The gameplay in MK:D needs to have more defensive options.

Parry-The Parry should work just like Soul Calibur's, "Fluently" not like MK:DA's reversal where it would freeze the action and sometimes it was hard to attack after you performed your own reversal. It should require good timing that way its not cheap like in DOA.

Position Switch Move- It would be very useful if you are next to a Death Trap and want to change the momentum to your side. Should work just like Tekken 4's.

Combo Breaker- Damn I use to hate it when the computer would keep doing those long ass combos on my ass. The combo breaker (i know they are adding it) should work like Killer Instinct 2's system. If they are using button 1 & 2 to start off the combo you would need to use 3 & 4 with a control pad sequence to BREAK the combo before you start taking MAJOR damage.

Grappling Styles- If they're going to have grappling styles in the game make them useful. What sense does it make it to have Judo as a style if you only have 2 or 3 regular type throws. Why don't they make it so that you could do stuff like a "over-the-should throw, linked into an armbar into a shoulder lock" something like what King in Tekken does but maybe not as long as his and as cheap. And they should be a little harder to perform than regular strings but if pulled of correctly taking somewhere around 40% of your life in one of those grappling strings.

In fact they should make all the styles a little bit more unique. Sometimes I'm playing MK:DA and I feel like I'm using the same styles over and over again and its because they are generic. The moves in each style might look different but I don't feel like I have a special advantage by using any of the styles.

One last thing, some people don't like some of the options in the new game (death traps ending just a round and not the match)so to make things real easy on everybody they should try letting the player toggle on or off the options he wants.

Death Traps: End Round
End Match
Off
Wouldn't that make life simpler.