I'll give everyone my opinion.
Ever since this new patch came out, I've been staggering and jumping in on people a lot more often.
This new patch doesn't make any sense at all. MK X has always been an offensive and aggressive game. The footsies and neutral are subtle, but it they still existed.
Right now it just feels like a mess. It's like they tried to slow the game down but in reality they just made the game not make any sense anymore. It's like they tried conversion therapy on a lesbian woman. It doesn't work.
Take a look at Street Fighter. Ken and Ryu has shoryukens. It goes through everything, it anti airs, it has invincibility frames. It doesn't launch however. They don't need meter to throw it out. But it's very unsafe.
MK X on the other hand, we now only have armored moves that don't launch, most are unsafe, and on top of all that they require 1 bar of meter. What is this???
I've been staggering the crap out of people with Scorpions 214. And it works out quite well. If I get armored it doesn't even bother me because they won't have meter to break any combos. It feels like the neutral game is much weaker now. When I fight Kung Lao, that guy is just not the same anymore. That armored tornado shenanigans is what makes him so feared. But since its gone I just rush down and stagger the crap out of Kung Laos now. And same with pretty much every other match up. I'm baiting less often and I'm waiting less often, because I know the other players don't have armored launchers anymore. Less neutral game.
Why in SFV, do characters have special moves that has invicibility frames that requires no meter. But in a game like MK X, we just have armored moves that require 1 bar? I think it was fair that some armored moves launch, because you are spending meter and you still risk getting blown up if your opponent blocks it. But now the reward risk ratio is just plain off.
Oh, and Kitana is really stupid. Her safe armor, and increased damage on projectiles, and the nerfed stamina run made an already good character just plain dumb.
Because of the stamina limitations and steal mechanic i have found opponents just can't potato run in and mash buttons anymore, they have to actually think and carfully work there way in now and i love that. there is plenty tools for both sides now. of course everything can always get better and there will be dumb shit but im on board with whats to come and the new agenda of Nerf 50/50 pressure, Oppressive rushdown, Cancel pressure, HTB's, Stamina and of course meter build. and when a new HTB/Crazy mixup game/Blockstring into 50/50's or anything along those lines surfaces i hope NRS nerfs that shit out of exsistance like they did on 10-4-2016.
