Somehow MK9 people failed to mention MK9 Smoke?
Have you forgotten 70% Smoke Bomb Resets? Smoke's safe B2 OH that leads into resets?
Smoke's D3 for counterpokes and D4 poke which opens up Throw and B2 opportunities
Let alone, Smoke's S2 gdlk AA which countered all types of jump in attacks even far range jump kicks. S2 AA or as a punish lead to Smoke Bomb resets. Hell even, D1 anti-cross up lead to Smoke Bomb resets.
Smoke also had EX Smoke Away with invincible wake ups (which MKX does not have)
Smoke was designed to ruin zoning characters (SHAKE). Poor Freddy, Noob, Sindel, especially poor Shang Tsung.
Very few characters can punish safe Smoke Bomb.
No one mentioned MK9 Jax's broken corner reset.
Can we not pretend that MK9 was this fabulous perfect game? It had very deep issues and we all know it.
If you didn't main Top/High tier in MK9 then you would have no results
1.) Kabal 2.) Kenshi 3.) Sonya 4.) Cyrax 5.) Freddy Krueger 6.) Smoke 7.) Kung Lao 8.) Johnny 9.) Kitana
Picking Low Tier is not an option Baraka, Cyber Sub-Zero, Sheeva, Kano, Jade, Sindel, Nightwolf, Raiden
Even picking high Mid to low Mid Tier won't cut it in MK9 Sektor, Shang Tsung, Liu Kang, Mileena, Reptile, Quan Chi
Observing MKX I can only describe it as an Injustice Flash & Batgirl type of game. Very offensive play which favors the aggressor, heavy mix up play, 50/50 mind guessing but with an option to make it SAFE (which shouldn't exist), steroid movement with run feature, there's no invincible wake ups which makes the corner game overpowering like Injustice Wonder Woman 50/50 or Doomsday smothering which also reminded us of MK9 corner game Kenshi Johnny Cage, Sonya and Jax.
MK9 was both offensive and defensive rewarding except some characters ruined it (Kabal zoning and NDC, Kenshi loaded with armor and Spirit Charge, Sonya's safe EX Cartwheel, Johnny's F3 suffocating normal, Cyrax death resets and Smoke's pressure anti-zoning resets, Bird Lao). Overpowered D4s like Mileena/Sonya.
Injustice was too defensive, Zod's back dash, run away game, control all interactables, Zod balls and lasers. Sinestro B12, trait and his own 50/50 vortex, Martian controlled the entire screen presence which is what Kabal did. Then there was Batgirl and Flash who dominated the aggressive 50/50 offense department. Aquaman was outrageous and carried an extremely broke trait.
MKX looks good and be thankful it has been supported longer than what MK9 and Injustice received from NRS. It just needs better balancing among the roster. Also, finding the balance between rush down characters and defensive characters, it's too much Flash-Batgirl type at this stage. Don't over-nerf characters like what Tremor and Tanya received EXCEPT MK9 Kano and Jade received the worst nerfs historically ever to being useless.
Removing the SAFE mix up option would be better, MK9 Scorpion & Quan Chi vortex mix up is what it should be, either commit to it and opponent guess right, you deserve punishment but if it worked you get rewarded similar in gimmicks that of MK9 Mileena commits to B3~EX Roll.
MKX CAN be fixed as not all hope is lost. #KP3orPatch
MK9 could NOT be fixed or saved whatsoever (engine, input bugs, meter drain, glitches, character design/balance).
