I like your post, because as a MK veteran that started playing MK1 in the arcades, I started playing MK again now that it came out for PC. I was hyped, as are a lot of people that now are able to play it.
So, I was kind of confused when I entered this site to know the community, and, while there are a lot of people supporting the game, as
Barrogh mentioned there is this strange feeling you get, when some people here think somehow the game is almost dead or practically the most broken game ever released.
I won't be playing IGAU because I couldn't care less about comic superheroes. I started playing MK because I always liked its thematic and characters.
I really hope the game gets an influx of new players, now that it came out for PC, and that the retail version is going to be released soon.
Me, for my part, I am having a blast playing it and while I recon there are some problems with the game, I will continue to play.
An idea: If NRS never releases a patch, and some characters are broken, why not trying to find a way around that? I don't suggest banning some characters, as that would probably be unpopular. But, for example, making obligatory matches with lower tier characters for example? That would be a way to have matches without the typical top tiers.