I was wondering whether anyone here knows of any updates that might be coming to street fighter 4.

I would love for zangiefs pile driving thing to cause less damage. and for seth to be less of an annoyance.

If there is a update, will have nothing to do with either of those things. If anything it will fix the match making.

The only things I want to see changed now is a nerfing of Seth in Arcade mode, and a strict tournament style implememtation of ranked matches ala SF2 HD. (double blind character selection, best of 5 rounds, 90 seconds)

They said they were going to patch in the ability to spectate the public games, if I remember correctly.

nerfing things should be last thing they do.

Right now they should get the online thing working better. let us spectate matches and make ranked matches double blind where you cannot change the rules to 1 round 30 sec BS matches.

I think I would have to agree with the online part. I'm not a fan of tournament because then that means I have to wait for people to finish fighting and then play.

What I do is go to arcade mode, 5 rounds, set computer to easiest and wait for people to challenge me whilst studying or something. 

 

I certainly wouldn't mind seeing the matchmaking be cleaned up in this "Tournament Edition" patch that's supposed to be coming out, not to mention some of the requisite tournament modes.
On the nerfing side, I'm not really a big fan of that (especially since I don't really pay attention to tiers and all that jazz), but if they had to nerf one fighter, I'd say it'd have to be Sagat.  He's just got a much too lethal mix of speed, reach, and power.  If they just made it so he couldn't snap off those Tiger Knees and Uppecuts so damn quickly, I think it'd me more of a fair fight.

Honestly I think the only characters that need some fixing are Guile and Vega to get them up to at least mid tier.

This is starting to sound like a thread on an MMO forum. "Nerf XXX class, and buff XXX class!!!"

i hope they bring lobbys back to street fighter

I don't MEAN to sound like an ass or anything!  I just seriously think Sagat IS too powerful, like if someone nails you with the Tiger Uppercut or Tiger Knee like TWO times, half your life is gone, which would be fine if the moves couldn't be snapped off so quickly or if the range on 'em wasn't so great.  A skilled Sagat player is my nightmare. 
And to Ratfoot, I've been wrecking the Ranked Match scene lately with Vega and he's become my main.  I don't think he needs to be any better, and I think Guile is pretty decent, too.  But... to each their own...

"The only things I want to see changed now is a nerfing of Seth in Arcade mode, and a strict tournament style implememtation of ranked matches ala SF2 HD. (double blind character selection, best of 5 rounds, 90 seconds)"

"I don't MEAN to sound like an ass or anything!  I just seriously think Sagat IS too powerful, like if someone nails you with the Tiger Uppercut or Tiger Knee like TWO times, half your life is gone, which would be fine if the moves couldn't be snapped off so quickly or if the range on 'em wasn't so great.  A skilled Sagat player is my nightmare.  And to Ratfoot, I've been wrecking the Ranked Match scene lately with Vega and he's become my main.  I don't think he needs to be any better, and I think Guile is pretty decent, too.  But... to each their own..."

I would like an update where they fix the difficulty bug. Still have a lot of characters to get Seth and that is not helping.

I heard they are working on an update to improve the multiplayer component, sort of like SSF2THD... when will it be ready, nobody knows.

Seth is seriously not that hard. I'm gonna make a vid and show how ridiculously stupid and easy he is to beat. The trick for people who actually know how to play SF is to treat Seth like a really predictable tool (like 99% of the Ken players) instead of trying to outwit him the way you would a skilled opponent. To me, the fights on the way up to Seth are much more difficult than he is. Abel might be the hardest of all, imo. Anyway, like I said... I'll make a vid.

As far as any future patches, all I care about is the online matchmaking end. Make it double-blind character select and at least a 6-man lobby, and I'll be a happy camper. For a while anyway.