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How Balanced is Injustice really?

Injustice is overall a very balanced game. It would be a complete miracle of game design if you were able to take a game which has several dozen unique character designs and give them all 5-5 matchups across the board. That being said...while the top 4-5 characters might be a little too strong and the bottom 5 a little weak....when it comes to the midtiers the balance is pretty incredible. It says a lot that we still can't figure out a top 10.

Is martian manhunter OP? I think so. Not unbeatable certainly, but its hard to argue he's not number 1 when you go down the list of everything he has. Also, one thing I think clearly makes the top tiers in this game objectively better than the rest of the cast is how they all control the interactible game. I'm not saying we should ban interactibles...but a lot of us know what a trap throwing things at batgirl is, or that sinking feeling when Zod goes for the chair as the phantom holds us down, or when Manhunter hits us with like 3 things all at once.
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
You aren't being persecuted. These people just want you to clarify.



Go to the forum for your main and ask the other mains there?

Heck, even ask Martian players. I had trouble with the GL MU and simply asked GL mains how to beat GL and they told me.
and i clarified what he addressed specifically in the OP and he still said it and others have attacked me so........yeah
im not asking "how to beat MMH" my character loses bad to him and ive accepted and tried to find ways to fight him
 

SZSR

Noob
and i clarified what he addressed specifically in the OP and he still said it and others have attacked me so........yeah
im not asking "how to beat MMH" my character loses bad to him and ive accepted and tried to find ways to fight him
So nothing. You're making generalizations on the defensive.

I guess quitting is always an option if you don't want to win. My character has bad matchups too, and that doesn't stop me from trying.
 

RM Truth

Unintentional Tier Whore Follow me @TruthRM
this is legit proof you didnt read my post, soooo why are you here insulting me with preconceived opinions? i just asked some questions guess i cant do that without getting shitted on called an idiot/troll etc
You literally said that MMH was the Injustice equivalent of Kabal and was op. There's no other way to explain it. You're the only one making preconceived opinions. You should understand that's what is going to happen to you with the rep you have here.
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
So nothing. You're making generalizations on the defensive.

I guess quitting is always an option if you don't want to win. My character has bad matchups too, and that doesn't stop me from trying.
what generalizations am i making? seriously let me know what im doing
and how is it quitting if i said......nevermind you arent reading my posts either smh
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
Because I read through the entirety of the argument he made, and there's actually some reason/truth in it.

While most people will obviously be distracted by the title, his point is that while there are few "bad" characters in this game, it's possible that an overlooked character like MMH could eventually run away end up dominating the top end of the cast.

He should have chosen a better title -- but whether or not you agree, it's still a valid opinion.
Its flame bait and you know it. We've had this discussion on TYM 20000 times and it never ends well, ever.

There is a difference between asking "How is Injustice balanced" and "Do you think Injustice is balanced".
 

rev0lver

Come On Die Young
I like how we were just blown up yesterday and called morons when Astronout beat Jupiter, then he beats the final round champion pretty convincingly and only drops one game in top 8.

People need to stop making broad implications based off specific matches and online ft10's. There is no doubt for me that MMH is the best character in the game. I think he's manageable by a lot of characters, but when we act like 5-5's are hard counters it shows you how good he is.
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
You literally said that MMH was the Injustice equivalent of Kabal and was op. There's no other way to explain it. You're the only one making preconceived opinions. You should understand that's what is going to happen to you with the rep you have here.
saw how broken Kabal was and im not gonna say MMH is as bad as that or worse.
again im not saying he's the Kabal v2 but lbsh he's
direct quotes from the op ladies and gentlemen

 

SZSR

Noob
what generalizations am i making? seriously let me know what im doing
and how is it quitting if i said......nevermind you arent reading my posts either smh
I cannot help you see if you are blind to what you yourself are doing.

You've accepted your character loses, so have I. But this game is not fully fleshed out, you may have more options than you think.
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
im a knowledge seeker i like to ask questions, if thats pointless how do i learn? or how do you learn???
You like to complain. If you were an actual knowledge seeker you would go to the MMH forums and ask "How do I deal with MMH" but you instead opted to make a thread claiming he is broken and will eventually ruin the game. You can try and twist your words all you want but that wont change the message.

Also you should really learn how to write without using run-on sentences, makes it hella hard to read.
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
You like to complain. If you were an actual knowledge seeker you would go to the MMH forums and ask "How do I deal with MMH" but you instead opted to make a thread claiming he is broken and will eventually ruin the game. You can try and twist your words all you want but that wont change the message.

Also you should really learn how to write without using run-on sentences, makes it hella hard to read.
im not asking how to beat mmh read the OP before you attack me PLEASE
and sorry im not following MLA and trying to be 100% grammatically correct on tym lol also my keyboard is shitty so theres probably typos too
 

RM Truth

Unintentional Tier Whore Follow me @TruthRM
direct quotes from the op ladies and gentlemen

im not gonna say MMH is as bad as that or worse because he probably isnt but could he at least be the Injustice equivalent?

Direct quotes are fun aren't they? Another thing that confuses me is how you can say that MMH isn't that bad and then say he's broke in the same sentence.
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
I cannot help you see if you are blind to what you yourself are doing.

You've accepted your character loses, so have I. But this game is not fully fleshed out, you may have more options than you think.
you say im doing something but wont tell me when i genuinely ask, no offense but i dont think youre intention was ever to help
youre confusing acception a bad matchup with giving up, i said i try to find ways to fight him how it that quitting?
 

rev0lver

Come On Die Young
You like to complain. If you were an actual knowledge seeker you would go to the MMH forums and ask "How do I deal with MMH" but you instead opted to make a thread claiming he is broken and will eventually ruin the game.
Because MMH is possibly a legitimate issue to the game's balance and there's nothing wrong with discussing how the state of our game is when MMH exists.
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
im not gonna say MMH is as bad as that or worse because he probably isnt but could he at least be the Injustice equivalent?

Direct quotes are fun aren't they? Another thing that confuses me is how you can say that MMH isn't that bad and then say he's broke in the same sentence.
isnt that bad = as bad as kabal. context :)
also address the other quote i posted
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
also just an FYI this isnt a troll thread i never post to get flamed (why would i want insults) i just like to ask questions and open discussion
but i guess people here cant handle that so im assumed troll and bashed by hallf the people in the thread and most dont even fully read the OP or aknowledge the questions im asking
 

pumpkincream

superman reset specialist
why do people keep over saturating kabals dominance in mk9? most of it came from reo. who else was winning all those tournaments and pushing kabal to grand finals as much as reo? i bet if reo didnt play mk9 that kabal would not have been seen in the same standard given by him
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
Because MMH is possibly a legitimate issue to the game's balance and there's nothing wrong with discussing how the state of our game is when MMH exists.
Assuming this is true, what would we do about it? Are we going to ban MMH? If not, what purpose does this thread serve other than saying what we all already know?

MMH is top 1-2, I get it. But he has only won 2-3 majors out of god knows how many. You cant possibly say he is messing with the balance that much, at least not yet.

Jupiter has won a lot but he has also lost quite a few times, so obviously MMH isn't unbeatable. And if people admit that he isnt on Kabal's level, I dont know why there are these discussions since we obviously are not going to ban him.
 

trufenix

bye felicia
im a knowledge seeker i like to ask questions, if thats pointless how do i learn? or how do you learn???
No you're not. You're using an inflammatory post to incite like minded people to support your inane opinion and now that people are calling you on it, you're falling back on that childish Eric Cartman hey guys I'm just asking the question option select, when the only question your OP asks is how long will it take for the sky to start falling. Its the same shit you pull in every GL thread when somebody asks you to prove your absurd downplaying and your retort is to say "hey I see this all the time online, and you have to prove me wrong"

To address this continually retarded debate; If the rise of the Manhunter was imminent, we would have seen it by now. REO and Jupiter would've started winning months ago when the character wasn't even fully understood and it would have only gotten worse over time. Instead, the only people marching through tournaments with MMH are people who are commited to the character and his playstyle. Which is no different from the dominante with the other 7 or 8 characters which make up the top 5.

Injustice is pretty fucking balanced. Better than most games with casts this large. It has a top tier, yes, but every boogeyman is beatable and (barring some more insane glitches like pushblock or invisible bola) if this is the game we're stuck with from now until eternity, the future looks pretty bright.