Oh yes, MK 11 is so "balanced" the Final 8 had 6 Geras players, 2 not. Real diverse right there lol. I seem to recall CD jr winning a tourney with Rain and Osu 16 with Kitana. I guess they were not balanced too.
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Ok. Let's just skip that one and talk about your argument.
Kabal and Cyrax had literal 9-1 and 8-2 matchups across much of the cast. They absolutely dominated the meta and by a couple years into the game's life, every top 8 was full of the same characters: Kabal, Cyrax, Sonya, Kenshi.
Some characters in that game didn't even have pokes. Like pokes were minus on hit. Come on man.
The gap between the cast has never been as large as it was in MK9, and to even compare it to MK11 is completely foolish. Just seems desperate to bash the game.
Lmao — did you just compare Cetrion and Jacqui to Kabal and Cyrax? Come on man.
Yes, I mentioned him AFTER you brought him up. Let's skip that one indeed.
My initial post I never mentioned Kabal, this is my post you responded to. I never mentioned characters specifically, but MK 9 to MK 11. Also getting the vibe you really struggled vs those two characters. Cyrax wasn't nearly as tough as people made him out to be, he had 70%-100% resets sure. But never had the 100% landed on me ever, and the most I had landed on me was 60%. I don't see how that's any worse than eating a Geras loop for 40% then getting hit with a KB for another 30% or Baraka's damage 55% off 2 KB's in one combo? lol Kabal's biggest problem was his dash pressure, how is this any different than Jacqui's or Jax's in this game? Up close it's nearly impossible to get away from them. At least with Kabal you could poke him out of the dash cancels. With Jax it feels lucky, and Jacqui I just don't see it happening at all. Others on here have already complained about her 3rd variation being broken. To ignore this is foolish.
You're not, this game is not balanced as good as people think. Its average at best, definitely not way more than i2, mk9 etc not when you have dumb variations like broken jacqui 3, geras, cetrion and 100 other things busted about this game. Also like someone said try winning with Raiden, Skarlet, Kollector etc then tell me this game is balanced so I can laugh.
Where in this statement did I mention Kabal or Cyrax from MK 9?
I was elaborating on a prior point, I never mentioned them specifically. You did however.
That was also after the games life of most feeling that way. This game isn't even a year old, we have 3 Variations per character some of which clearly broken at least atm. Depending on how NRS patches it will determine how lopsided some matchups will be. Kabal is one thing, but Cyrax was heavily overrated. Like I said I played top Cyrax's on Xbox all the time and beat them with Ermac and Sektor. Mid tiers, Sektor I vividly remember being debatable. Ermac that was said to not be in his favor. You mean like how Scorp dominated the meta in MK 11 til they patched him? lol Geras, Cetrion, Jacqui, Jax dominate most of the roster in this game namely up close. Geras and Cet are just dumb, they both have way too many tools to virtually never be safe from them despite where you are on the screen. Dude, Sonya was only a big deal because of Sonic Fox, most players did not play her that well lol. Kenshi another character one player was known for, the game overall had more balance because there wasn't any gimmicky, inconsistent nonsense that MK 11 is filled with plus the wake ups, rolls etc actually worked in that game lol.
Dude, what are you talking about there's a whole video of REO explaining why pokes are better in MK 9 than MK 11. Throws are dumb in MK 11, they literally throw you out of crouch ducking animations which is beyond stupid.
Not bashing the game at all, just calling it how it is. I spent my hard earned money on it like anyone else that also gives me the right to critique it if I so wish. People want what they paid for.
Lastly, If this game is so much better than MK 9 then why do most players prefer MK 9 over MK 11 when polled on every major MK site and/or Reddit? To deny this is ridiculous. You love MK 11, that's great and all but you can't deny the games flaws. What you're forgetting is if not for MK 9's success to not just bringing the series back again to be relevant but without it you'd have no MK 11. Can't deny those facts. That being said, I would bet you anything if MK 9 remastered, updated with better netcode dropped tomorrow half the world would drop MK 11 in a heartbeat.
show me serious matches where cyrax "takes 100% with ease" in a tournament or high level match. How often has cyrax dominated mk 9 tourneys?majors etc?
