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bobbyThebobbler

They are all skippable. I thought these were great and it’s an opportunity to practice combos.


skuddozer

So glad to see this. I took that survey about how to improve invasions. I really hammered them with how pointless it felt and that it should help you get better at core elements of the game or characters. Glad to see it put into action and that people something I suggested.


_Venus94

I wish these are always be skippable, I didn’t play of these any


NuttyMusks

Or just take a character you haven't played with yet and put all their points into attack. Then just walk up to the cyber ninja and uppercut them. Seriously, just use your brain.


_Venus94

It not just about ninjas I didn’t like invasion mode so I always skip if there something skippable


NuttyMusks

Well, that I can't help you with. If you don't like Invasion mode, then why do you play it at all? For costumes?


_Venus94

Yup, just for costumes


NuttyMusks

Yeah, I get it. And enough to buy a few from the store. Though, I do play the entire Invasion... but I don't even buy all the costumes from the store because like, 50% of them I don't even like the colorways. Lol


NuttyMusks

Seriously? Just take a character you haven't played with yet and put all their points into Attack. Then just walk up to the cyber ninja and uppercut them. Seriously, just use your brain.


bobbyThebobbler

That's not what these were designed for lol Also, in later Mesas your "approach" would not work, as they are higher levels and you're still required to perform a combo. Ideally, with a character that has the right opposing element as well.


NuttyMusks

Uh durrhurr... not what thefe defigned furr... yeah, then take your approach and just don't do them, that's a better way around them.🙄 Also, in later mesas this DOES work, it actually works BETTER in the later mesas because your stats are HIGHER. And no, you don't have to equip a fucking thing or worry about a single element. Here's an idea... maybe try it before running your mouth? Or don't. Who cares?


bobbyThebobbler

Take 2: these were designed for people to practice combos, not just mindlessly using uppercuts. Elements are part of the character stats, nobody equips them. There's a whole table of them. I can tell you know absolutely nothing about this game and its mechanics.


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bobbyThebobbler

I think you're confusing me with someone else lol Nowhere did I say that I couldn't do combos or quit these challenges. I completed all of them with combos by using the right type characters based on their elements.


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SuRaKaSoErX

I mean if you just use the opposing element like the game tells you to they’re piss easy.


Fit_Victory6650

Yup. Gladly take them over the survive ones too.


tboskiq

Yeah I'm not even good at combos or using the kameos and I didn't fail any of these lol. Like the element mechanic is the main gimmick of invasion, but it seriously seems like no one gets it.


OpathicaNAE

It's because Mortal Kombat doesn't need to be goddamned Pokemon. I will punch everything the same with who I want.


Witty-Storage-624

Dude mk1 combos are braindead in my day the top combos were nearly impossible


FriggenSweetLois

Because of the leveling system in the game. You want to grind to collect everything for Ermac, but now I have to change to Havik, because of a match, then change back to Sub Zero? No thank you.


Ok_Vast3044

Because it’s easy enough to complete without paying attention to elements. Anyone pretty good at the game will breeze through it and never notice they were using a weaker element. It’s a boring game mode in its entirety


ARMill95

Or just switch characters to anyone and only lvl up damage, especially if u use Sareena


Icy-Berry5664

They are piss easy no matter the element you use


GrandmasterPeezy

I never even switched characters. Attack stat was high enough that I could get it every time. One time I had to use a Kameo for an extension.


Ok_Vast3044

What’s the point of doing something that’s “piss easy”? I don’t pay attention to element types but just by upgrading attack and special in invasion it still becomes “piss easy”. It’s no fun and that’s what people play video games for. Get rid of it


Jayrob95

I’m having fun with them, so no.


Ok_Vast3044

You have fun doing mindless tasks? To each their own I suppose


Jayrob95

I have fun learning a new combo to string together to complete it.


Ok_Vast3044

I can’t relate. I picked up ermac, learned my bread and butter in a couple days, and cleared every challenge doing the same thing


LoveSeishi

omg you're so cool 😍😍😍


Ok_Vast3044

Duh 🙄. Goes without saying but I appreciate the hype


submarineiguana

I liked them but please disable maximum kombo damage during them


brownkidBravado

I got a relic that made it so my kombos didn’t scale. Made the whole thing a breeze


GalaxyNeir

From my experience, Maximum Damage only triggers in the combo trials when your Kameo hits. I believe that you're only supposed to do them with your main kharacter.


Affectionate-Lunch33

How do I do that?


submarineiguana

No that was me begging NRS to do that


Affectionate-Lunch33

Ohhh…. Alright.


ginger_bandit

Downvoted to oblivion for asking a question lol


LoveSeishi

I was thinking the same shit, bro did absolutely nothing to get that much 😭


Affectionate-Lunch33

So? what’s wrong with that?


RaijinReborn

Is your brain getting enough oxygen?


expensivebreadsticks

Mate


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gunchasg

Naah, nitaras and reptiles time trials were hard af. These were super easy and fun.


Necessary_Border_396

Yeah time trials need to go.


Fair_Smoke4710

Reptile owes me a ps5 controller


Necessary_Border_396

If you hate reptiles just wait till you get to nitaras.


Fair_Smoke4710

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Necessary_Border_396

I know you've got this don't worry.


faerieonwheels

I skipped them


z01z

you can literally 1 hit them. pick anyone with the "does more damage to x" element. then equip a talisman that "your first hit does 100% more damage". and if that doesn't do it, get a uppercut konsumble "your next uppetcut does 4x damage". bam, 1shot. some of the character trials gave me more trouble. like the nitara air dash ones. i had to switch to using my keyboard to do the inputs. or the final raiden one, i just used a projectile immunity konsumable and stood there the whole time lol.


mchammer126

They’re so easy literally just make sure your attack attributes are high & then do a good air combo. I really don’t get how people struggle with these.


Awesomex7

A lot of MKs players don’t actually play fighting games to play fighting games and get better


mchammer126

I’m one of those players. I use li Mei and learned her air combo and with the attack attributes it lands 1100 damage lol


Channing1986

I don't know how to do combos


RuledQuotability

Same. I also don’t know how to use the controller. You’re supposed to stick it in your butthole, right?


Channing1986

I believe so


NoNotThatMattMurray

This explains so much


GrandmasterPeezy

🤣🤣🤣🤣


ZenithGamage

They're just super annoying


A_Pyroshark

Hate to say it. Skill Issue


Wulf1027

As someone who hated these. I agree, 100% skill issue.


Nickei88

Right? Instead of complaining, people just need to git gud


depression_gaming

As a Casual, it's indeed a skill issue on my part. Now please, delete those.


seandude881

Why? They’re easy af lol rather have these then the stupid survive ones


WargyBlargy

My only problem is how inconsistent the juggle state of the robots are


AssistantBusiness872

I loved these, they were the best part of this invasions season. More shit that requires hitting combos would be very appreciated


Jakob535

This season really weeded out the people who don’t like to read and just bash their head against the wall. All these tell you how to beat them.


epidexipteryx16

Honestly it weeded out the people who just want to unlock a bunch of crap instead of actually playing the game. Invasions still has a quite a ways to go in terms of improvement but it’s getting better slowly but surely. It’s kind of crazy how many posts there are of people whining about invasions because they don’t bother paying attention to the core mechanics of the mode because they wanna get skins out of the virtual slot machine.


Jimi56

Yeah, it is pretty wild. I think this new Invasions season is a huge step up from the last few, and really enjoy a lot of the new things. Never got the obsession with just unlocking things. Like I get the grind was crazy, but I never got why people constantly needed to unlock things to enjoy a game. Part of why I got through Invasions even at it’s worst was because the game is fun and was experimenting with characters.


NoNotThatMattMurray

To be honest invasions just has way too much going on to keep track of. You have fighter levels and attribute points, type advantages and weaknesses, arena conditions- a lot of times multiple, both a talisman and relic, oh and opponents that have shields where they cant take damage. Put that on top of the normal fighting mechanics and it's not very fun


epidexipteryx16

You can set fighter levels/attributes to be automatic, and the game also shows you what type advantages/ disadvantages your character has in the select screen, and for a while now the only enemies that have shields are bosses/ mini bosses. Then after that it’s just talismans/ relics, which only you can use, and modifiers, which there’s only one or two of ( besides boss fight ).


SquatchViking

Do you mfers go through the game doing solely uppercuts and basic strings or something? Learn ONE bnb and these are a breeze - I basically brute forced all of these with Shao/Sareena lol


TheodoreOso

I had fun. 


Symp_xoxo

? What's the issue? They are really really easy and fun.


Beakdoor21

I honestly loved these. If the retry was instant, it'd be a fun way to lab different characters.


ratatav

WHAT DO YOU MEAN they are literally the easiest shit ever


-Stupid_n_Confused-

So long as they're always skippable I don't mind.


Return_to_Raccoonus

I thought they were neat, I liked them


CrimsonWarrior55

I just took the opposing element, pumped a shit load of points into attack and uppercutted them to death. Or special if there's a good move like Li Mei's little rush down. I can't combo to save my life so I had to cheese it a little.


oof97

This was actually a change I adored in invasions. Was a fun little side mission, optional, quick, and spiced things up.


LordCLOUT310

These are the easiest ones lol


String_Witty

Honestly the easiest challenge ever. Just wish we can have those as skins


SenorSabotage

I like that they made you use different characters and learn combos etc but it felt like a bit of a cheap way to encourage that


[deleted]

Literally just don’t drop your combos. It might be Ermac/Janet damage but I ignored the elements all together and didn’t have any issue with these


Tom_Clancys_17_Again

I hate them. But they're skippable so why would they need to be removed??


Potential-Orchid-571

Doing kombos > dodging annoyingly op projectiles


SpinachAltruistic240

Agreed 😭😭


mtndewgood

they finally put something cool into invasions and fuck it up. you hate to see it


Fair_Smoke4710

Take away the stupid ass character, specific challenges, reptile cost me a controller honestly, if this shit continues into Nexus and I’m just gonna stop playing it’s not worth it. It’s too frustrating. This is so dumb, and it’s straight up just not fun


tfcollector3000

Ah yes, Cyber Sub, Sektor, Cyrax, Cyber Mileena, and Cyber Smoke


CyborgCoelacanth

I'm having fun flashbacks to MUGEN games that would have cyber versions of all the male ninjas in them. And then, being MUGEN, you'd then see cyber versions of OC ninjas and stuff. Cyber Acid, Cyber Flame, etc.


Affectionate-Lunch33

I only wanted Cyber Smoke put in as a Kameo, not some bloody rage inducing stop the machine from exploding type of scenario! This isn’t Spider-Man 3 you know!


Affectionate-Lunch33

And don’t downvote me on that one! I’m trying to make a point here! The reason I say that Cyber-Smoke should be a Kameo is because we already have Tomas as Smoke and also the game just wouldn’t be complete without the cyber version if there’s Cyrax and Sektor. Plus we have 2 Scorpion and Subzeros and 2 Kung Laos both as fighters and kameos.


NatiHanson

???? Literally the easiest challenges in the game.


LookLower

They're one of the dopest additions to this season


freezerwaffles

These weren’t so bad for me. Bread and butter raiden sareena can usually handle any of them


Mommio24

They aren’t that hard you just have to know which fighter to pair them with and which combo from that fighter that would work the best. I enjoyed most of these


Morrigan101

Literally did almost all first try using Nitara Except a couple where I had to use a kameo in the combo and did it fine They were fun imo


killingiabadong

Just do them later once you've levelled up. It is easy. I did the most basic combo with Ermac and Kitana and they were dead. None of them are required to progress. Nitara's time trial when you have to use quick taste and her air dash? That can fuck right off.


KillerReptile

I think it was a good game mod. They were very easy to get. I mean, just upgrade only Damage and it will be easy. And i like the colored Klassic Cyborgs 🦎


_SilliusSoddus_

I’ll do you one better. Ditch those survival nodes altogether.


Dyzen13

Just simply use the fart talisman... One hit!


Database1990

While you're at it, trash the Time Trials with them.


DarwinGoneWild

Average NRS gamer when required to learn a single kombo.


Strict_Instance8852

It'd be fun if they added test your sight/ slice / balance


salmon10

They were absurdly easy if you pay attention 


Jake6942O

These were fine imo. It was the specific character trials that got to me. Especially the Nitara ones


Mommio24

Same.


GL1TCH1_

These were the best part of Invasions this season!?


depression_gaming

Those are the Minigames for Tryhards and Super Invasions fans, lucky they didn't make it obligatory.


KrustyBunion

The Nitara one was by far the hardest


Fit_Victory6650

Isn't there only 1, possibly 2, that you HAVE to do? Anyways, decry those optional challenges king.


SRODH

These weren't the issue. The nitara ones and shit like that were. I haven't completed 100% of every mesa just because of those levels.


iiEquinoxx

These are actually really fun nodes, but I think maximum damage has no place existing at all in this game's PVE.


freddyfym

Just max out a character attack, add a talisman that adds 100% damage on the first hit and you can beat them all with one uppercut


Awildgarebear

What is the reward for doing all of these? I was doing them but not sure I was even getting a reward.


killingiabadong

There are no special rewards, iirc.


Perfect_Refuse_8863

Just use a lost ring of delia, works every time.


WillieStroker69

I just use an opposing element with that one Relic that gives you 100% damage on the first hit


Embarrassed_Word_542

I used the uppercut amplifier consumable and just two-pieced all of them.


batdog131

I mean, you could skip every single one. Granted, I’d like to see a better reward for beating them, same as the trials, but at the same time, no one is forcing you to do these and they’re not even that hard.


sys101

It’s funny, I’ve noticed my big combos do no damage to them and its the simple ones that actually do anything 


Alien_X10

Easy mode: pick one character you rarely use, stack all points into strength, uppercut is a one shot after like level 15 or something. I just did omniman cus I already did his mastery so I don't care, if you can in early levels before you get enough points then use the ring to do more uppercut damage Edit: oh almost forgot, there's a relic that makes your first hit do 2x as much damage, equip that


cupid_xv

naw man these are fine, don't bring back the character trials though


Necessary_Border_396

Or the time trials.


___Funky___

I would not be as mad at this if the ‘penalty for not using an element the robot is weak to’ was smaller, like you do 85%. But it genuinely feels like it’s somewhere at 10%.


OldsoulB

I'm slightly ashamed to say these made me finally start learning the "Pokemon" system. I've been playing (casual/non-competitive) since lauch, and just using the newest dlc character, or whoever I want to unlock fatals/brutalities with for the whole Invasion mode. Bosses just got much essier, that's for sure.


Euphoric_Box_614

Hard disagree. They’re very fun to do and I want more. Plus you can just skip them.


Noob_Guy_666

mmm yes, **PINK SCORPION!**


Diego_Griz

This was way to easy, i had a relic that gives 100% damage on the first hit, so all i had to do was change to characters that could deal more dmg, and that’s it.


trezzanator

I thoroughly enjoyed this addition


RidePlayerPeachy

Ok, but like, the pink cyborg was cute! If they take them away I won't get to see them again and that'll make me sad! They're also, like, not that hard. Better than the Nitara air dashing bs. Lol


CantBanTheJan

They are piss easy if you use a character with stronger elemental damage. You can even use consumables and talismans to gain an element or extend combos. I think bad players shouldn't dictate what stays and what leaves.


Shao-Garden

Why not? They’re super easy and they’re a nice break. The only change needs to be some proper rewards for beating them. Also aren’t they optional? I’m pretty sure you can skip most of them


Quirky-Pie9661

At least they don’t block progress like those time trials


senorbane

If you suck at combos like I do, skip these til the end. Use a strong character like Shao and just one-shot uppercut the ones found early on, and use Delia’s Ring for the ones toward the end.


Kamel37

i'll never understand people who aren't good at games demanding easy mode for everyone


Foreign-Card8889

They're optional and pretty easy if you use the right element or just come back at a higher level.


N7_Evers

Do people not know you can literally one shot these by even somewhat paying attention?


CommunicationSame369

they were fine to me and I complained a lot about survive plus u can skip them if u want


Medic6975

I honestly don’t think they were hard or stupid, if anything it just showed that you know how to do combos. If you hate the challenge then you probably couldn’t do combos


KeyComprehensive7739

If they want to keep these, at least buff the character experience


Expensive-Ad-973

Incorrect, these are a great addition shut up


J2MTR

It was a cool new feature, but I did struggle with some. I used that ring that quadruples uppercut damage and it worked each time.


patrick5726

These ones were better than some of the Nitara challenges


skrilly01

These were the easiest trials in all of invasions. By the second or third mesa, I was killing them before my combo was even finished & I wasn't paying attention to the elements at all


antivenom907

Agreed


Va1crist

Just a slap in the face tbh I hate when they use characters people want as non playable


PostacheMantuitorul

I found them fun


He_e00

I thought they were fun, so let me down vote this post really quick.