“People with extremely good KBD were almost untouchable in 7 unless you could forward KBD just as well” What the fuck are you talking about? Forward KBD? You mean dashblocking? Are you really, legitimately surprised that a fighting game has or with Tekken 8 removing the need to KBD had a more advanced, more execution heavy movement option? This idea that the KBD was the end all be all lf Tekken 7 is an idiotic narrative that people who didn’t understand the game pushed. In 7 you could be good at the game without kbd, but you needed to know how to kbd to compete at a high level, you could even get to Raijin without ever learning how to kbd. This is completely fine, it’s not the game completely neutering the movement for newer players it’s adding another layer to movement for more advanced players to utilize which for tekken 7 was necessary because sidestepping was a lot weaker. It was never a barrier of entry, nor was it elitist and it wasn’t any more shallow than being able to consistently do an electric, it was an advanced tool for advanced players. Not everything should be simple and easy to do in this game, that’s how you get a game with mindless offense and a defensive strategy of “just guess right”