Yeah, I talked a few people into trying it out. A lot of them said it was definitely worth their time.
I wouldn't consider myself all too good. I just got into it recently, myself. I have a soft spot for Yuri so I'm probably going to use her for my main team. Speaking of which, I should probably do a rank match sooner or later and see where I place. But just to be safe, I'll be purchasing Iori with the flames around this weekend since he covers a lot of my offensive chasing. There's one thing I'd like to ask you though; have you've been able at all to perform a Desperation move into a Neo Max Cancel? That's the only thing I don't know how to use at all. The other thing was probably the HD cancelling. Is there any proper/effective way to using that?
As for XIII-2, I just figured out it was coming out today... lol. I'll buy it between next month and March.