: Uses some meter but should also be able to build it for the final character. Anchor (Last) : The strongest character on your team. They can hold up to 5 bars of meter
Early analysis by digital foundry and community netcode warriors revealed that the Steam Edition did use pure GGPO. Instead, it used a hybrid system: THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION -CBT-
The CBT featured 14 playable characters out of the final 50+ roster. SNK chose a mix of archetypes to ensure varied matchup testing: : Uses some meter but should also be
Ultimately, the CBT succeeded. When the full Steam Edition launched a month later (Version 1.0), it was one of the best-selling fighting games on PC for Q2 2017. More importantly, the netcode improvements pioneered in this CBT laid the groundwork for , which eventually launched with full Rollback netcode. Instead, it used a hybrid system: The CBT