I'm pretty sure its just a work in progress and not intended to work this way, but personally I like how it is right now and hope it stays that way. I've never been a fan of how FT's work in DoA4 and 5.
I aint gonna lie, if force teching is gone i will not miss that shit, but then again i don't really play characters who live or die off their ground game so no skin off my nose. cept for honoka, no more ending combos with 6kk to keep myself safe from WU attacks, guess i'll just have to knock 'em away fullscreen and (gulp) reset neutral :O