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Injustice 2 Roster Discussion & Speculation Thread

If I remember right
they show Crane's body in the beginning of the first comic and imply that the Joker killed him to get the fear toxin
I thought the popular theory was that the Injustice universe's Scarecrow might have been revived as an avatar of The Black / The Rot?

Regardless, I'm more curious how this world's Joker and Green Arrow are still around, considering their deaths were well noted both in the comic and in the first game's story mode (unless I missed something).
 
I thought the popular theory was that the Injustice universe's Scarecrow might have been revived as an avatar of The Black / The Rot?

Regardless, I'm more curious how this world's Joker and Green Arrow are still around, considering their deaths were well noted both in the comic and in the first game's story mode (unless I missed something).

Green Arrow is obviously from the earth Black Canary was sent to.

Joker might be a hallucination. Or Lazarus pit.
 
I thought the popular theory was that the Injustice universe's Scarecrow might have been revived as an avatar of The Black / The Rot?

Regardless, I'm more curious how this world's Joker and Green Arrow are still around, considering their deaths were well noted both in the comic and in the first game's story mode (unless I missed something).

I postulated that theory a few months ago, but given everything that has been said about Scarecrow's
corpse like appearance being a fear toxin hallucination
, it's probably unlikely to be true.
 
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Jesus Christ. It actually looks worse than the one from Injustice 1.
 
Green Arrow is obviously from the earth Black Canary was sent to.

Joker might be a hallucination. Or Lazarus pit.

Yup, Lazarus pits are a thing. Keep forgetting that.

I postulated that theory a few months ago, but given everything that has been said about Scarecrow's
corpse like appearance being a fear toxin hallucination
, it's probably unlikely to be true.

Oh okay, I guess the logic is that if you're fighting Scarecrow you have already been gassed. That explains the powers too...
 
Yup, Lazarus pits are a thing. Keep forgetting that.

It seems likely that if the Joker has returned, NRS might want to keep that card to themselves, at least in the beginning. We'll probably be questioning whether his appearances are fear toxin hallucinations, the result of mental instability or flash backs, etc, only to find out towards the end he actually is alive. I'd argue it'd be very much in character for the Joker to want to keep the truth behind his revival hidden and instead mentally taunt those most vulnerable to the truth.
 
Batman asks him if he's a scarecrow hallucination and he says yes lmao. But he could be lying.

Yup, Lazarus pits are a thing. Keep forgetting that.



Oh okay, I guess the logic is that if you're fighting Scarecrow you have already been gassed. That explains the powers too...

In one of his intros, you see his human form using the gas and turning into the scarecrow.
 
Pretty much all of Batmans gear in this game is universally terrible.
He got shafted hard.

Heh I'm not sure I'd agree with that statement :D .

He has some really cool stuff, and more importantly, it's the shaders that make or break his armors, and he has some absolutely sick ones.

He does have some really awful stuff too but nobody is forcing you to use those atrocities :p .
 
At least his default outfit is quite good. Hopefully he gets some decent full skins to compensate for some of the gaudy gear.

I just want civilian Bruce Wayne premier skin.

I want to beat people up as Canada man.

Actually that's a lie I don't ever want to play as Batman lol.
 
Heh I'm not sure I'd agree with that statement :D .

He has some really cool stuff, and more importantly, it's the shaders that make or break his armors, and he has some absolutely sick ones.

He does have some really awful stuff too but nobody is forcing you to use those atrocities :p .
Hahaha don't worry the die hard NRS fans are the games biggest cridicts, we tend to be more picky than the average player
 
did they give details how we will acquire gear? It won't be a RNG filled grindfest right? that dragonball xenoverse 1 game was filled to the brim with rng to acquire loot items

As long as it's fun and deterministic to acquire gear that is coo. no rng loot boxes plz. There is so many f2p games filled with that I'm burned out

[edit] Whew! Just double checked an article that confirms I can turn off stats from gear. Thank goodness it for sure won't be a loot acquisition-casino grindfest then unless you looking for a particular cosmetic then that sounds like it could be a grind but at least the stats BS can be turned off
 
did they give details how we will acquire gear? It won't be a RNG filled grindfest right? that dragonball xenoverse 1 game was filled to the brim with rng to acquire loot items

As long as it's fun and deterministic to acquire gear that is coo. no rng loot boxes plz. There is so many f2p games filled with that I'm burned out

[edit] Whew! Just double checked an article that confirms I can turn off stats from gear. Thank goodness it for sure won't be a loot acquisition-casino grindfest then unless you looking for a particular cosmetic then that sounds like it could be a grind but at least the stats BS can be turned off
Gear can be acquired from playing Multiverse mode (like Living Towers in MKX), by playing online and by playing some of the other single player modes (probably story mode). You can get guaranteed loot drops, and you can get mother boxes. Motherboxes are literally loot boxes. There are I believe 5 different types of loot boxes.

In terms of gear stats and playing against others, there are 2 modes. Casual modes and Tournament modes.

In Tournament mode, stats and abilities from gear is disabled but your looks are still changed. Online Ranked mode will have stats disabled from the get-go with no option to enable it.

Online casual and offline multiplayer has the option to play with either the stats on or the stats off, but both players have to agree to it in the character select screen.

Getting gear doesn't seem to be that much of a grind. Playing the single player modes seems to be an incredibly easy way to get gear, and you're guaranteed gear when you win an online match even if it's ranked. If you lose, I believe it's random whether you get gear but you do get exp and coins regardless.
 
Is there a way to play online with stats disabled but with abilities enabled?

I don't really like the idea behind stats in a fighting game. It's fine for single player, but playing matches in casual mode online you're going to get your ass beat unless you're all decked out in the best gear.
 
Is there a way to play online with stats disabled but with abilities enabled?

I don't really like the idea behind stats in a fighting game. It's fine for single player, but playing matches in casual mode online you're going to get your ass beat unless you're all decked out in the best gear.

So far, I don't think so. There is a "competitive mode" option on the character select screen, and enabling it disables gear stats and also disables custom abilities--I also think it "normalizes" the base stats of every character, so that they're all the same.


There may yet be a mode that disables stats but leaves custom abilities on, but we have yet to see it.
 
Is there a way to play online with stats disabled but with abilities enabled?
Sadly no. It would have been the best thing since it could have been a deeper version of the variation system that was in MKX.

But since they've chosen this route of abilities being unlocked like gear, it's not available in ranked or tournament mode.
I also think it "normalizes" the base stats of every character, so that they're all the same.
It does bring the stats to base level but not everyone has the same base stats. Some character have more base health, some have more or less base defense etc etc. They've confirmed as such in the last or second last stream. It was Derek who said that. Though there's probably not a big difference overall for the cast, just small number tweaks.

EDIT: Joker confirmed to be
a Scarecrow hallucination
: https://youtu.be/Jhq8XUQEsHs?t=33m34s
 
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Jesus Christ. It actually looks worse than the one from Injustice 1.

Yeah, whoever is in charge of the Batman designs has a strange taste, lol. I think IJ1 Batman looked still worse though. Little reminder:

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While I in general would say that the IJ2 character models look really good, some of the best in any fighter out there, one thing that irks me, is that gear looks more like rubber and plastic than leather and metal. It's all so shiny and new looking.
Hardly any gear is real black too. It's mostly dark grey, which looks a bit washed out. Especially on Batman, Catwoman and Black Canary.
 
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Getting gear doesn't seem to be that much of a grind. Playing the single player modes seems to be an incredibly easy way to get gear, and you're guaranteed gear when you win an online match even if it's ranked. If you lose, I believe it's random whether you get gear but you do get exp and coins regardless.

thanks but when it comes to RNG it is always a grind (which is reason it is hidden behind a loot box)

now if they let us buy the pieces directly I'd be more convinced

luckily we can turn that stuff off though so it's all good.
 
EDIT: Joker confirmed to be
a Scarecrow hallucination
: https://youtu.be/Jhq8XUQEsHs?t=33m34s

While this is a possibility, especially with
what seems like the presence of Fear Toxin in his opening animation
, I think it's worth pointing out that the battle intros in MKX often hinted at alternate scenarios that contradicted the main story.

For example, there were a number of intros that hinted Scorpion had returned to being a revenant serving under Quan-Chi, but that didn't happen in the story.

The cool ones were during mirror matches, when occasionally one of the fighters was hinted to be the original timeline versions of the characters.
 
Yup, Chameleon was heavily hinted at in MKX in mirrors. Certainly is going to be interesting wth is going on in injustice 2.
 
well at least watching DC live stream helped convinced me to just stick to the Standard edition (not buy the collection). not really dying to play as Joker lol
 
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