Posted by Ken Dei

I question about HoH districts from other regions, are they as restrictive and stuck up about rank as the American Districts?

The reason I ask is because if this is not the case, it explains why the other countries are beginning to and will continue to dominate HoH. American HoHers tend to be arrogent build fanatics who are hell-bent on having only R3or better players, of certain types only. This limits the number of potentially good players in their ranks, and the developement of a new build by accidental PUG victories. It's a real shame, American practices are our biggest threat. I'm an American saying this, just fyi. I stopped trying to get into HoH teams a while ago, my rank just isn't high enough, and IWAYing is not the answer, no offense to IWAYers.

Translation of the above, if American players make a build, someone can copy it, if someone copies it and improves upon it while the Americans hold to only the original build, the American build loses.

Originally Posted by d3kst3r

Right now I think the strengths and weaknesses of the different countries is as follows from my experience:

Americans: rely on builds that depend on heavy team work with specialized set piece characters. Balanced between offensive and defensive.

Koreans: ultra aggressive builds. They rely on self-sufficiency with all their characters having the ability to look after themselves and function as individuals.

Europeans: much more defensive builds and much more mixed. Overall Europeans prefer role-play however.

Japanese: fast at adapting to their environment. Also very good at managing skill combos, energy, HP etc. from their experiences playing traditional Japanese RPGs like Final Fantasy, Pokemon, Magic etc.

Chinese: known for their extremely good calculation skills, all builds are worked out on paper using maths and numbers before they are sent into actual battle. Very efficient and balanced.