Two years ago NRS said, that "buying stages or exclusive characters for MKX is not a part of their plan right now". So, it also could be true.
Thanks to Activision all developers are guilty until proven innocent.
I love NRS, and I think they get a lot of missplaced hate, but this is about their own track record. MKX had micro transactions that allowed to buy the krypt and easy fatalities, so I would be surprised (for good) if Injustice didn't have them for gear pieces.
You will just use the vanilla characters.
I hope it's more than just tossing them away. I'd worry gearless play would end up feeling like being forced to compete in MKX variationless. Even if the base character is objectively solid, if it feels even a little like competitive players are playing less of a game, then that is going to be a problem.
Unless they create a several variations for characters(which they probably won't) I don't see how you can do it any other way.
That pretty much turns into the preset concept people were speculating about in the beginning working as pseudo variations. That would probably work pretty well, but it sounded a lot more like they were just going to go vanilla.
Microtransactions don't have to be evil. MKX's were harmless. But like I said, NRS will have to literally lay out every piece of DLC gear before anyone will believe that.
I imagine if a character is considered trash in tournament mode he might permanently get a gear effect as an easy way to buff them in a later patch.
I am also slightly bothered by the life bars. It's not a huge deal, but it just looks so....blah. I realize many people like a minimalist style, but it's just so bland compared to Injustice, MKX and even MK9.
That that Kinda sucks, I'd love to see the gear stats in tournaments.
What did they do?
Destiny, most recently. But really nothing Activision has done in the past 9-10 years has been pro consumer. Their motivations are entirely profit driven now.
