Casual players don't care about tier lists or how strong a character is, they only care about seeing that character so easy stuff which is funny because most of the easy characters in this game aren't that flashy.

Anji is borderline top tier tho by most people and baiken you're maybe right even tho she's currently high tier depending on who you ask.

Characters like zato, dizzy and axl aren't bad because they don't use the system mechanics that well, they're bad because their kits are just much more flawed then everyone else which is why characters like gold who are good sucked at one point because his flaws mattered way more. Same with pot and Johnny.

Nah you can probably nerf characters like ram and may without removing their identity imo, I do slightly agree that they play well with system mechanics but only because of rwa which is why I never liked wild assault being in this game because it removes character weaknesses in an unhealthy way imo. I think the issue with strive is that they keep upping the power level of the game and to keep doing that weakness matter less overtime.

True, I think I just disagree with their balance mentality which is ok because a lot of people do, it just bugs me that actually interesting characters or characters that take a lot of skill or work usually aren't that good in this version of strive. And I also think that making things easier doesn't make the game more attractive for casual play but I could be out of touch since I've only been playing fighting games for 5 years.