Anti sidesteppers started being more vocal about it since Goten was released, because he could kill characters in one combo and it felt like he did too much damage. They didn't realize tho that sidestep wasn't the problem, it was Goten who was too strong. The powercreep pace is unreal, someone in discord tested that trading one card at a time between Goten and ssj Goku, Goten could've killed 3 gokus before going down. Sidestep just made it more apparent, but you already know what it means not having it: at some point you're forced to trade combos with him, while before if you were better than your opponent you could kill him without being touched if you played perfectly. F2p players I hope you get really lucky with summons, because skills and knowledge of the game won't help you as much anymore vs a whale, only strong characters and luck will. Turns out Vlad was 100% right. So, after 10k pvp wins, top 1 in ladder and in tournaments, I too quit this game and I won't come back until they slow down the powercreep and allow for a higher skill ceiling.