Lack of female fighters/combo damage in MK is pretty sexist to me.

The outfits and portrayal might be considered "sexist" perhaps. But movesets and damage..? Definately not. Some of the strongest fighters in this game are female. I dread going up against Kitana, Sonya or Mileena more than going up against Kung or Sub (my personal nemesis >.<) I've actually found a combo with Sindel that is unblockable! Why would a character need a 40%+ combo if they can consistently pull off 25% ones? With the added speed, it all evens out in the end.
 
I don't think it's sexist at all. Kitana is a top character, and Skarlet is looking legit. I wish they had a few more female characters, but the game is far from sexist.

A better argument would be saying that the game is racist - against Tarkatans. I mean common, Baraka low tier? That's blatant racism right there if I've ever seen it.
 
I can perform a 40% combo with Mileena and a 38% combo with Kitana. I dont play Sonya, Jade or Sheeva so I wouldnt know about them
 
I guess they should of made the females more like bo rai cho and then there would be less of these damn female threads...

Seriously, how many people want to fight with a fat butch female? Fighting is a men's sport, it's our testosterone, look at sheeva, she got in to the steroid box :P jk.

I can do simple combos with Sindel and get 12% even though it looks like it should be more, BUT there are combos for everyone that produces high outputs, so what the **** are you complaining about???
 
I can get 50% with Jade VERY easily. Also, Sonya is ridiculous. She's just got a stupid amount of special moves, a knock up combo and tons of chain possibilities that can incorporate her X-Ray smoothly. You can do ANYthing with that character.
 
I think the girls are fine. They all have specific areas that they are good in. There are pretty good combos out there with all of them that can do good damage its just that online not that much people give them recognition and pick the same people. Scorpion,smoke,ermac,noob saibot etc. Plus there play style is different, sheeva actually has high damage but u just have to learn how to use her. Imo at the end of the day its all about strategy rather than fully who has the highest damage combo.
My highest dmgs with some female chars:
Sheeva: 35% more or less.
Mileena: 35% more or less. with xray: 40 something %
Kitana: 48%. with xray: 50%
Jade:39%. with xray: 53%

There are prob people who can go higher,it matters if u take the time and learn them.
 
personally, I disagree on the damage thing.. I think it's fair to say that if you work with ANY character of the roster and learn their moves and combos well and are able to pull them off while playing, you can be a beast player. practice makes perfect :) I do agree on lack of females though.. I really love Kitana, Jade and Mileena, the rest of them not so much, yet, I'm glad they are in the game. from the post mk3 era I'm hoping for Frost, Tanya (full revamp) and hopefully a couple more females as awesome as Skarlet.
 
Of course it's going to be sexist, it's made for geeks who enjoy violence and gore.

Of course, there ARE a few exceptions.
 
Girls are weak?

Dude, Sheeva is the only girl character that is bottom tier. And ironically, she's the strongest physically (deals more damage).

Kitana, Mileena and Sonya are A+ tier. A Kitana player even took 3rd at Revelations (konqrr). Sindel and Jade are underrated too but I can assure you they are higher mid tier at worst.
 
Vulcan Hades said:
Girls are weak?

Dude, Sheeva is the only girl character that is bottom tier. And ironically, she's the strongest physically (deals more damage).

Kitana, Mileena and Sonya are A+ tier. A Kitana player
even took 3rd at Revelations (konqrr). Sindel and Jade are
underrated too but I can assure you they are higher mid
tier at worst.
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I kinda disagree with you on Jade. I main her, and I think she's more a lower-mid character.
 
REPTILE 0009 said:
I kinda disagree with you on Jade. I main her, and I think she's more a lower-mid character.
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Just because you aren't good doesn't mean Jade isn't good.

I tried my hand at Reptile and just couldn't do it.
I don't blame him, I blame myself for not adapting to his style.
 
back said:
Just because you aren't good doesn't mean Jade isn't good.

I tried my hand at Reptile and just couldn't do it.
I don't blame him, I blame myself for not adapting to his style.
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The fact that I said Jade is lower mid tier has nothing to do with my skill. And I never said Jade was bad. I simply said she was low mid tier.
 
REPTILE 0009 said:
The fact that I said Jade is lower mid tier has nothing to do with my skill. And I never said Jade was bad. I simply said she was low mid tier.
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?

By lowering her tier lower than her actual placing, you imply that you can't play her as higher-mid tier.
You can play her as mid-low tier, indicating that your skill level with Jade is not above mid-low tier.
 
yea last time I checked I can easily do a 55% combo with Jade, thats better then most of the guys on the roster. The girls are typically weaker, but faster, its called balancing and everyone feeling different which is a good thing, then jade and sheeva are slower but stronger, no different then anyone else in the game
 
I am not expert enough to judge whether the female's combo damages are too low in general, but I totally agree with the OP that there are simply not enough female fighters in this game.

And now it looks as if only one of the DLC characters is going to be female...

No Tanya, no Sareena, no Ashrah... very disappointed.

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^Yes We need
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J. Valjean said:
There are way more things about MK that are sexist than # of female fighters and their moves... I made a thread called "Mortal Kombat Misogyny" about this and had ten people jump at my throat. Check it out if you'd like.

As for the combat damage like the "magically half-on-half-off Mileena thong" and the bloody ass-spank on Kitana, what do expect when one of MW/NRS's new generation of developers said Mileena's flesh pits costume was "definitely worth it"?

And as for them not being as strong as males? Look, I may be too much of a feminist ideologue but I think the last thing gamers need is to get the feeling through playing unrealistic games that women are as physically strong as men- thats more of a justification for continuing games that allow big muscular male characters to fight butt-naked, hourglass figured women. IRL women physically can't stand a chance against men, that's why rape is so incredibly traumatizing, it's because you lose control of your own body because you can't fight back. Sadly shit like this makes whole generations of gamers and others desensitized to man-on-woman violence.
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Your "Mortal Kombat Misogyny" post is one of the best. Congrats! 100% agreed! Numerous very troubling videos and comments on places like youtube...
 
AriesSiren said:
no im very good at MK thats why i know the damage, i play all the women. i have a 45% damage with kitana with xray but we arent talking about zoning or one hits, im talking about combo damage and sexist portrayal. Yes jade is a beast i love her and she is the strongest. But sheeva who looks like a boss but doesnt act like one. her damage is way too low. even have the guide book and the damage % is nothing compared to ermac and the guys. ermac can do a 40+ damage with no xray its unbalanced.
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Sheeva has 6 hits 43% combos without enhanced. Easy peasy BnB stuff, honestly. Ermac 40+ requires a bit more skill, and they removed its 2,2 TKS starter.

And I've been against Ermac huge damage since start, after playing the game though I realised he's infact pretty well balanced..
 
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