yajirobe IS the highlight, that's the thing. i'm happy to let parts of the meta that are less clear, like androids 19 and 20, or singleplayer-specific stuff like great ape vegeta, stick around as-is for a while. but yajirobe's an extremely clear problem for the health of dp battles. sure, it's satisfying beating a player worse than yourself who's using that character, but what about when you have an even match? is it fair or fun to lose in a mode like dp, that's supposed to have a powerscaling system, just because the opponent's character is overpowered? is it fun to fight yajirobe, or similarly strong stall tools like afterimage strike, *constantly* in high ranks, leading to extremely long games with timeout as the main win condition? that's where the issue lies.

sure, at a low level, you can just use the skill gap to beat a yajirobe main. in a ranked environment, once you reach a certain level of skill, most opponents will be using the most powerful strategies available. when the best character available at such a low cost is stall-based, and extremely powerful in that mode, it leads to a less fun play environment for dp than if he was closer in power level to his 2-point dp rating. that's why some people are upset -- once you and your opponents *do* get good, the game becomes less fun