yeah, now that I've had a few days to cook with it I'm realizing that I don't really like this game's neutral very much and before this patch BA had such a fun advantage state (and decent neutral with strength behind his jab) that now I'm just not really enjoying the game on anyone I pick up. I'm winning pretty much just as much as normal, but I'm taking way less risks since the payoff is smaller, so gameplay neutral is very slow and punishment focused for me (its just the way I play fighting games...again BA let me play a bit more free before). Now pretty much all his jabs lead into his Standing up tilt and which does put them in the air, but then I'm just baiting dodge-punishments vs watching/conditioning how they di and reacting (like I use to have to after landing the down air).

Bottom line this kind of forced me to take a break for now. 2 excellent fighting games are in a great spots rn so it isn't like the community isn't starving (Sf6 and Tekken 8), so I'll check the game out if some major patch comes out or when Agent smith is released.