Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-1084762-20150830085026/@comment-422853-20151114201631

Dirtbag Daryl wrote:

Dragonspyne wrote: In this sequel to the game, forgive me if you actually posted this before (just so much that has been said), what do you think about there being a deadly alliance of sort? Noob, Havik and Smoke (though Smoke is only really part of it as a catalyst for Noob's powers) fill that power void as the new deadly alliance.

I think reminding you of the boss order will help you get a better idea of where I'm coming from:

Boss: Onaga

Sub-Boss: Noob and Smoke 2V1

Sub-Sub-Boss: Havik

Onaga would be the hardest boss for these new games yet, with advanced gameplay like mixups, long combos, baiting, etc. He would basically play like a competitive player but with big buffs. Think Shao Kahn and Corrupted Shinnok combined, but with actual competent ability and not typical boss-spam.

Noob and Smoke would both be buffed pretty well, but not as much as Goro or Kintaro since you have to fight the both of them. Whenever you kill one of them, the other one gets another small random buff (like defense, speed, damage).

Havik, through new methods of blood magik, would basically play as a new Shang Tsung. He would use his blood magik to copy other characters, as well as some other moves specific to that (such as using it to drain life over time, set traps on the stage, etc). This blood magik stuff would stay exclusive to his boss form to avoid Havik being OP in the main game. I like these ideas. Oddly enough, Onaga was one of the less spammy bosses even in his first appearance, even though he had some things like the unblockable firebreath. But yeah, would like to see how his AI would do with imitating a more advanced player like you described.

If Shang still doesn't return, I'd like Havik to still channel his playstyle some like Shinnok did (in a non-boss form), blood magik or not.

And I wasn't suggesting Nitara as a returning game character, though she could be decent comic material since the blood magik was said to originate from her.