THIS is whats killing the game for me. I mean I get if you love 'balance' but, honestly, it's fucking boring. I can't for the life of me understand why some combo paths and variability got removed in the D1 patch. Kitana's fans could combo into decent damage, Kollector got some nice cancels off of F4, some others with KK I can't recall, but THATS THE SHIT I NEED TO MAKE THE GAME FUN.
I'm all for balance but ffs when ever single character you face online has the EXACT SAME COMBO PATHS it gets fucking old real quick, no overheads or low mixups that require quick thinking, no safe cancel pressure that forces aggression from the other player. Fucking everything costs bar in this game, and everything is straight forward, I'm tried of opening up with throws because all of the combos with most characters don't have any decent OH or Lows. People are STILL finding shit in MKX, this game is so flowchart and simple most things were found in the first week, and flawless block labs are useless when most characters don't have decent U2's. This game just isn't fun for me anymore and I seriously doubt there will be an overhaul anytime soon that makes the gameplay anything but slower and more streamlined. Maybe I'll pick it up when the dlc comes out but if they all have babys first fighting game like playstyles than thats a hard pass. Shame too because I was soo hyped for this game when it came out.