I think I might be confused about the DLC and need some clarification.
It seems that...
1) If you only buy the characters, there is no way to get alternate costumes, so if you want the alternate costumes, you absolutely have to get the Ultra bundle. If you can get the costumes with KI Gold or leveling up, I can't see that because I got the Killer Instinct Complete Collection for both seasons a while back that I haven't played much due to my stick being in storage since I moved right after, so all my characters have their costumes and when I look at a character I don't own it shows me only to buy them with real money, not about potential costumes.
2) KI Gold unlocks pointless (IMO) stuff for your profile card or art to look at, music tracks (nice if they play in matches), or accessories and colors you'll naturally unlock if you like a character anyway.
3) KI Gold could also be used on a booster to level up and get said unlocks faster, which seems to be the only point of leveling up faster. So if you're getting an Ultra bundle it comes with booster already, meaning the KI Gold is only for straight out stuff-acquisition, diminishing the value of the booster because the point of that was to level up faster for unlocking stuff, and then the gold is mostly spent on unlocking stuff for characters you'd rather be buying for than earning via leveling because you apparently don't like those characters enough to unlock their stuff by playing with them, so the stuff is only worth as much as you'd want to change the look of characters you don't really play.
4) Leveling up might be related to match making in such a way that booster is a way of being fraudulent and you'll more quickly run into matches where you're getting your ass handed to you on the regular?
5) Shadow Jago can only be purchased in a bundle with regular Jago, which I have, and KI Gold which seems to be pointless, so I'm basically getting half the value as someone who doesn't have Jago, or from another perspective, losing some value I got in my purchase of the Complete Collection.
6) I guess before I only bought the accessories in that I could earn them with unlocks or KIG? I got the Complete Collection which had a description of:
"This is the biggest KI bundle we offer! This pack gives you EVERY Killer Instinct Fighter from both Season 1 and Season 2 Ultra Editions – a total of 16 fighters! Additionally, this pack includes ALL the costumes, ALL premium accessories, Killer Instinct Classic, and Killer Instinct 2 Classic for Xbox One (ESRB: M). Complete your Killer Instinct collection! *Season 2 fighters released monthly."
I definitely have all the costumes unlocked, but each character only has one accessory option unlocked (are those the "premium" ones?) and the rest I have to level up to get. So now I look at the Ultra season 3 description and I see...
"The Ultimate Season 3 Bundle! Get early access to fighters! Includes 8 new fighters - including Rash from Battletoads, Arbiter from Halo, Kim Wu, and Tusk! Includes VIP Double XP Booster, 8 retro costumes, accessory sets, bonus retro character colors, and 18,000 KI Gold (limited time only). Rash, Arbiter, Kim Wu, and Tusk available now - all other content to be released over the season."
And I'm like okay, well the last bundle I bought did not unlock the accessories it mentioned, as I have to do those by leveling up, so does buying this bundle mean I am paying for the opportunity to unlock them, and that if I get the Combo Breaker bundle they won't even show up to unlock in my game? My last bundle did not mention extra colors in the description but they are there to unlock, so apparently I didn't have to pay extra for the ability to unlock those like I did the accessories (I must assume?), so what does it mean that this mentions colors now?
What am I paying for?
Clearly I am very confused on these things and all I want to know is basically if I get the Combo Breaker bundle, will I be able to earn the costumes/colors/accessories just by playing? But if anyone could clarify this other stuff, especially the stuff I seemed to have paid for and not gotten, that would be great.
"It's a
disaster with this DLC!" -Donald Trump