The weapon stances in MKDA gave us combos that consisted of either weapon hits, or in some weapon stances a few kicking attacks. Neither of these two things were mixed however. Although there was a small attempt by Kitana, but it seems the fans and feet connected together at the same time, or that it was just the fans that connected. Characters like Mileena pulled out their weapons mid combo and would combine weapon hits with kicks or punches back in the older games. Obviously back then the weapon mysteriously appeared and then disappeared, but now doing these combos again with the new engine would make these combos look somewhat authentic as the weapons would still be there.
Take Mileena as an example. I�m sure in a combo she could start with 2 or 3 Sai hits and then maybe spin one of the Sai in her hand and then use her fist to hit the opponent and then finish the combo with a high kick like she used to. Li Mei never used the Sai for combos at all in MKDA and it would be nice if the Sai were used by Mileena to their fullest potential in this way by mixing attacks. Mileena showed is she could do these things before, and I�m sure she could do them now.
Another example would be Scorpion. Using his Ninja sword he could finish some spinning combos with a roundhouse kick or maybe he could elbow the opponent in the face and stun them allowing him to continue with successive hits.
One final example is Kung Lao. He had a single handed weapon in the form of the Broadsword. I�d love to see some one�handed cartwheel kicks mixed in with the sword combos. Some combos could start with a punch, continue into a sword strike and some spinning attacks. In order to finish, he could switch the hand his weapon is in by putting into his other hand and continue a combo that way.
Weapon style combos in this way could be include some kicks or punches too and would look a lot more stylish.
Your thoughts?