Espio872 Wrote:Ninja_Mime Wrote:
I've never paid attention to tier lists, I just play with my favourites. That consists of about 5 characters in MK9; Kenshi, Cyrax, Stryker, Cage and Quan Chi. I wish I could get into to some of the others, but a lot of the characters I used to enjoy playing have lost their appeal for one reason or another.
I don't really personally either, I think any character can win and do well + if you're not playing characters you actually like, what's the point? There's a lot of people who play characters exclusivley because of tier positioning, there's no passion for their character of choice, kind of disappointing. It's nice to see some tournament players stick with characters they actually like, regardless of tier position.
The only benefit I find from tier discussions is finding out the strengths and weaknesses of a character, how they deal with their opponents, but I take tier lists with a grain of salt as I'm a firm believer in the view that any character can win, no matter what.
As for those that have lost their appeal, you gotta go with who you like, sometimes we just outgrow characters, I outgrew Ermac, a former well liked character, I haven't used him since like...May or June in this game.
Thank God I like most of the characters in this game.
I once played an amazing Sheeva player, this guy's Sheeva rushed me down good, caught me by surprise, and I lost. Don't remember his PSN username.
In the first few months of me playing MK9, I picked up Cyber Sub-Zero as my main. I did decent with him, until I wasn't doing so good anymore, so I dropped him for some new characters.
*Forward in time to the present* Now I have improved greatly in the art of Mortal Kombat, I picked up and learned many characters. Characters constantly changing in how good I am with them (if you've payed good attention to my sig, you'd see that the positions of characters change frequently). Just a couple of days ago, I decided to pick up Cyber Sub-Zero again, and with my increased Kombat knowledge I was greatly improved than how I used to be with him back then. It feels pretty good to be back with Cyber Subbie after several months. Johnny Cage is also really high up after being absent from my sig for quite a while.
I like Shang Tsung the most, probably cause of his ability to morph, ever since UMK3. I stopped liking him much after MK: Deadly Alliance. Though I'm dissapointed the player controlled Shang Tsung in MK9 can only morph into his opponent, it is still morphing (with a damage boost!), and that's good enough for me.
(What the ****, shouldn't we be having this discussion in the Gameplay and Matchmaking forum?)
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