I know, it's pretty weird. I like Reptile and wish he was in the game but honestly I would rather have Fujin because Reptile was in the past two games and NRS basically only used him as a jobber for story mode.
Fujin is a character we haven't gotten in like a decade or so, and the dialogue seems to portray him as a more laid back and down-to-earth god, even saying that he likes to hang out with Jax because he enjoys a good time. Every other god, demigod, super powerful whatever is always so serious and Fujin seems to be change for once. Especially in comparison to Raiden aka Mr. I Must Consult With The Elder Gods.
Even if the dialogue is misleading, the fact that Fujin hasn't been in a game for so long and has received a fair amount of requests up to this point is enough to justify getting ONE dlc spot.
I agree. It's nice to see more characters that haven't been playable since Armageddon get revamped.
I'd also like to say that I'm not expecting any missing MKX character to be DLC. NRS doesn't seem to make characters DLC if they were in the base roster of the last game. MKX didn't have any of the missing MK9 characters DLC(not counting Tri-borg). Not even Sindel, Baraka and Rain. Injustice 2 didn't have any IGAU characters as DLC. All three MK characters in KP1 for MK11 are ones that missed out on MKX. So I think it's safe to say that the same will apply for any MK characters KP2 will have.
I also think if a character has an assist, then it means NRS doesn't plan on having them as DLC. And the majority of the missing MKX have assists along with the rest of the missing MK9 characters.