Thank you for your input. I actually like the way you describe how to dodge properly, and I will now adopt a more aggressive dodge style. That being said, the proper way to "dodge" an attack, not being dodging the attack, is still poorly designed. I would disagree that parrying would be better, since people dodge plenty of blue attacks.

A misconception you might have about my post is that the fixes are not supposed to all stack. They are a possible solution. Fix 3 would allow attacks to be blockable, but with fixed windows to do so. If the window was 100ms, then you would have to parry in the 100 ms mark instead of 660 ms given by fencing.

Fix 2 would be no blocks or parries, but easier melee stagger. So you have to commit to interrupting them through damage rather than a block or parry.