I like the vote with your wallet idea, but that is not always possible. For one, guest characters have been included in the base roster before (Kratos), and two, if you get a "komplete" or "ultimate edition" all the dlc characters are in the base roster.

I had MK9 on the Xbox, so I didn't even know Kratos was a thing for a while, but yeah, I'd take an actual MK character over Kratos too.

An idea just occurred to me ... MK11 has a "time bending" story, and a certain franchise that involves time travel has a sequel coming in 2019. Could one of the MK11 guest characters be a Terminator? T-800 would obviously be very popular, but T-1000 could utilize some of Shang Tsung's moveset like Alien used Baraka's in MKX.

I absolutely despise guest characters, but I begrudgingly accept that they're coming regardless. It just sucks that characters that have nothing to do with MK conceivably take up spots that may have otherwise been used to expand the franchise or appeal to fanservice. Modern gaming I suppose...

I've always been in the camp that likes and/or don't mind guest characters. Ever since I was a kid. They never bothered me.

Now with that being said I can completely agree that I feel they've been relying too much on the gimmick in MK. 1 guest character? Great. 2? Cool. 3? Alright you're pushing it. 4 and so on? Geez. Okay, let's tone it down now lol.

Agreed 100%

Guest characters just take away MK character's spots. They're a great way to make casual players shell out more dollaroos, though, so expect to see them stick around.

I am in complete agreement with TS: I don't like them. I'd prefer they go away. But, we are the minority. This gimmick is popular, especially among the coveted younger demographic, and is here to stay.

TS's idea - to make it optional to exclude them from single player ladder's - is a very good one imo. I would shut those characters off myself.

Did you miss the part where I said that I begrudgingly accept them even though I hate the concept?

I wouldn't mind them if they sold them seperately so we can ignore them if we don't want them. Have the Kombat packs be straight MK characters and have the Guest packs for people who want the Guest characters.

Great point about Kratos, but why buy the ultimate/komplete edition of the game when, by that point, the vanilla version will be dirt cheap?

If it were up to me, I'd have MK characters over guests any day, but clearly that's never happening now. Too much of a money maker. They should've kept it at a max of 2 per game imo. Also should release them in a separate pack to the MK characters so people have the choice. I will put up with them and there are characters I wouldn't mind being in so much (e.g. Spawn, Talion and Doom Guy), but would still prefer none.

Maybe at some point they'll run out of licenses/horror guests to add anyway. Surely that will happen at some point.

you know as i sit here have a wild trip down memory lane watching old 90's cartoon intros as well old snes games now think about this before shooting it down. what if we get the brothers and shadow master from double dragon as guest kharachters? id love to know who owns the rights to them and why not revive them by involving them in mortal kombat? i know a lot of people who are die hard mk fans hate horror movie kharachters so why not introduce charachters that would fit perfectly into mk? from a story point of view there probably the most logical

can you guys imagine how shadow master's move set could work?