Guys: this back-and-forth has nothing to do with MK1 
It’s just “No u. No u. No u”
I’m going to clean this up, and let’s get back to the topic.

It’s just “No u. No u. No u”
I’m going to clean this up, and let’s get back to the topic.
They 100% made Havik & Dairou worse, I love MK1 & a lot of changes but let’s not capThey made them better, not worse.
They have more personality in MK1 than they ever did in the old 3D games, to say nothing of their gameplay.
Shit take.
Its not cap. At all. Havik is way cooler both in design, his animations, his playstyle, you name it.They 100% made Havik & Dairou worse, I love MK1 & a lot of changes but let’s not cap
Why wouldn't they?I don't think NRS wants us to have online lobbies. Why else would they not be available yet? I can't imagine it possibly has anything to do with technological limitations.
Beats the shit out of me. They had them in previous games and they're somehow missing in this one? What's taking them so long if it's something they'd like to do? Where's the transparency about it? I somehow doubt they're unaware of peoples' interest in them.Why wouldn't they?
Like playback mode, it was probably a feature that wasn't finished when the game was set to launch.
I mean it took them a year to reveal a leaderboard.Beats the shit out of me. They had them in previous games and they're somehow missing in this one? What's taking them so long if it's something they'd like to do? Where's the transparency about it? I somehow doubt they're unaware of peoples' interest in them.
Which speaks volumes to where their concerns are. It was also probably a last minute idea and isn't what it was intended for at all. A year? For that? Please.I mean it took them a year to reveal a leaderboard.
Maybe. I mean I'm not a coder and I have no idea as to what it takes to implement those functionalities. If we agree that the game was rushed and I think we do, I think some features were less prioritized than others in order to get the game out.Which speaks volumes to where their concerns are. It was also probably a last minute idea and isn't what it was intended for at all. A year? For that? Please.
Or maybe it's not complicated at all. Perhaps they just had no intentions of having lobbies. It really seems that way since they haven't a said a fucking word whatsoever about it. NRS has some of the worst transparency I've seen and it sucks. I'd love more communication from them and I'd imagine plenty of others would as well.Maybe. I mean I'm not a coder and I have no idea as to what it takes to implement those functionalities. If we agree that the game was rushed and I think we do, I think some features were less prioritized than others in order to get the game out.
In any case, I don't think anyone at NRS is spinning in circles in their office chair and screaming, "lol, fukk online rooms!" It's probably a more complicated answer than that, like most things.
My guess is it was cut during early production. I mean it's not like it was some "new thing", they were around for like a decade across multiple games. Spent thousands of hours in lobbies all the way back in Inj1 lol. Seems like they purposely removed it during making the game, and the fact that it was never addressed as "rooms are coming" likely means they never were gonna add it back. Once they started recovering from the rough launch they probably figured working on other parts of the game was more important than adding rooms. I'd be willing to bet we never get it in MK1 which yea it's a bummer.Or maybe it's not complicated at all. Perhaps they just had no intentions of having lobbies. It really seems that way since they haven't a said a fucking word whatsoever about it. NRS has some of the worst transparency I've seen and it sucks. I'd love more communication from them and I'd imagine plenty of others would as well.
I mean they added match playback take over. That's not a feature they had to add if they just didn't care/were lazy/etc. Same for cross play. These were likely features planned at launch that just didn't happen due to the game being rushed.Or maybe it's not complicated at all. Perhaps they just had no intentions of having lobbies. It really seems that way since they haven't a said a fucking word whatsoever about it. NRS has some of the worst transparency I've seen and it sucks. I'd love more communication from them and I'd imagine plenty of others would as well.
That is fair and I didn't know that about the chain of command for even little tidbits of information.I mean they added match playback take over. That's not a feature they had to add if they just didn't care/were lazy/etc. Same for cross play. These were likely features planned at launch that just didn't happen due to the game being rushed.
It seems to me that if they really didn't care to have quality of life features such as these, they would never have added them. It's possible we'll get rooms in a future update, like we got cross play.
As far as communication goes, you have to understand that NRS isn't it's own publisher. Bandai-Namco is. Capcom is. Molly Bee had a really great Twitter thread breaking down how even simple messages to the community have to go through a whole chain of command of approval first.
Trust me, I'd love for us to have Harada-tier communication from NRS. However, we have what we have an no one on this site is an expert on how the inner machinations of NRS/WB actually work when it comes to these things, so we can only speculate.
I think though - that implying that the developers simply don't care or are "too lazy" to say anything is a massive oversimplification.
All I've ever wanted was for people to engage in a little more nuance. A little more critical thinking. A consideration that things may not always be as they seem.That is fair and I didn't know that about the chain of command for even little tidbits of information.
The general person's lack of understanding of this, and their lack of even considering it when it's pointed out, always blows my mind.... you have to understand that NRS isn't it's own publisher. Bandai-Namco is. Capcom is. Molly Bee had a really great Twitter thread breaking down how even simple messages to the community have to go through a whole chain of command of approval first.
Critical thinking is scarce these days, and not just online.A little more critical thinking. A consideration that things may not always be as they seem.