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Unsolved Mysteries of MKX: Fake Patch Changes
Note: This thread is about unsolved mysteries. What you are about to read is not a news bulletin.
Imagine if you will a scenario: it’s mid afternoon, and Netherrealm Studios has just released a new balance patch for Mortal Kombat X. You rush to TestYourMight.com, eagerly awaiting the annotated notes for each character that outline the changes, and already the talk is exploding throught the forum. Did a move get more disadvantage on block? Was there a change to the range of another move? Which character has been nerfed the hardest?
It’s an exciting time for all the players, but there is a disturbing trend that Unsolved Mysteries has recently uncovered: posters distorting or otherwise fabricating changes that happened to their character. Unfortunately, with the presence of changes that may not be listed in any official correspondence, these rumors can spread like wildfire and often become a legitimate talking point in the post patch discussion. Unsolved Mysteries can not, and will not abide the spread of misinformation.
Scenario #1: we look to the forums of the bug queen D’vorah, where a recent controversy is just now passing over. Weeks ago, known D’vorah player Cr Honeybee noticed what he thought was a change to the difficulty of the character’s execution heavy combos in her Swarm Queen variation
Soon, other users began to chime in with their similar experiences in finding the combos harder to execute. Taking to his Twitch.tv stream, Honeybee would go on to make a live account of him seemingly being unable to execute the combos he had previously been able to. However, lead designer Paulo Garcia eventually weighed in in Honeybee’s stream chat and let him know that the cancels, aside from a day 1 hotfix issue in the September 1st patch, the cancels had not been touched or made any harder. This was met with hostility and a declaration that something was still not right
(Addendum: Since this post was initially written, Cr Honeybee has since gone back on his accusations of changes to D’vorah’s cancels. Unsolved Mysteries commends his honesty)
Scenario #2: we venture into the Kano forums, where an argument is threatening to tear it apart at the seams. Most are cursing the developers of the game for “nerfing” Kano by taking away the armor on his EN Pump Up and then adding it back in in a “secret” hotfix
Scenario #3: Jaqui “Bae” Briggs, recent recipient of numerous changes, is tweaked once again in a follow up to the original patch. Aside from what was written in the notes, a TYM user yet again states that there has been a change to Jacqui that was not written in the correspondence from NRS Studios
(Addendum: in the thread, the user pointed out that he has since abandoned his claim. Unsolved Mysteries thanks him for his honesty and has added this addendum)
These are just three of numerous examples. If we were to venture into the Kenshi forums, for instance…
As always, Unsolved Mysteries cannot work alone in finding cases to solve. If anyone has any tips about a mystery that needs solving or to be brought to light, PM @KingHippo on TYM and he will relate back to us so we can begin an investigation.
That’s all for tonight, and remember, for every solved mystery there still remains an Unsolved Mystery
Note: This thread is about unsolved mysteries. What you are about to read is not a news bulletin.
Imagine if you will a scenario: it’s mid afternoon, and Netherrealm Studios has just released a new balance patch for Mortal Kombat X. You rush to TestYourMight.com, eagerly awaiting the annotated notes for each character that outline the changes, and already the talk is exploding throught the forum. Did a move get more disadvantage on block? Was there a change to the range of another move? Which character has been nerfed the hardest?
It’s an exciting time for all the players, but there is a disturbing trend that Unsolved Mysteries has recently uncovered: posters distorting or otherwise fabricating changes that happened to their character. Unfortunately, with the presence of changes that may not be listed in any official correspondence, these rumors can spread like wildfire and often become a legitimate talking point in the post patch discussion. Unsolved Mysteries can not, and will not abide the spread of misinformation.
Scenario #1: we look to the forums of the bug queen D’vorah, where a recent controversy is just now passing over. Weeks ago, known D’vorah player Cr Honeybee noticed what he thought was a change to the difficulty of the character’s execution heavy combos in her Swarm Queen variation
Soon, other users began to chime in with their similar experiences in finding the combos harder to execute. Taking to his Twitch.tv stream, Honeybee would go on to make a live account of him seemingly being unable to execute the combos he had previously been able to. However, lead designer Paulo Garcia eventually weighed in in Honeybee’s stream chat and let him know that the cancels, aside from a day 1 hotfix issue in the September 1st patch, the cancels had not been touched or made any harder. This was met with hostility and a declaration that something was still not right
(Addendum: Since this post was initially written, Cr Honeybee has since gone back on his accusations of changes to D’vorah’s cancels. Unsolved Mysteries commends his honesty)
Scenario #2: we venture into the Kano forums, where an argument is threatening to tear it apart at the seams. Most are cursing the developers of the game for “nerfing” Kano by taking away the armor on his EN Pump Up and then adding it back in in a “secret” hotfix
Unsolved Mysteries could find no record of the armor actually being gone in any unpatched version of the game, and even further, we now have confirmation from lead design Paulo Garcia himself that the armor property was never removed, and only recently was the duration increased so more Kano players could take advantage of the armor property contained in the move. From a different thread:
One can only guess as to the reason why players would go out of their way to fabricate this idea; perhaps it softens the blow of the loss in a long set of games, or maybe it’s truly a matter of confusion. Either way, the fact of the matter is that the armor never actually changed, and thus the talking point is null and is only seeking to further confuse and muddle good information within the Kano forums
Scenario #3: Jaqui “Bae” Briggs, recent recipient of numerous changes, is tweaked once again in a follow up to the original patch. Aside from what was written in the notes, a TYM user yet again states that there has been a change to Jacqui that was not written in the correspondence from NRS Studios
Unsolved Mysteries could find no evidence of this ever being tweaked in any sense of the word in its investigation. Unsolved Mysteries would also like to point out that this is a repeat offender, and perhaps should be more thoroughly questioned in any patches to come
(Addendum: in the thread, the user pointed out that he has since abandoned his claim. Unsolved Mysteries thanks him for his honesty and has added this addendum)
These are just three of numerous examples. If we were to venture into the Kenshi forums, for instance…
Many will no doubt ask, “Why go after these posts? If they’re wrong, aren’t they just misinformed?” That is of course true, and while no harm may be meant by it, the reality is that spreading misinformation effects everyone, from the players that play the character to those who don’t and merely think the character is being nerfed every patch. This will later spread into discussion about how the character ranks compared to the others, and at the end of the day, the character is left underexplored and underutilized by the community.
As always, Unsolved Mysteries cannot work alone in finding cases to solve. If anyone has any tips about a mystery that needs solving or to be brought to light, PM @KingHippo on TYM and he will relate back to us so we can begin an investigation.
That’s all for tonight, and remember, for every solved mystery there still remains an Unsolved Mystery
