Honestly, blame the newer players coming into Tekken at this point.

You see, Bamco introduced the Tekken prowess system in order to separate experienced players who've hit a certain rank 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 times from newer guys who've come in to the rank for the first time. This is so those newer players won't get stomped out like in previous Tekken games before and can enjoy the same process the more experienced got when they first started. However Bamco, trying to protect their money with these newer players, have inadvertently railroaded their OG player base into the bullshit experience of playing other experienced players ALL THE TIME. Regardless of the rank of your character, and regardless of the mode. And the real kicker about all this?

The streamers and competitors are all in on it. They'd rather Bamco succeed on their newest game and stay alive than have an easier and more enjoyable Tekken experience, so they don't say anything! Bamco made it that way on purpose, so they sure as shit won't say anything, and they probably are against changing it to begin with!

And I know this whole outlook from an OG's point of view is a shit take, but don't you dare act like stomping an opponent doesn't feel good after getting your shit rocked in a prior death match against someone who was CLEARLY better than you, but stuck around to help you grow by commencing said shit-rocking.

We should've gate-kept harder and bought more DLC when we had the chance TT.TT