Netcode being so much better is a big reason along with the death of interest in locals & big money online series
Well i think after they did the ggpo update to mkx online started becoming more relavent immediately, especially with ESL and other online based tournament type events
Edit: I see I have made the same post others have made. I am so bad about reading a thread all the way through before posting.
I think that is the key point. That old "preserve the purest form of the game, offline" collapses when people smell the cash.
Dudes are legitimately scared of losing that tourny money to "Necro" Ninjakilla! It has great entertainment value though...watching these rambling dudes (and their fan boys), in great fear of losing that tourny money to the emperor of the "Necrorealm". Bwaaaahaha
This was never true. The ESL Pro Series had a ton of money and is generally looked at one of the highlights of that game.
Personally I hate it but I'm almost a Dinosaur FGC age wise at this point, I miss how hungry & firey local rivalry & events were
His existing f2 is almost never used due to it being a High with short range. There is maybe one or two combos it can be used in, but it makes them more prone to be dropped if you try it online and it doesn't add much more damage over the safer options. But you'll never see a high level Liu Kang use it as a combo starter even though it's pop up, which just shows how useless it is tbh. Changing it to an overhead knockdown would give liu kang an actual reason to use it and it would kill 2birds with one stone. It would function similarly to his back 2 in MKX, except would have a significantly shorter range and would be much more punishable.
Every character has a quick jump overhead, including characters who have multiple overhead options, that's not a solution. Liu Kang needs an overhead string and changing a nearly useless skill into a reasonable overhead option would be the most efficient way to implement it.
I believe he is 19?
