What about pre-patch Kung Lao? Pre-patch Stryker? Pre-patch Khameleon? Pre-patch Ferra? These kameos, along with Cyrax, completely dominated Mortal Kombat 1's meta at one point or another. When one kameo was nerfed, another one took control.
So, you care to remember the history of one game (Mortal Kombat X) but choose to ignore the history of another (Mortal Kombat 1)?
Weren't Cyrax and Lao nerfed in the same month?
I may have misread your previous posts then, and that's on me, my bad.
You're still talking about a version of the game that no longer exists.
Same can be said for MKX and variations with pre-patch rekka/Pyro Tanya, pre-patch Summoner Quan Chi, pre-patch Demo Sonya, pre-patch Kung Jin, pre-patch Alien everything, pre-patch Erron, pre-patch Cyber Sub, etc etc. Variations were even more busted than kameos and also made a lot "full" characters useless because most of the cast had one "superior meta" variation and two "why should I use those" variations. I can't even remember some of the other variations for some characters because they were never used. LOTS of rose-tinted-glasses with MKX right now.
Yea, that's what I've been saying too lol. All this variation or kameo types of deals is always gonna be lesser to fleshed out 1 vs 1 characters imo.
I love MKX so much but that game was such bullshit. My character spent the majority of the game’s life 7-3ing almost a third of the cast and getting 3-7’d by just as many (except he got buffed and everyone else got nerfed in the end, fuck y’all), it was nonsense but I loved it.
If I recall correctly, Cyrax had been nerfed first and Kung Lao, who had a loop-able vortex with Mileena and Sindel, was nerfed thereafter, including the nerf to the advantageous low hat on block.
I agree, but as I have already stated, a couple of kameos convincingly dominated the meta at any given moment throughout the game's lifespan.
I do not disagree with you.
Nice edit. LOL.
Yea that was one of the main issues with variations. Some characters main toolsets were restricted to allow the moves to go into variations, but that doesn't work when some characters can just one variation and do everything they need to lol. And then instead of having all the cool moves always available, you have to pick one set of those moves. A character like Kung Jin would have been a lot more exciting if all those moves or at least most of them were all together as one character, but instead he got the "boring" label because of how he played with variations. Reptile is a pretty good idea how it could have worked out better definitely agree.
Cyrax definitely was nerfed before Lao. Lao I think had some useless nerf that meant nothing, and ran the meta after Cyrax was nerfed for a while. I remember because that's when I took my extended break during the Lao era lol.
Fair enough lol yea all the extra jazz definitely has to go next game. The main thing I wanna see return is the true 1 vs 1 and the return of viable archetypes. Depth + variety is the real winner. Even MK11 you could win with Cetrion or you could win with Jacqui. The full array of archetypes rush pressure, zoning, mix-up, grappler, etc. I'd give a lot of rope if they ran this formula out there and built on that.
You say i am proving your point, as you literally prove mine... lol
Of all the ermac combos you post the Most boring one you could LOL. I have been in the lab with ermac alot and he actually has nice shit
I've had this idea in my head for months, but I finally decided to do it
This is a good summary of my feelings towards MK1. >.>
I just be googlin
Another Google-Fu expert, I see! Our Google-Fu is strong.
LmaoAh, still struggling to quote me properly, I see.
I encourage you to look into the differences between "no damage long term" and "didn't do much damage long term."
This is a lot of rhetorical flailing over the fact that you were caught burning up a straw man.
It's all right. It happens. I'm POSITIVE you'll recover!
