(Dec. 16, 2016 6:05 AM)Kei Wrote: Yeah, it's a complex question. Looking at the statistics in my general testing comparison thread for Hasbro vs. TAKARA-TOMY Burst might help paint the picture for you: https://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Hasbro-...Discussion
Hasbro definitely does burst more often in my testing, but for MissingNo. to characterize it as ''who's going to Burst randomly first ?'' instead of ''who's skilled enough to Burst the other, or avoid getting Bursted ?'' isn't entirely accurate in my opinion.
There's some match-ups in Hasbro Burst that end up in a lot of Double Burst Finishes because of mold changes to the Layers that made them more aggressive (like Odin/Odax and Neptune/Nepstrius), but if you look at my testing (specifically the Hasbro vs Hasbro results) on a deeper level you'll see that there is also match-ups with things like Unicrest and King Kerbeus, you'll see that the burst finish frequency was pretty low in many of their match-ups. If anything, my statistics were skewed a bit to show a higher burst frequency because of sub-par Hasbro Layers like Odax and Nepstrius that probably wouldn't be used in Hasbro-only Burst Format. So, it's important to look at the individual match-ups rather than the big picture before drawing such definitive conclusions.
Really, it's an entirely different metagame that hasn't been explored all that much yet at this point.
Yeah, although the testing that you and others did is great, it doesn't paint the most accurate picture of an actual Hasbro meta because, naturally, people are going to avoid the Layers that burst often like the plague. With those outliers out of the game, the average burst rate will go way down. The challenge ahead is finding out what works and what doesn't in Hasbro - it really is like getting our parts pool doubled in size.