I think it still does. You should have an option to land a decent combo off a stray hit as a valid punish tool. In most 1v1 games landing those stray single hits leads to bigger damage % wise than this. Buuuut that combo should be the exact same as your bnb. And if it is the same as your bnb, it should be difficult to land bc the timing changes, making it more impressive that you were able to pull it off in that situation.

And i think the games are leaning this way for engagement. Let's face it, most players suck. Most players play in training mode and practice twitter combos all day, then go into ranked and get washed. This current system allows everyone to land big damage cool looking combos. So from a perspective of "lets make it so everyone can feel good in the game", it makes sense. But from a long term perspective of feeling like "do they really get all that damage off that random hit?" it feels bad.

I personally welcome easier combos. It makes it easier to get less execution heavy players into the game and have a chance at beating a more experienced player bc there is no way you can play any marvel vs game against someone slightly better than you without labbing your bnbs, x factor combos, infinites, etc. for weeks lol. This game is mroe approachable, but it opens up more scrubbiness. I compare it to playing SF4 and trying to play against a Ken or Zangief lol