This could all change for me, as my opinions frequently do, but from what I've seen so far;

TOP 5 (in no particular order)
-Scorpion
-Mileena
-Cassie
-Kitana
-Erron Black

BOTTOM 5:
-Kung Jin
-Takeda
-Reptile
-Kung Lao
-Jax (but maybe I'll like him when I see more)

Liu Kang surprised me the most. I usually don't care about him but he looks pretty good this time IMO.
Erron Black's odd fatality was a bit disappointing to me because I like everything else about him.

I agree about Liu Kang and Erron Blacks Fatality is the worst in the game so far

Top five

5. Erron Black
4. Shinnok
3. Kung Lao
2. Kotal Kahn
1. Raiden

Fujin will take the second spot if he's playable.

Bottom five

1. Tremor (my fatality dummy when I get the KE)
2. Ferra/Torr
3. Jacqui
4. Sonya
5. Jax

Bottom 5 (characters we have actually seen)
scorpion.
Sub zero (they're just not exciting anymore)
Ferra torr
Cassie
Erron black

Top
Mileena
Shinnok
Takeda
Raiden
Kotal Kahn

Top 5 :
Kitana ( most surprised with, she is amazing )
Kotal Kahn
Quan Chi
Mileena
Kung Jin

Bottom 5 :
Cassie
Jax
Johnny
Ferra / Torr
Erron Black

Top;
Scorpion
Erron Black
Goro
Kotal Kahn
Shinnok

Bottom;
Jax
Jacqui
Sonya
Johnny
Kung Lao

Top 5:
1-Kano
2-Reptile
3-Erron Black
4-Ferra/Tor
5-Kotal Khan

Bottom 5:
1-D'vorah
2-Liu Kang
3-Kitana
4-Cassie Cage
5-Shinnok

Bottom 5
1.Jackie
2.Jason
3.Jax
4.Takeda
5.Ferra Torr

Top 5
1.Kotal Khan
2. Raiden
3. Erron Black
4. Scorpion
5. Quan Chi

So far:

Top:
1. Mileena
2. D'Vorah
3. Reptile
4. Erron Black
5. Ferra/Torr

Honorable Mentions to Tanya and if they do something with him Baraka.


Bottom:
1. Liu Kang
2. Kung Jin
3. Raiden
4. Ermac
5. Quan-Chi

Dishonorable Mentions: Goro

Where's the Goro gameplay?

Top 5

Kitana
DVorah
FerraTorr
Johnny Cage
Kung Lao

Bottom 5

Sonya
Cassie
Erron Black
Rayden
Jax

Subzero
Scorpion
Raiden
Shinnok
Mileena

Top 5
1 reptile looks super cheap
2 kung Lao
3 Johnny cage
4 Sonya
5 milenna

Mid tier
Kano
Jax
Liu kang
Sub zero



Bottom 5
1 goro
2 scorpion
3 kotal khan
4 dvorrah
5 ferra tor face-palm

This is just a opinon

Top 5

1. Johnny Cage
2. Kenshi
3. Liu Kang
4. Erron Black
5. TBD, but liking both Kotal and Cassie

Bottom 5

1. Kano
2. Reptile
3. Ferra/Torr
4. Dvorrah (or however you spell it)
5. Scorpion

Top 5

Scorpion
Mileena
Cassie
Ermac
Kotal and Erron tied for the 5th spot

Bottom 5

Kung Jin
D'Vorah
Kano
Quan Chi
Jax (I don't need to see his gameplay to know he'll be a bottom for me)

Top 5:
1. Johnny
2. Shinnok
3. Jax - Fuck this sight sure hates him. I don't get what your problem is. He is a cool looking character. And I am seeing a lot of hate for his daughter based on...one line of dialogue in a trailer...you guys are awesome. My guess is just salty because one of your faves didn't make it in and feel like they are owed that spot.
4. Cassie
5. Reptile

Bottom 5:
1. Ferra/Tor
2. Mileena
3. Kitana
4. Jason
5. Predator - I just...I don't give a shit about these guys being in MK and I don't like the impression it is giving off to people that MK is this fertile fighting series now for guest characters. Fuck did you watch the Angry Joe interview? The top most demanded characters for a hypothetical DLC season two were Spawn and fucking Ash Williams...

Top 5:
Shinnok #1
Erron Black
Takeda
Tremor
Goro

Bottom:
Kotal (H8 his design. Sun God is a neat concept though)
Liu Kang... meh

Someone else said this in another thread and its not true, a bunch of my favorites are in this game so it has nothing to do with him "taking a spot" it mostly has to do with me never taking a huge liking to the character, not even in MK2. I don't hate or dislike him, ive just never enjoyed playing as him.

I am really looking forward to Jacqui though :)

Top 5
Jax (he has been my fav since MK II )
Liu Kang
Johnny
Erron Black
Kotal Kahn

MId tier
Ferra torr
Cassie
Jaquie
Takeda
kung jin

Bottom 5
Raiden
Sonya
Tanya
Ermac
Quan Chi

Top would be

Mileena
Kitana
D'vorah
Shinnok
Takeda (who surprised me with his gameplay) once I see tanya she will probably be number 1 or 2. Also ferra and torr interest me.

Bottom would be
Jason
Liu kang disapointed me
JAX
Kung Jin
Jacqueline

Top 5
Quan Chi
Kano
Scorpion
Sub-Zero
Kotal Kahn

Bottom 5
Sonya Blade
D'Vorah
Jacqui Briggs
Jason Voorhees
Ferra/Torr

Top 5:
1. Ermac
2. Kotal Kahn
3. Sub-Zero
4. Kenshi
5. Erron Black

Bottom 5:
1. Jason
2. Predator
3. Ferra/Torr
4. Cassie
5. Tanya

Pleasant Surprise: Takeda. I didn't expect his gameplay to be what it is, and he looks like he'll be lots of fun to play as.

Somewhat Disappointing: I haven't seen much that I didn't like, but the overall composition of the roster is a bit of a disappointment. Roughly a third of the cast is part of the Special Forces, yet there's precious little representation from the other factions.

Top 5
Kitana
Mileena
Kotal
D'Vorah
Shinnok

Bottom 5
Kung Jin
Ferra/Torr
Kano
Reptile
Liu Kang

Biggest Surprise
Definitely Takeda. I was expecting to hate him but he's pretty dope, gameplay wise I mean. Cause that voice acting is the only disappointment in a sea of great acting.

Biggest Disappointment
Definitely a three way tie between Reptile's boring variations, Shinnok's horrible little baby hands in necromancer, and Liu Kang's variations.

I am not a fan of Jax either, but to be fair to the character we've virtually seen nothing of him (aside from like 2-3 pics). So it doesn't really make sense to be ranking him in either category. With that said...

My top 5 in order:

1. Kitana
2. Kano (I am only going to be using his MK3 skin. Don't like the new look too much)
3. Raiden
4. Kotal Kahn (I love Mesoamerican culture and history, especially the Aztecs. Great addition)
5. Johnny Cage

Bottom 5 in order:

1. Ermac (awful, awful design. Not digging it at all. Don't like the voice either. Can't ever make out what he's saying)
2. FerraTorr (Ferra is really koot, but that's about it)
3. Kung Jin (Lame as fuck)
4. Quan Chi
5. Erron Black (love his X-ray, everything else not so much)

Top 5:

Tanya
DVorah
FerraTorr
Shinnok
Reptile or Goro

Bottom 5:

Liu Kang
Jax
Kenshi
All guest characters(not to say some or all may not be awesome, but whether I like them or not I still feel they have no place in this game over formal kombatants)

Most intrigued to see:

Tremor