Yea I would say you're right. It's why I want them to go down to 2 variations in MK11 so they don't have to do stuff like a Jade variation for Kitana or a Noob variation for Johnny.

How exactly would giving baraka 3 variations be difficult? There are sooo many ways. The characters don't have to have 3 different powers or weapons to have three different variations, it's extremely easy to find ways to just use his blades in three different ways

I don't mean to be a dick, but please enlighten me. I thought he was garbage in MK9 so maybe that's clouding my judgment. I just see nothing potentially interesting about 3 different ways to use arm blades.

What is most likely:

Rain
Baraka
Sindel
Fujin

Some characters I'd like to see besides them:

Kabal
Smoke
Reiko
Havik
Hotaru
Stryker
Nightwolf
Cyrax or Sektor
Noob
Shao Kahn
Nitara
Sareena

Meat was already deconfirmed(by both Boon and Himmerick) a long time ago,Smoke(as much as I would love him back) is on the same boat by a tweet of Boon(and even then,there's the faction kill as well) and you should definitely add Shang Tsung and Noob to the list(Tsung has got a lot of hints in the game,if he's not in the next pack,he's definitely in MK11,and Noob is up in the air,no deconfirmation,for now at least)
Baraka should be number one(already has a model,moveset only needs replacing,plus he's a frequently returning character,not to mention,one of the most popular and iconic MK2 characters. Rain should be lower on the list. (Already was DLC once) Cyrax and Sektor should be added to the list as well. Predator hasn't really taken any of their moves,and designing variations for them shouldn't be that difficult as a result.

Wow, another KP2 thread

Baraka and Sindel were bottom five in MK9 in terms of usage. I doubt either will return as DLC, despite the 'Story Pack' comments. If that happens, I think non-fightable NPCs such as Fujin and Sareena are more likely.

I find it amusing that people are saying they want Sindel as DLC, presumably based on her impact in the MK9 and MKX story modes. No one played her in MK3 or MK9.

At least Baraka and Rain had new looks in MKX. Sindel was just in her MK9 attire with updated textures.

My money is on:

Rain
Baraka
Sareena
Fujin

Chrome should also be removed

It's chamkham. He's trying to turn it into another case for Khrome.

Baraka wasn't bottom five. I assume you are referencing the eventhubs list,in which case,it's a bit inaccurate. I'd suggest looking at the list on the official site.
Not to mention,it's ultimately down to NRS to pick who goes in,and who goes out.
After all,Mileena was one of the least used characters in MK9(bottom 20) yet she found her way into MKX.

I played Sindel a lot in MK3 and MK9. I always liked her quite a bit. That said though, there are certainly other characters I'd be more enthused to see as 2nd Kombat pack DLC. Sareena and Fujin would be especially cool as would Reiko: more love in general to the better MK4-era characters, since that era seems to be a fairly decent part of MKX's whole motif.

I have my hopes set on Baraka, Rain, Fujin & Sareena.

i don't think we'll get 4 more, would be nice though

my guess for likely characters

Baraka

Sindel

As far as the others they will hold them for MK XI

Havik
Fujin
Reiko
Bo Rai Cho
Noob
Smoke or Enera

NRS knows we all want Fujin and Havik so that will sell nice for MK XI

Sindel is unlikely, I think. Just because she was an NPC with little work done on her, same with Smoke. Baraka was undated, and Rain was redesigned. They are much more likely. If there's a "Story Pack."

I want Fujin, Rain, Noob and Nightwolf.

Cyrax or Sektor are fine too!

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I did :(

We also need to take into consideration that any DLC past this point wasn't planned originally. Baraka, Rain and Sindel are already modelled and have a basic.moveset to work from already in the game. It might be the MK9 moveset but it was still ported to MKX's engine.

It would be smart to use that.

I call Baraka, Rain, Sindel and Fujin too.

Yes.

"We also need to take into consideration that any DLC past this point wasn't planned originally."

Then how will they do their intros without getting all the VA's back? I seriously doubt that they would do that just for 4 more characters. It's a possibility that they did record intros for every single character just in case they did make it as DLC, that or we might get some very generic and boring intros. It's kind of worrying me at this point lol

Well... they're VAs. It's their job. Maybe they also signed contracts that make them available for future DLC.

I doubt they recorded a bunch of lines for extra characters not planned but just to make sure.

What I want

Fujin
Sareena
Li Mei
Reiko

Most likely its going to be

Fujin
Rain
Baraka
Sindel

Fujin is all but confirmed if theres a second kombat pack. Hes definitely the Martian Manhunter of MKX

As for the rest o want Rain because hes the hamey. As for the rest I honestly don't see nrs doing chatacter thwy don't already have models for so I'd have to go with Sindel and Baraka. I know allt of people want sareena im not really a fan but i think nrs would make her fun so I'd be ok with her too. Also i wouldnt mind smoke but hes not at the top of my list i would just want a redesign of his costume. At the end of the day if they were gonna do a second kombat pack they probably already have the characters planned but its nice to have a wish list.

Rain
Fujin
Baraka
Sindel

Klassic fatality or arena n skins pack should be included with each kharacter


Rain
Kitana-kiss of death
Quan Chi-leg beat
Liu kang-dragon
Ermac-MK3 telekentic slam

Fujin
Sub zero-snowball
raiden-mk2 shock til explode
Kano-heart rip
Cage-torso rip

Baraka
Scorpion-mk2 spear slice
Baraka-mk2 impale (other 2 should be new)
Arena-pit


Sindel
Dead pool
Kombat tomb

Why are people so certain that we get a Kombat pack 2 ?