The Current State Of PHIGHTING! [ALPHA]

[@AphasonicTV]

Okay, I lowkey pulled 2 all nighters trying to finish this video before all of this became outdated but here are so more things I have to say: Although I think the things I've presented are PRIORITIES for the game, please do NOT pester the developers to add it. Let them take their time, to what they need or want to do. Secondly, this video was in the works for months now, because as the more I've played the game, the more I realized how much untapped potential it has left. And lastly, give me some feedback in the comment section!

[@thisaintworthsearchingyall]

As former Boombox main, now having left both the fandom and game, yeah he's honestly fucked.

[@thisaintworthsearchingyall]

17:36 OH MY GOD THANK YOUUUUUUUU yes I'm a Mobile Boombox. 18:33 Oh yeah we don't have Zoom in. Ig Pc players don't know about that. Kinda surprising on my end since. It's basic fact. Heck I didn't even know there WAS a zoom in, or that it was genuinely apart of the game and Not some outside thing.

[@normal.real.]

@@AphasonicTV mvp NEEDS an overhaul so bad

[@dominick1d]

I hope they can finally put controls for console so I can play on my PS4 I can't right now cause it's disabled for ps4

[@eggy337]

20:04 I honestly thought I was just being a baby by complaining about how FRUSTERATING this game was for me as a noob. Like tell me why I have to play with level 600+ phighters RIPPING my spine out everytime I try to fight them as a level 35 who's been playing the game on-and-off for two years ☠

[@willowing_.creature]

nah fr,, I remember playing the game for the first few times and INSTANTLY quit because of how freaking hard and confusing it is for beginners to play :[

[@thegeniuschannelwithlandon498]

This is what happens every time I pick a specific class. Melee: I never use this class. bad at hitting players and horrible at utilizing their abilities. Either get sniped by ranged. ESPECIALLY YOU CAMPING HYPERLASER. Or bullied by other melee and scythe. Ranged: I am good with rocket, and decent with slingshot and scythe. Either I die to ban hammer, sword skateboard, and katana several times or a BIOGRAPH CHASES ME AND GETS FREE KILLS. Support: only good with subspace. Die to BIOGRAPH AND HYPERLASER. Conclusion: I love this game so much but I get demolished by pros and barely help my team because I die so much to even contribute. My team carries me. I’m level 22 and I rarely occasions that I get more than three kills. I hope that the developers make a matchmaking system for the noobs so they don’t quit the game.

[@SanjanaistheGOAT]

tbh I didn't have really a hard time to understand the game and was pretty decent but I can see why (I invited my friend to try out the game with me *THEY GOT NUKED*)

[@tacopizzasandwich621]

It isnt THAT hard for me personally, idk i just kinda stuck with the simple characters like sword or banhammer and did moderately well with that (as a noob myself). You probably should start with easy to learn characters before dipping your toes into skate or coil

[@nohintshere]

as a boombox main since february, i agree that the poor guy needs the changes badly. i witnessed him get gutted myself, but luckily, i had enough skill and rhythm already to keep up my consistent scores. rest in peace q surfing

[@thisaintworthsearchingyall]

THE Q SURF ARE GONERS???? BLOODY *_HELL_*

[@canoistercat]

so i just came back to phighting after sorta a year and im wondering why do they keep nerfing boombox to death ☹️ bb was my main when i first started the game cause i found him fun but now its like you can barely do anything with him. his whole kit is just so underwhelming now especially his phinisher. now i find out his q surfing is gone too 😭

[@i-laik-slingshot]

i literally cant even play him anymore?? his m2 is actually so useless WHY IS IT A THING STOP?? stop nerfing my baby

[@platinumg.8614]

Q surfing was what agian?

[@ckqk]

@@platinumg.8614 i believe it was when you could use your q on a slope and go far, although i could be wrong as i still consider myself somewhat new to the game

[@Shrimsour]

The entire clan and matchmaking changes you proposed wouldve made the game so much more fun And as a once BB main and still BB main at heart, I saluted during the entire length of BB rant

[@Shrimp1816]

FINALLY MY BOY BB IS GETTING SOME LOVE

[@conrad-ft2dk]

yeah he needs it

[@Snaiiil_]

They nerfed him so much it's getting sad now. 😢 #Savemyboy

[@WinterToast0]

#JusticeForBoombox 😔

[@marschocobars]

#SaveBoombox -#1 boombox fan

[@z.ephyrr]

awesome video! i don't agree with everything said like nerfing hyperlaser further because of how harassable he is but you made a ton of good points and the editing from 19:38 was straight fire. i cant believe theres people upset cuz you dare to have a negative opinion, you seem really awesome

[@tsey3r]

im a mobile player, and I have to agree with everything you said. While pings and stickers are a nice feature to have, they're really finnicky, and it autoforces you to "here" ping anytime you touch the screen anywhere remotely close to the middle, which as a level 180 scythe main with over 60 mvps, you do A LOT. especially with phighters like katana or banhammer where youre flicking a lot. I'd say a decent amount of the quality of life stuff for mobile alone has been kind of a sham when it's been added, and it takes them like a few weeks to fix even the simplest things. Im glad the direction is going somewhere positive, but I kid you not when sometimes I play katana games and I check chat after the match and it's just me pinging "here" over and over again. It's not that big of a deal, but it's still annoying it feels like the devs r only trying to temporarily fix a lot of things, ik they have other priorities and things outside of just. phighting but it doesn't take that much time to correct a small error, like, this could all be fixed with a simple setting turning off the here ping with just a button press. I've been playing this game since violets vs roses and honestly ive seen very little improvement with how they handle this kinda stuff. I just wish they would test what they release a bit more before it goes out. Despite all the challenges mobile itself presents, I'm still among like a decent amount of good players, im in the middle of writing a guide, half my friends who're in crc have said my skills are genuinely impressive, and the like. It took me so much time to get to the point that I'm at. new players who're probably just playing on their iphone and join and get confused and leave are the biggest chunk of the playerbase the game is missing out on. I was lucky enough to persist when I first joined, my first ever main was subspace and this was back when the m1 button was a tiny gray circle LOL I have just learned yesterday you reload by clicking the ammo counter. I should not be learning these things this late into my time with the game. They shut off players from necessary to know features that they would otherwise have complete knowledge to, but instead they have to resort to 3rd party services like crc or the miraheze. it's not that hard to just tell mobile players in the tutorial they can do (insert feature) and whatnot. its small little changes that take menial amounts of time to fix. I really appreciate you, a creator who the devs definitely have heard of, addressing and bringing a lot of flawed things about the game to light. I really hope other creators and higher level players hop on the bandwagon aswell so the game can begin to change for the better

[@AphasonicTV]

Regarding the crate portion of the video: I need to clarify: Bux will NOT be buyable. (bux is meant to be spent on side-things) There is a pity system (You can't roll dupes, but rolling a dupe perm increases the chances of special traits on the sticker, until you get an unusual ofc) I didn't have time to mention it in the video, but this is more of a small addition than a main attraction. Bux as a currency feels very useless as of now. Getting a rare sticker early on and selling it could help you manage and found a clan or smth. Trading toxicity only gets extreme when it affects gameplay... but these are silly stickers... so... Feel free to disagree, but I keep getting the same comments, that say the same thing and I don't wanna go reply to everyone lol

[@rachelladdaga5191]

Hey just wanted to say that I’m in this video :D also I can’t believe people would be so rude to you. You seem like a very nice person!!

[@miztrix7805]

They call me apha the way i zune

[@toast207]

Man, going from a week 1 player to dropping it like a few weeks after (I liked it but on release I thought it was a bit rough, and I don’t play roblox much) to playing it again in recent months, man I like this game and I’m glad it got the attention. I absolutely LOVE Ban hammer and he became my new main after only really playing sword and subspace back when it released.

[@toast207]

Also looking at them now, what did they do to boombox and rocket??? They are pretty bad now.

[@afterburnnnz]

Let’s talk about Phighting.

[@Broker_xd]

A Phighting game

[@Athelstan-u1v]

Game A Phighting

[@raelitez]

Game Phighting A

[@PAn0_R3Ma]

Phighting Gamer A

[@ellatam3627]

Gamer A Fighting

[@m4kosteszta]

As someone who quitted playing phighting about half a year ago, this video made me wanna go back to Phighting. I don't even have an idea why.

[@ClodsireBcuzYes]

honestly i kinda liked, or atleast was fine with, the lack of goals because frankly i just enjoy playing for fun than results. it would definitely be nice to have some goals, but probably nothing too extreme. having it be high quality skins and making them very hard to obtain, would be nice. just getting to talk to people and play with them, atleast for now, is more than enough reward. and ive yet to participate in an event, but having goals that are easier for new players to each (win/play __ rounds for: ___) would be nice. obviously the counting of rounds won or played would start at the time of the event. (assuming the events weren't like that already, and in that case mb)

[@EverthonHD]

One thing mobile needs is a changed on the aim and attack. One Idea I have is to have a joystick on the screen which you can drag to attack and look around AT SAME TIME, this type of attack works MUCH BETTER THAN A RECTANGLE.

[@squishcat7344]

Honestly fire takes all around. I'd love seeing all of the untapped potential that you mentioned come true tbh; been only playing since Decoy Deploy Phrenzy, but I've been hooked and Crossroads Central for sure needs more representation and shoutouts in the community ;)

[@Pobeehpo]

20:20 also sometimes your team just does NOTHING and leaves you as the only one on point during a conquer map like bread factory because they’re just off chasing some random person, even though I’ve been playing the game for around a year this is a big problem to me.

[@SundaydoesArt]

Exactly! Not only this, but the character I play is a mid-range ranged phighter(shuri), I shouldn't be the only one in the circle and getting bodied by the scythe-coil duo when we have melees on our team, even if I don't know where the hell they are

[@platinumg.8614]

Feeling this with Boombox is so sad. :(

[@Synwithagrin]

I have a bunch of lower level friends that FREQUENTLY complain about the open servers issue and a little idea I came up with a bit ago would just be to add beginner servers. Servers that are locked only for people below a certain level

[@NeverEverWatchThis]

Low key now I want a history of skateboard video.

[@BeeWithSunglasses]

THE COIL PAYOFF GOES CRAAAZZZYYYYY

[@conrad-ft2dk]

Def better than bb payoff

[@BeeWithSunglasses]

@ betraying my girl scythe like that >:(

[@conrad-ft2dk]

@@BeeWithSunglasses UHH

[@afonsitito4099]

Cool video but you did NOT cook with the lootcrates and sticker packs idea 😭😭🙏🙏 no shot I'm gambling for a 1% chance at a legendary sword kissing rocket sticker

[@nohintshere]

@@afonsitito4099 i'd gamble for that /J /J /J

[@cereal8193]

gacha fan service dev community sell out

[@Nftstealer_0]

I would absolutely grind for a sword kissing rocket sticker

[@Pobeehpo]

12:55 oh boy hotel elephant… I HEAVILY disagree with the rework being better, I really liked the old maps aesthetic and I did think that it definitely needed a lot of obstacles and props removed but not to this extent, the interior of the map is fine but right when you get outside that’s when my hate for this rework comes in. First off, there is almost NO PROTECTION in the middle except for the little things you can go under on the sides, heck it looks like it was just never finished! also, the roof tops on across of the hotel elephant building on the other side of the map just work like conveyors WITH NO INDICATIONS THAT THEY ARE CONVEYORS, that push you into the moving crates that INSTANTLY KILL YOU, if you’re hyperlaser trying to find a sniping spot or a class looking for cover you’ll just get pushed into a moving crate and DIE! also in my opinion the outside of the map just looks genuinely worse, I miss alot of the detail and props, I think if I were to make a rework for hotel elephant I would just remove most the annoying parts like the really thin wood planks in the pool or the metal poles keeping the wooden planks going to the conveyor up ect ect, but this rework just removes EVERYTHING! they absolutely butchered this map in my opinion, also this might be a me thing but the map just feels too big in a way, like when you get on the middle conveyor it’s just so wide and there’s no cover either making you extremely vulnerable as certain classes. In short the map is way to empty and has poor design in certain spots, and in my opinion way less fun. Definitely a way worse version of the original to me.

[@AphasonicTV]

I don't think it's THAT bad, but honestly I respect it

[@Pobeehpo]

@@AphasonicTV the conveyor without any indicators that just push you into the insta kill crates is what really ticked me off

[@Just_a_goofy_kid_named_Alex]

I honestly wanna clear some things here: 1. I've just started playing the game, only for a day and lemme say it is a great game! The only actual ISSUES i have with the game is that my computer isn't that powerful so whenever someone or the game just starts putting some cool ass stuff my computer starts lagging and i can't play the game properly causing me to die easily. 2. My first time playing the game i chose Rocket, and i feel like i may main him, he's pretty comfortable to play atleast for me. (considering i have played Arsenal before.) 3. Im gonna be honest, i don't feel like the community is that bad! YET, because on my first gameplay i just said "yea im lvl 3" and the people in the server just started complimenting me OUT OF NOWHERE saying stuff like: "WHAT, YOU'RE NOT LEVEL 3 LIL BRO" "nahhhh you're too good at the game" "bro is pro and disguising as noob 💀", which..golly, this community is pretty darn supporting to newbies! Finally, 4. If im being honest, I'm not that experienced yet to say i have any complains, since im not the type of person to get mad at multiplayer games, but i might start playing more often! Honestly, i'd give Phighting! a 8/10, it could use some more tweaking.

[@miztrix7805]

Clearly you haven't seen a sakeas... 😅

[@Just_a_goofy_kid_named_Alex]

@miztrix7805 I sure haven't

[@RandomPerson-q9w]

@@miztrix7805 ?? (srry this is 3 months ago I just wanna know)

[@GrayGrayman]

Ngl I agree with this, but as a mobile player I have a problem with Medkit, as for some reason his square thing go show where to hit is missing plus the Q button doesn't even work-??? Anyway that's all I have to say :p I agree woth you (as a 51 level player)

[@Leyon_Gaming]

​@@GrayGraymanthe Q not working might be because ur not looking at an ally, but I haven't played mobile so idk

[@Cocoagraft_33]

Since my previous comment on this disappeared, let me reiterate : Biograft isn’t hugely unbalanced. Honestly, he's actually quite balanced. There are 2 big issues that make him seem extremely overpowered. For one, especially in opens, he usually dominates because Biograft specializes in exploiting skill gaps. He can manuever around characters requiring aim, and he can deal quick burst damage to unaware players. This means that to newer players, Biograft seems like an unstoppable force because they don't have the skills to fight him. For another, mostly everyone, including people in pro servers, don't stick together, which is the #1 Top Biograft counter. By doing this simple maneuver, someone in your group is bound to hit a rushing Biograft, or multiple of you. This completely stops Biograft in their tracks, and is likely to slow them enough to be killed. Basically, what I'm saying is that Biograft is good at exploiting bad coordination and skill gaps, which plague basically everywhere but scrims, which puts on a look of being overpowered, even if he isn't.

[@platinumg.8614]

I don't believe you!! YOU ARE A COCOGRAFT THE WORST KIND OF BIOGRAFT!! (jk between) Also, why is better everybody not sticking togheter?

[@diamond-games7212]

A crate system in phighting? Gambling? This is my hero right here. Aphazune. Thats my phighttuber. No one right here can compare. Please, go ahead, try to name someone better, I dare you. MY. HERO. APHAZUNE.

[@AphasonicTV]

WHAT THE HELL ARE U DOING HERE?! LET'S GAMBLE!

[@you-pv8xw]

​@@Alt-q8rAWWWWW DANGIT

[@vinyl_jj]

adding crates would make the game get banned in specific countries like the netherlands or belgium, due to their laws against gambling and lootboxes in games

[@conrad-ft2dk]

im scared of u

[@narasyanugroho9410]

19:21 , My jaw dropped realizing that it's World's End Valentime ☺️

[@ThisCreature]

I have found my self dying multiple times against Level 400+ players and felt like a useless addition to my team, questioning myself if i could be as good as them oneday, maybe i should change my main? It's pretty tiring when you keep dying multiple times and feeling like you're not improving at all, reading comments made me feel alot better, thank you guys :]

[@glitchingeclipse9850]

While this might be a bit farther away from possibility, I think I would like to see some form of a campaign mode for the game, whether it’s one overarching story or smaller personalized stories for each character. Not only would this be able to give newer players something else to help them learn the characters (aside from the selection screen and youtube tutorials), but it could also give some more insight onto character lore and could also help more with the story overall. The only problems I could really see from this (aside from the need to create a whole bunch of new things such as varying NPC enemies), is that it would be harder to connect things together in an overarching story and it would be difficult to make personalized campaigns for some of the characters (such as the supports for example). Regardless, I feel like this could be really good for the game as it would give new players a way to learn a character through more means with interactions and could give more content to older players through PvE and more lore for those interested.

[@DevilSpade]

YOOOO this video is so good? love your editing and you have great commentary

[@StoveEnjoyer]

I agree with a lot of the balancing parts, ALTHOUGH, I should note that coil has a 100 damage combo he can confirm off of his ult which ALSO guarantees an S rank combo breaker.

[@Uraniumpancakes]

Omg I love your ideas! I would love to see these in the game. I love phighting but there’s always room for improvement

[@Salmon-v1x]

I’m still a boom main, but the nerfs make him feel so bad but he honestly still can feel really fun if you have a team comp that’s good and the enemy team isn’t the entirety of the tank squad and their pocket kittens

[@grambitsandollar1461]

so real, I used to play this game on days end around release and left for a long time since my pc broke(and I don't like playing mobile in any game, mostly pvp), and when I came back like over a year later I just get WRECKED, DISCOMOBULATED, AND ABSOLUTLY OUTMATCHED, I hope they add what you talked about in the game loop section. It would be very much appreciated and NEEDED, also great job at this video I thoroughly enjoyed this video

[@grambitsandollar1461]

I loved playing medic and subspace before then and I completly forgot about the concept of reworks, so when I came back I was even more confused

[@GreenGork]

Genuinely screamed the moment Chesed showed up

[@Sakeas]

Hi that was me LMAO

[@Dextrix88]

@@SakeasI’m gonna beat you in the next 1v1 I swear!

[@GreenGork]

@@Sakeas FELLOW PM AGENT !!!!

[@StarlightShiver]

PM MENTIONED SLEEPER AGENT GO

[@Antonlouiz]

Honestly instead of gambling i would rather have it a shop that you can select your favorites. Commons to legendary might work with bux increasing for higher rarity.. it refreshes every 1 hour so thst it becomes new. Zukes shop is upcoming from what i heard so i think that would work out instead of gambling.

[@noomynarpa]

Watching boombox get gutted in real time was horrifying, i still dont know how tf people think hes in a stable state, he feels so horrible to play now

[@Cocoagraft_33]

For your opinion on Hotel Elephant, I agree about the bland aesthetic, but I have to say that the complete lack of cover out in the middle really causes issues and honestly makes it really ranged sided, at least towards the slower melees and especially if the ranged are being guarded.

[@AColorfulMess]

18:03 the surprise I HAVE when us not being able to zoom in is that shocking 😭

[@Mango_Therapy]

Coil guide pls, I really liked your skateboard guide vid so I’m looking forward to seeing one with coil 🙏

[@adams0123]

This video coming out right after mobile pings were added is so unfortunate.

[@MobileTheMid]

awesome video for an awesome video game jokes aside really great video!! Tho i do have some problems with your suggestions, such as the Strike System. Disconnecting exists and getting a strike and losing elo for something you're not even in control of kinda sucks yk. I don't have a solution either so i can't reallyyy be talkin Another thing is the Economy concept. I'm not that fond of adding something like a crate system since I don't want a chance to get the kill effect I want. I think purchasing titles, kill effects and stickers as just purchasable cosmetics would work better. Tho the trading system makes sense considering event stuff. Actually there's no other problems so I'll just give a suggestion. As a mobile player, I accidentally use my ult when im actually just tryna E or walk. So adding a Customisable Layout would be great! Well that's all, great suggestions and great video!!

[@AphasonicTV]

i forgot to mention there would be a pity system.

[@AphasonicTV]

and abt the strike system, read the text on screen for more context, please

[@Bhvyfyghfijkbgbfuhjgu]

Really good review i love phighting but the criticism you gave is valid and I respect it

[@Gaevbon]

I was really thinking about the whole queue system at times because it's so frustrating (we usually wait for a new server or see if there's one with enough slots that will let us in at once) and I like your idea for it!!

[@StarThousand.]

Hey I've met uprisingcoolio in opens before :D Kicked my buttocks tho as they beat me as an opposing hyperlaser when they're supposed to be a shuriken main

[@hannahelliott1551]

As a newish players (I started literally the minute they added privates v mermaids.) I chose to main SlingShot, so aiming is not only a struggle..but if I go in an open, I get absolutely destroyed by pro slings or other pros. I’m not sure if I’m learning but I’m pushing forward, I do hope they add better severs it really hard to get past 7th on the mvp list thing… (oh yeah, and I got harassed by a bh for being new.)

[@bryanthebomber7127]

I started playing this game in August this yr and I've been seeing boombox as alright. I kinda just adapt to things after playing for a while. I decided to main boombox and the only reason why I didnt think he needed a buff was because people said he's balanced. Your video mad me to wake up to reality and realize how bad boombox actually is. I hate missing a phinisher by a few pixels even tho it looks like it clearly hit my teammate. I didn't even know he had 20% boost instead of 15%, I thought it was always like that. I feel like they should also buff m2 by increasing the max dmg from 15 to 20 cuz the max charge m1 already does 14. They should also make the shield given to him 10 per charge instead of 5

[@SproutFromBS]

RAHHHHH OMORI Soundtrack!!! Especially starting at 19:21 which is that game's Megalovania!!! (Epic review btw, will rewatch it multiple times) Idk why the ost credits are not in the desc though but I might list it out myself tomorrow since I'm sleepy af and it's midnight here.

[@Cocoagraft_33]

For Biograft balancing, while I don't think it's perfect, it's better than it was previously. He doesn't run through everyone including the usual targets when the playing field is more even (eg. scrims) because he can be hit by stuff even if it's hard. If for example a good Medkit is getting rushed by a good Biograft, it's likely the Biograft wins. However, if the Medkit lands a few good shots and an E or two, they could potentially scare off or even kill the Biograft. The main reason Biograft is seen as super unbalanced and overpowered is his ability to completely roll people with a lower skill level. While yes, that's not a good thing, it's just because of how the class is made. If the playing field is more even, Biograft can be beaten with characters slightly or majorly disadvantaged to him. By the way, the Biograft MVPs you showed were 90% likely to be an open server where a pro is just rolling randoms.

[@peavuh]

ok so i generally agree with the points in this video except for two which are ranked matchmaking and the crate system so first ranked would in my opinion not fit very well due to phighting being a very casual game, and also due to balancing issues thus leading to a meta and possible toxicity if one does not follow said meta (for example if you pick skate instead of bio) and overall your progress being dependant on your team means many people would start to act toxic due to them losing elo becase of bad luck then theres the crate system which imo could be better without trading because depending on the pity system some stickers could be much harder to get than others and thus if you get one and people see it they will start begging for it which is very annoying and another note is that i enjoyed the badges giving you stickers (feels like you had to work for em) something something i aint readin allat /j

[@bound_5p]

Im not much for watching critique videos for stuff im fixated on but I made it here and would like to throw my 2 cents alongside stuff i've heard my friends complain about. 1. The party system ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. Anytime me and my friends, usually a group of 2-4 try to get into a game together it's almost impossible and we end up going in different servers or not playing at all. A bandaid solution I'd say is just make it so you can create new servers and not only have the chance for such. Most servers tend to fill up fast but being able to simply create your own to quickly get your friends into it may work at least for the time being, though maybe cause smaller server sizes from everybody doing it. 2. Im roughly level 100 after a year of playing, I don't play often, come on for phestivals mainly, or whenever I feel confident enough to play with others. I am absolutely garbage at the game. Hyperlaser, medkit, and subspace main. Maybe that explains it but even as an actual damage dealer of any kind I'm just horribly bad. I don't play fighting games often, not my style. I am more the equivalent of a level 20-25 give or take, and yes. Pro players joining servers to wipe out whole servers is hell and discourages me from playing. Pro servers never help, one of my friends got to play them when they were actually popular and it just was not fun for him, and clearly not for you either. This may not help me due to my level but a ranking system to fit players together based on level and change the mechanics of the game as you improve would enrich the experience and keep you playing, the gameplay loop would gain more than just the current one we have right now. 3. Updates. The phestivals always seem to be rushed and unpolished, alongside any sort of event they push out. Phestivals feel the same and for the most recent one, I didn't even bother playing for a long while and just ranked up juussttt enough to be legible for the skin (gg pirates i'm sorry I couldn't help more). I learned during one of the phestivals that.. yeah. you don't phight the other team, it's the same thing, fighting your own team and the opposing team. It may be more work to code it in to make sure the teams in servers are fair but it's still a surprise that it hasn't been done by now after so many phestivals. 4. Personal thing, but i wish previous gamemodes came back or got reworked to be a different server you can join even outside of the event. The mismatch one imo was super fun, being given a random phighter alongside other people that swapped when you died. Got to try out new phighters with other people so I didn't feel completely stupid when I kept being given slingshot a character i very much cannot use for the life of me. Decoy deploy is debatable, most of the matches are just one team gets bullied and dies a bunch, or nobody dies for 5 minutes until overtime hits. not.. fun. I was usually on the constantly dying end. 5. One thing a friend complains about is just the lack of actual updates. we hear about character reworks, dialogue changes, the crossroads update, the shop, so much stuff that we arent getting until crossroads is done which could be a few months to a few years. The gameplay loop is repetitive with no real goal to work for besides getting skins but theyre so expensive that I gave up after getting my favourites. There just is no goal. You had an idea in the video that could work but if it were to be added it would end up coming out with crossroads. Sure, the game will go into beta and will most likely feel like a whole new game, but if it really worth it if a bunch of stuff is done as QOL or to help the gameplay is coming out in a few years? Sure the game has blown up in popularity for the last few years but that can only last so long. Bit long, awesome video though, glad I stopped by to watch it. (your skateboard gameplay is terrifying)

[@veeurmyhero]

clan idea is fire

[@SolarSillySolace]

Skateboards developing arthritis over the course of a single match trying to get mvp watching the level 47 bio get 13 kills and get mvp (I am both a skateboard main and bio main)

[@jamezjamez5572]

Just started watching. Im the guy who asked for Skateboard tutorial, and that guy on that one server who told you about my comment.

[@MeboDotExe]

i genuinely feel like Skateboard as a concept is just impossible to get in a state everyone likes without a radical (haha) rework, because skate is so hard to play mechanically and when a skateboard is good he’s SO, SO OBNOXIOUS to try to deal with in a sense that even if he was “balanced” noone in this exchange would have fun (the skateboard is sweating their ass off, the victim can’t do anything) skateboard’s skill… Sheer cliff is ridiculous so noone is ever gonna agree on how good he is oh my god i’ve been so upset about scythe crits for ages, for THE LONGEST TIME the way scythe crits worked it WOULDN’T EVEN DEAL MORE DAMAGE if the enemy was low enough which SUUUCKED to play i agree to lower standard damage and buff crits Lol boombox yeah he sucks both in balance and to play i hope they get rid of his metronome gimmick it’s a cool concept but it feels terrible to play my philosophy on the open server issue is just server hop if i’m not having fun? if there’s a level 900 aphelion biograft pubstomping i just find a different server my only issue with the open-casual-ranked idea you have is that i feel like phighting doesn’t consistently get enough players to sustain that (but maybe this would start fixing that! i dunno. i’m also a person who never plays phighting outside of events haha) i kinda disagree with tradable rare/special cosmetic effects, even if they’re cosmetics it’s gonna attract a really annoying side to the game’s community (since you mentioned it as an example before, see Dungeon Quest donguses who dont actually play the game and are only there to partake in the economy they’ve accidentally created, where theyve somehow simulated the consolidation of wealth in capitalism in roblox) but whi knows how itd turn out in this specific style Mix-Up Madness had an abysmal system but Decoy Deploy was a bit better, though I will say the feel of Decoy Deploy mightve been improved by the fact that the bottom 50% of the ranks were completely filled out by people who played one game and never again (i think hard setting the threshold midway through was really good)

[@lemonflavoredcandy8096]

The problem with boombox is that bro got nerfed to the deepest pits of hell. This caused most of the boombox players either to switch mains completely and the rest just left phighting, making boombox players extinct. (Former boombox main that switched into a skate main) Miss the days where we could harass tanks and do the boombio combo while being the perfect counter for bios.

[@nedagamer9436]

The current state: its peak

[@trinitysillykitty]

i also have an idea for the gameplay loop that could probably fix most of the issues with a level 1000 vs a level 10 after reaching level 100, you are allowed to join pro servers after reaching level 200, you are incapable of joining open servers, and instead you get access to "experienced" servers (currently just pro servers but with more XP boost), while giving you the option to join pro servers after reaching level 300, pro servers are out of your game, and instead you get "competitive" servers (ditto) after reaching level 400, experienced servers are out of your game, and instead you get "master" servers (ditto) and then 500+ turns competitive servers into "ultra-competitive" (name pending) servers (ditto) just an idea, feel free to tweak and do whatever you want with it, im just putting out what i wanted to

[@Cocoagraft_33]

Party system is planned there are suggestions for it literally every week because no one reads the pins 😭 Actually like all of your QOL suggestions are already planned PLUS your gameplay loop suggestions 😭 I just think everyone need to realize that it's currently one guy coding everything by himself which means bro is not going to be able to do everything in like a month.

[@colfestr]

getting mad at people for not looking at a 6 month old pin that is a link to a google doc that is crazy work... it would just be way more easier for everyone if it was just a pinned message that said a party system is planned

[@PhakePhull]

My support ass really loves this idea 8:50 Oh and as for Vinestaff, she needs a few buffs. Vine's unreliable healing is what makes her so bad. Her E's cooldown could be reduced, 10 seconds is absurd. Tanks get jumped quite often and all of Vine's regen won't be able to heal in time, so burst healing is essential.

[@Uraniumpancakes]

I’m playing mobile on I-pad, and I’m happy to say pings where just recently added, but they are a bit janky

[@NglimMedkit-phighting]

As a person who didnt know about phighting until now i agree

[@oro8656]

personally i really do not like the idea of loot crates & trading, especially together, seeing how trading impacted other roblox games; whether it be creatures of sonaria, adopt me, etc etc. if we use those games as an example, since they both have loot crates & trading, it may cause people to trade more than playing the game (also its annoying whilst playing a game and using one of the things you bought, then someone begging for it) I propose instead, no trading system, buying the things yourself with bux in zukas shop (as probably intended by the devs) With variants of stickers, the original sticker will have to be bought first before you can buy an "upgrade" which will have either different colors, effects, voicelines, yada yada what you said in the video. Then again, I am biased against loot crates & trading lol I very much like the queue idea and the clan idea, it's fun to be in sub-communities, and its a good way to meet people also.

[@AphasonicTV]

Bux won't be buyable, so you'll have to grind to obtain things. (I forgot to mention the pity system, you wouldn't rolls the same sticker twice). I understand the concern but I think trading wouldn't hurt the game, because it's a side-thing, but the things you can obtain, should be SIDE things. People who are focused on trading can't progress without playing the game since bux WON'T be buyable.

[@oro8656]

​yk what fair! i think it'd be cool to choose what you can gain pity for also

[@MewmiNyan]

another thing about open servers for some reason if there's more than one sweaty player they always get put on the same team as the other sweaty player. when the community was still small-ish like a year ago i had a lot more fun playing bc ngl i think most ppl who played at that point have been consistently playing already but since phighting has become more popular whenever i play it's just a stomp fest and i'm not even that good but yeah it's not fun for both sides. unless u like torturing noobies for some reason.

[@BubonicSwordYT]

I'm a new skate main and I mostly agree with everything you said about him in this video but also. funny trick noise go bllbllui and trigger silly dopamine I don't care that he's harder to learn or more complicated than other phighters, I have fun playing him and I'm sticking with him no matter what (plus I think my years and years of playing hard platformers translates surprisingly well into doing tricks and stuff as skate) legitimately only said any of this because I saw skateboard. I see skate mentioned, I comment. I'm so normal.

[@Begs_Beginner]

This might be the current state of phighting

[@cheesymacaroni4305]

bro really just said "LETS GO GAMBLING!!!!" in the end with the sticker stuff 😭😭

[@willowing_.creature]

oh yeah, you’re the dude who made that one PHIGHTING tutorial video (really appreciate it btw)

[@Trowel_Battler]

PHIGHTING, the perfect game overlooked by the community

[@Cocoagraft_33]

The whole point of Phrenzies is to be individual. Yes, there are teams still in the game, but it's intended as a test of skill. Also, they did have a grindable requirement, although they didn't specify it because they didn't plan on it originally. Also there has been a Phrenzy queue? It's an entirely different set of servers.

[@oucastilho]

dam bro thats a great vid fr

[@adams0123]

9:08 I would say their rewarding enough. Getting an edge hit on a target gives you: 5% pinisher charge, bullets and 12 damage + extra damage based on their health. That combined with how you can just spam them if you have good positioning is already really good and doesn't need that much of a buff.

[@meownoss_prime]

phighting big news jumpscare

[@JustHere9839]

Hey this guy's kinda chill

[@Mr.Candybar]

Three words skill, base matchmaking

[@amar3e]

I honestly love the party system and overall low level and higher level gameplay suggestions. It would make it much more worthwhile and one thing I will say: I dislike playing pro servers because we don't get the fun chaos of sword events. So the casual mode would be a blessing. One thing I do half-disagree with was the point on phestivals and teams going directly against each other. The issue is that there aren't enough players for that to happen smoothly and if one team is more popular..... the issues become clearer when there's only a handful of one team against what feels like thousands of people on the other. Phrenzies I do hope they improve on outside of being a grindfest and make it both skill-based but rewarding if you, even if not skilled, can work hard towards and be rewarded for. For how short phrenzies are, I hope they don't make it as painful, and the recent one feels like it'll be focused on teamwork against npcs rather than "get as many kills as you can and disregard your team".

[@amar3e]

Adding onto this i hope they make team rewards more beneficial especially for support classes not made for killing (I have some vine staff one trick bias here but literally you cannot level up easily with her, she contributes to nothing but win rate in phestivals, and god forbid you play her in a phrenzy that says kills give more points. Add a healing category or team win points for phrenzies)

[@AphasonicTV]

Regarding the Phestival rework: Itwould balance out bc the more popular team would have more average players on them. It’s off winrate, popularity doesn’t affect stats anymore.

[@cheeseburger82473]

yall guys i think subspace is forcing the devs to buff biograft /j

[@ValkLover89]

as a moblie boombox main I want to cry over his nerfs and Q SURFING NOOO... But I can keep up even .with these nerfs

[@iamintoomuchfandomsT-T]

i’m gonna be so fr rn but whenever i even TRY to go into scrims i have a HUGE flash of anxiety…….. (i don’t even have discord) and this is basically a huge disadvantage for me ☹️

[@sippycupslid5170]

Entry 3 & 4 explained my frustrations w the game, Imagine yourself as an honor student that is around school 9+ hours + more hours on schoolworks Mon-Sat. Then after waiting and wanting to play the game, you do so with your friends on Sunday only to leave out of frustration because of a biograft main. This happend to me weeks ago but I could not leave that scenario out in my head when I play phighting now. Everytime i join an open especially if im with friends i just pray that theres no pro player that instantly manipulates on which team wins and whos the mvp. The fun of playing this game ofc is the thrill, you may not know whos gonna win during a close match and the round gets more chaotic and chaotic, its ecstatically thrilling. Why do pro players even had to go scrimming anyway right? So if one is on open servers, that charm immediately shatters. If you try to halt the pro player its hopeless.. I love phighting specifically for the thrills however thats my biggest issue with the game rn. I hope the devs could focus of its skill based matchmaking and attempt to fix it even just a small bandaid.

[@MightBeRabbit]

the bb section could be in a rap sample

[@TheoBorden-uh7uy]

I like it all but NAH I AIN'T GAMBLIN THIS AIN'T PHET SIMPULATOR X

[@crunchysolos8652]

the removed q surfing for bb was devasting

[@Me_and_fun]

Ban m2 should scale with height to combo with q... imagine him dunking you from the sky.

[@Dextrix88]

As a Banhammer main, I approve (but it probably wouldn’t go well with the game because a good Banhammer always does 25 dmg per M2 anyways).

[@Me_and_fun]

@@Dextrix88 IT IS BACK TO 30 BOYS!

[@Me_and_fun]

or maybe my eyes wrong.

[@Dextrix88]

@ OH

[@Dextrix88]

@ I thought it was 25 but I need to test it

[@inigo-13644]

as a phighter, who grinded as a lvl 100 rocket, lost my account, grinded lvl 100 *again* as a mobile rocket, amd am currently on lvl 196 in a pc sword main, yeah this vid pretty legit my newbie days weren't as unfortunate, but i would come up and see a lvl 300 every now and then that is just a free w for which team they're on, so the matchmaking and pro servers are pretty valid bux, only thing ive ever done with it is buy a few skins, i think i am on 815k, and have barely anything to do with it, so extremely valid since this is written post shuri and boombox rework, there is still a bit going on. shuri is extremely op from the matches i have gotten (might be a skill issue on my part, but rusty with it) acting as a sort of melee with the shotgun like spread, the invis is pretty funny but still a free escape route. skate hasn't gotten better from what i remember, nothing really changed with them. and boombox is actually pretty decent. now there are a few metas now, since i can barely play when the enemy ranged is hitting all their shots, though i still have a ton to go through, and some opinions here might change as the games go on. shuri and rocket is from my experience and others comments in-game, are dominating the tanks, since both have some pretty ridiculous mobility, rocket has literal momentum from q and m1, and shuri is shuri. boombox got a neat update, bit complicated now but pretty fun. nothing new happened to escort, but boomball did get added in oublic servers. i also really dont think the 66% update was necessary, as when i came back to phighting after a month (our internet provider decided to cease to exist since dexember 17, and for some odd reason has a schedule on when to turn on and off, consistentky turning off at around 9:00, the others with different internet providers don't have this issue) i got a bit confused qs to why shuriken had 150 hp while watching a phigting vid. bio is still pretty op but like skates situation they're pretty tough to master with a neat payoff, just sucks when bio gets 20/2/18 or some awful mvp stat. something i think is worth noting here is that besides decoy deploy, i never used other phighters, so i have barely any info about them. the maps are fine, but rip old ntw, and make telamon have some sort of life/whimsy. it has like three main colors and has just an awful atmosphere, not to mention the spawn camp problem (still don't know how open servers have morals when it comes to spawn camping) and the lack of cover (hyperlasers enjoy this, the 14 others don't). the map pool and rotation also kinda sucks when you have to wait like 2 hours for a map you like to show up, but at least they removed the pop-up every time you join the game. as i said, i did painfully grind to lvl 100 as a rocket main, sadly every told about mobile phighters are true. there isn't much to say about it, heck, even the cam movement feels off on mobile, and the x and f buttons just feel really out of place. the controls are also a bit bad since i most of the time put my left thumb away from chat, and clicking chat mid-phight is a death sentence, biografts are also a pain on mobile, melee in general actually, both facing and using them feel weird. i also somewhat agree with the gameplay loop, extremely repetitive and non beginner-friendly. something funny is that after being in a server for a while, you feel a bit demotivated, winning or losing. the phrenzys and the phestivals are valid, really, nothing much to say about them, and the first phrenzy i experienced (decoy deploy) had really weird issues regarding the fact that phighting multiples of the same wasn't intended, as ban ham and katana rounds could either give you insane amounts of points, or none at all. thanks for reading ig, took 45 ish minutes to type this out after watching the vid.

[@inigo-13644]

oh phun phact i learned you can reload on mobile by holding m1 like last week, you couldn't understand how relieved i was

[@Broker_xd]

FINALLY SOMEONE IS PHITHING

[@woeisme3018]

i hope your suggestions for better gameplay loop gets added in some form, probably not going to happen for some time since phighgting is still a passion project

[@jayahmac37]

30:54 yeah, its really fun. besides the fact that it's possible for i, a level 11 can get queued up in the same match as a sweaty level 1000! love it!😐(this is a joke btw)

[@Jester_Advocate]

Phighter mastery is confirmed getting added tho dunno when

[@adamixziober]

to add to how good sft is, it also has ultrakill music

[@Foxffires]

I stopped playing phighting for a few months because my very bad windows 11 computer broke, and I logged on again and a skateboard told me to kms because I had good aim with Hyperlaser

[@Goatdali]

i honestly decided to quit playing this game, for various reasons, to put it short: - EXTREME balancing issues - ridiculous nerfs/ruining once good characters - depressing gameplay - some negative experiences with players and others as such. tbh, it feels like a game MADE to piss your off, it may be an skill issue on my part whether i like it or not, my point still stands. i just felt safe venting about this stuff here, i'm not trying to make people who love the game stop playing it, it's not my right to do so, i personally am taking a huge break from the game, and only coming back when things go back 'on track', till then i'm waiting.

[@TheOfficialMew]

I feel like having to get lvl 100 and 200 just to get new gamemodes is a bit much (this is coming from a new player so i really dont know how easy it is to lvl up but this is just my opinion on it) I feel like they (the devs) should 1. Add a party system to que with friends and have them on your team (not have it be random to play with your friend on your team) 2. Have casual and ranked matchmaking unlock at the very beginning, because of this it will let the pro players have a competetive experience while still gaining rewards such as exp, bux, and elo to get higher in ranks (lets just say Bronze, silver, gold, Plat, Diamond etc.) and the newer players will not only have a place to play with people who are just as new as them but if they really feel like it they can jump into ranked and face people in the lower ranks they are also in. Having matchmaking systems level locked is really bad imo unless its like "get level 20 to unlocked ranked" but like, LEVEL 200???? Also having something like level rewards where you hit a certain lvl and gain something from it, maybe a sticker, titles, stuff like that. Mastery system is a great plus just because not only does it give people more things to do but it encourages players to play different characters instead of 1 tricking. Other than that i feel like everything else is good, i may have missed some things but idrc that much tbh. Again, I am a new players so i obviously dont think my word is nearly as valuable as a person who has played for 2 years but AS a new player I feel like this game would strive a lot more with these features, I love having a competetive experience in games so having a ranked matchmaking and being able to rank up from winning games is awesome to me, but also having a casual matchmaking where you can actually learn the game or just not sweat it up every game would be really awesome as well.

[@SundaydoesArt]

Im currently a shuriken main with the very rare change to subspace However i am also on mobile, so characters like shuriken are harder Do i care? No. Hes my baby To be honest he is the only one i actually really really enjoy the play style of. Sub is easier, and thats why i play him sometimes or if shuri is taken, but shuri is just more fun in general.

[@SundaydoesArt]

Update Coil

[@KwAnTheSilly]

"No special gamemodes" Boomball, And Phrezies be cryning rn

[@-hollythekitsune-7086]

17:44 CHESED SPOTTED ?!??!! PROJECT MOON MENTIONED

[@spystabberv763]

I love Skateboard, I hate his spammable trick passive, so here's what I would do. Add new ways to trick instead of just using a ledge. Add a cooldown to these ways of tricking. Now he's easier to deboard instead, making him more predictable, however he can build momentum like before if he plays around his tricks cooldowns, also Skateboard players would probably get into some areas of the map easier than before.

[@THEscythePHIGHTING]

17:30 yk what other problem this would fix? THE PHACT THAT I PHYSICALLY CANT USE COMMANDS CUS IM PHUCKIN MUTED!!!

[@Cocoagraft_33]

Skill issue!!!!!

[@THEscythePHIGHTING]

lock yer doors n windows

[@aldojesuscangoguerrero9257]

Why did you triggered my silksong obsession

[@AphasonicTV]

a fellow hollow knight enjoyer

[@wateryboi7476]

This might be because i'm a Shuri main, but calling Banhammer "Fine" is wild💀 When your counterplay is literally "Don't even fuck with him" it is gut wrenching when you see a Banhammer fly at you at mach speed. Being serious though, I generally agree with your arguments about balancing (especially bio Jesus Christ Subspace put that thing on a leash), I find myself honestly ignoring Skate whenever he's onboard; either because my aim sucks or because there just not that much of a threat (Oh how quickly I will get humbled/raptured by a pro skate main for saying that). Everything in the "Gameplay Loop" section: YES. I want to say I've been playing this game for a few months now and I will still get completely destroyed by players who have been playing this game for 1+ year. It definitely sucks but unless the devs do something to fix that you just kind of need to thug it out. A handsome video all around 👍

[@Cocoagraft_33]

I respectfully disagree about the Biograft balancing opinion. Tis a matter of skill and grouping up with your nonexistent team, because I ate them.

[@des4929]

as a previous BB main (I main vine, ban and scythe now) who has been playing since like right after crows vs doves, BB has been gutted to hell and back and his rework barely addresses some of the issues i have with his current kit such as his lack of any movement ability (with the removal of Q surfing he literally has no burst movement potential (yes it is a little ironic to say this as a vine main but at least vine has E to run away with) other than the apparent ability to create an old rocket arena conveyor belt with one ability (im going off teasers from Dec 24th 2024) which lets be honest probably will not help BBs lack of any ability to get out of a bad situation quickly. Then when you get to his current state? He's barely worth playing, his ult is straight garbage, his passive doesn't do much (as you said shuri gets more haste by existing), his M2 has barely any self sustain (with 4 charges you get to tank ONE extra ban M1 before dying), his ult i think is literally resource inefficient with its startup being the longest out of any ult in the game, pitiful radius and not much reward in 300 overshield that lasts 2 seconds and only like 50 actual shield which i think you could get in the time it takes to use the ult (oh yea and it no longer knocks people back meanwhile sword has i believe the lowest cost and startup ult and that can send people flying). BB used to feel impactful, now when i play him im thinking "vine could just do this better" because its true, imo vine is just a better BB rn with better support capabilities, some ability to run away with E and having GASP actual self sustain?!?! That does more than being able to tank one extra ban M1 every 10 seconds?!?!?! What is this wizardr- oh its game balance. I'm being hyperbolic but seriously BB feels terrible to play rn and i dont think the rework will address my issues with the moveset (being a lack of actually decent self sustain and/or burst (or hell any) movement abilities (and the ult but thats being fully changed so yea)

[@amazingcris3390]

The ranked idea is something really needed and would fix lots, but why level 200? If it’s ranked you won’t fight people crazy better than you, and I find it hard to believe that you’d be able to find matches consistently if it takes so long to unlock. It should be level 100 or maybe less and casual should be 50 or 75.