Predator151 - Good post on koins, but 1 and 7 are cautionary to me. I don't see any MK Konquest mode with a "home" in regards to 1. The travel is so constant, there's no reason to buy a home. Paying to get into special places like fighting tournaments is reasonable. About 7; we need those little hints, and it's overkill to have to pay for them. They
could tax us on secrets worth the Koins. I mean nifty stuff, like when you find a Firefox or Windows shortcut that makes a certain thing way easier. For example: A special process in the game to bring up a profile password you forgot. I'd gladly pay for that. I liked 9 and 10. Ten is wrong in this gen of MK, but it could be fly well in the future.
Your Jet Li "unleashed" idea was shaky, though the rewards were good. It could work as a universal super move or something. A little more on that later.
The idea for "catching" secret characters is great. It would only work as an alternative though. I'm up for any cool way to unlock characters as long as it's not forced on me.
And I agree with you; that pause after a special move/combo HAS TO GO.
Mkjunkie - It would be cool if you could challenge people like MKD Konquest. The problem is annoying the chatters. It would work if that was a specified room for pure one-on-one battles. Kind of like the "quick join" option in a Metal Gear Online Lobby. A room you ONLY join if you want to jump straight into battle. They should have a chat-only room too, if it's not too much trouble.
Rain_Demon - I don't think that would translate well into an online mode. The only way it could be fair is if you started out with equal teams, and who knows what could happen during battle. Double/triple teaming and disconnecting are issues. Still an okay idea. A Tag team mode where you can tag your partner (like Tekken Tag or Marvel Vs. Capcom 2) would be way better.
Darkdevil - KAK for Konquest is good if Konquest has a fantastic story. Otherwise, it could be a waste of space. It would help if you could only get specific KAK things by playing with a Konquest KAK.
Impaling was a little broken though. No return unless it's toned down.
JohnBoyAdvance - Deadhead suggested death trap survival in the first few posts I brought over to this thread. I'm sorry if that's any let down, but at least your idea is a little different.
It would be nice if surviving a falling/moving death trap sent you to another stage. If you just dodged and hung on to the train in the Subway, your foe has to follow you to another section.
theshredder13 - There need not be a time limit on fatality enders. They still are just fatality moves. Though the limit is unnecessary, maybe it could be an unlock thing with KAKs.
Hmm... onto my stuff.
1.) Kreate-A-Fatality looks cool, but it might not deliver. The camera is a reason for this, but it can be changed. The lens is fixed the whole time a KAF is done. Everyone knows of the glory certain camera views at certain times can add.
If the KAF system gets into MK8, or they can fit this into MKA, a replay system would be fantastic. You'd press in a button code as the game says what kind of fatality you did, and the replay will show. Not any old replays; stylistic ones, depending on the code you press. Stuff like
1:30-1:40 of this MKA trailer. That was cool. Preset replays like that would inject even more freshness into the fatalities. Replays should also give you the button code of the fatality, assuming you want to save them. I mean, think about it. Let's say the fatality mini-moves are so easy you can just fire them off. If you make one you like, you might want to look later for reference. It could happen. The replays don't have to be triggered; they could be random and automatic. They could also only show up in high fatality combos, as a sign you have skills.
2.) Thrill Kill - before EA's Cancel Blast made it Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style - had an energy meter which rose as the fight went on. When somebody had full meter, they killed off an opponent.
With some tuning, that system would be PERFECT for MK in the future. People know MK for finishers. Why not make them more important in the system? Fatalities shouldn't be the only finishers. Here's the way I see it:
The meter builds up according to your style, hit frequency, and defense. Think the AGGRESSOR meter in MKT, but a lot more loose. Combos get you some meter. A well-timed counter hit after a parry gets you some meter. Throws get you less meter the more you use them. With a full bar In the first round, you can smash your opponent with a fancy super move, or go for the bareknuckle mode Predator151 suggested earlier (pg. 2). In the second round, you have the option for a brutality style beating or a fatality.
3.) A huge story mode. Konquest is cool, but too many fighting games pass over on their characters. Soul Calibur has a soul-stealing knight, an undead pirate, a ninja, and a samurai. That alone should be a holy quartet. I don't care much for them though. Even after TOS, which didn't reveal much about them.
MK has great characters too. Since MK8 is starting fresh, it would be cool if the characters were solidified and we learned more about them in Story mode. They could even have MKSM gameplay in between big fights. Some will platform, and some will kill a lot of henchmen. Either way, it would be cool.
4.) Isolation of credit. We all know of Mastermalone's trip to E3 and thank him for it. What if it's successful though? What if the game is fixed enough over MKD to say E3 made a big difference? Most people are only thinking of a good game, but I see something else. We need, at the least, a spot for Malone and his team in the MKO Hall of Fame or whatever. We put special spotlight ONLY on them. The people who made significant contributions to the threads which led to the data Malone presented at E3. Let's face it: Everybody can whine about MK's gameplay, but getting something done deserves lots of credit and pointing at the example being set.
That's it for now. Keep the ideas coming. Obey rule #1 though (no stupid requests like what outfit someone should have). I see a couple violators.
