no, I think that's stupid.... cosmetic unlocks should be rare and not owned by everyone. Have some in towers, some in online, some in story mode, some in offline vs with 2 controllers. A skin should be a reward a player can show off, like an achievement.
I don’t think that is designed properly at all. Having to grind for years in a SP mode against the AI to finally unlock the gear you wanted since release? That makes no sense and is a colossal waste of time.
I think that would be solved by unlocking gear for the character you are actually using (and possibly fluff like wallpaper and songs and stuff).
There’s a BIG difference between encouraging you to try out all the game modes with gear being tied into them, and forcing you to play a certain game mode for months to even years in order to unlock gear. One is defensible the other is not. If the gear tied to the towers only required you to complete a couple, you’d have a point. But clearly that wasn’t the case.
Which helmet can't you get?
I have played MK11 on and off for 4 years and I unlocked Dark Automata Noob like a month ago, by buying it with those time krystals I got from ranked, insane shit. Klassic rain I unlocked like a month ago as well because it is locked to race against time, so If you miss it you have to wait months for it to come back, ridiculous shit.In addition to what I said earlier about Golden Krypt events being absolutely disgraceful, especially since they were very rarely advertised in the game itself, I'd have less issues with them if they'd been tied to just quirky/weird/thematic gear and skins; like the revenant skins, the Kronika-styled skins, the KL Saurian skins, uniquely designed masks etc. You know the type of stuff some people may want for fun, but nothing that's going to annoy most players in not having.
But having them tied to Liu's MK2 skin? Jax's MK3 arms? Kano's classic eye? Noob's MK9 mask? That was straight up insulting to many fans out there, especially those who'd never think to check a developer's twitter page after the game is already released (I certainly wouldn't, I don't really use social media).
Miss it that one single day it drops? Well screw you, you're waiting a year for it to return, so better not be busy that day. And have fun looking at it locked on your gear options every day just to taunt you - "Found in the Krypt" they say, it should have said "Found on Twitter, for only 24 hours, once a year. F**k you."
AND WORSE STILL, THEY'RE STILL GOING!!!! Stick that gear in the towers, the shrine or premium store already for anyone who's only just bought it recently. By the time MK11 was released, there was an 'unlock all' Krypt purchase for MKX, they should have done the same already for MK11 at this stage in its life, as a new release will undoubtedly bring in new fans or bring back old ones who may have returned from having had a dark-age away from MK for whatever reason (as I did throughout the PS3 era due to parenthood, so never played MKvDC or MK9 during the time they were current).
Sorry rant over
it’s not so much that they were too similar, they were all intentionally designed to have two versions, which I liked becuse it meant I could use a design I liked on multiple types of outfits without it looking off.
This is the only answer. Some should be hidden in the krypt, some should be related to unlocking your character’s tower ending, maybe even tie it to the AI difficulty level for better unlocks, and the rest should be tied to achieving milestones in ranked - what league you reach with said character, how many wins in total, win streak, etc. I’m ok with some of them being offline, but it shouldn’t be grindy at all imo.
