Board Thread:Mortal Kombat Wiki/@comment-27436216-20151231230036/@comment-1084762-20160110004525

Razorteethqueen wrote: Dirtbag Daryl wrote:

Razorteethqueen wrote:

Dirtbag Daryl wrote: Red Dragon is practically a dead faction, and it never mattered or impacted anything to begin with.

The whole Mileena rebellion thing is also pointless since it's completely dissolved by the end of MKX. but I guess you're saying you want them to add more factions to the existing mode, for some reason?

Yeah, what's your point? The White Lotus is already essentially dissolved, seeing as though most of its prominent members are either dead (Kung Lao, Liu Kang) or working with Special Forces (Kung Jin). The only one that should really in all honesty be in that faction is Raiden, and then you don't have a faction. But it still works. Hell, the only character in the Black Dragon faction period is Kano. Factions aren't meant to be canon gameplay mechanics (obviously). And the only ones in Mileena's rebellion that are dead are Mileena and Baraka, and the former has countless clones of herself which all hold her memories and experiences. And no, I'm not actively desiring that they add more factions, but I would like if it happened. The "reason" is this: Games with more variety and choice always sell better. And while I am not saying that the Factions have ever really been a huge selling point, I think people would be more inclined to stay loyal to the game if they had more choice. Besides, the Faction War is literally always between Brotherhood of Shadow and Special Forces. I feel like maybe (maybe) if there were more factions, it COULD even it out by giving people more choices. I mean casically, The Black Dragon and SF are the same thing, with slightly different  kills. They both heavily rely on technology, and to me that makes it a bit less fun. Same reason I can't stand Sonya's new fatalities, or whatever variation she uses the drone in. The only difference between them is that they are literal polar opposites of each other. White Lotus is anything but "dissolved". we literally see and hear just how active they are in story mode.

Care to provide examples? Of the Story Mode thing. Not that I disbelieve you it's just that I don't quite remember much of Story to be honest. And I didn't mean dissolved in a gameplay sense, but in story mode, none of the prominent "members" of the White Lotus are even around anymore except Raiden (and Kung Jin, but I don't really count him because he works with SF). Kung Lao and Liu Kang stay dead the whole game. Whereas, in a faction like the Rebellion, only two of the members are dead and one of them is for sure coming back (the other is gonna be Xenomorph or whatever) so there's plenty of potential for the kills. Aside from that fact, factions (to me) don't really have much effect on story mode honestly. I mean sure, every character has their respective alliance, but I never really saw it as FACTIONS, you know? Bo Rai'Cho, plus it was made clear in the flashback (only a few years before MKX) with Kung Jin that there's still a great number of members.