*Sigh* Of course they don't. I saw you on stream. I watched like two matches. After I saw SR block the 16F+P~P I just got so upset and turned off the stream.
You and Zeo are giving up on him way too easy. They've changed the properties of a lot of his moves. While 16T can now be slow escaped, you can delay the SHIT out of the P or K follow up.
It's to the point where your character is standing in the neutral position and you can still chose either follow up. You can also free cancel the string and perform GBs. We're going to have to re-learn him. One thing I can say for sure, is that this event has changed my outlook on how to play this game. My flaws were glaring.
Talking to Rikuto, whether he knows it or not, gave me some lasting advice. I'm actually going to be playing Bayman heavier than Akira for the next week to work on my flaws. I've got a 2 week vacation starting on the 27th, so by the time I get back, I'll have a fresh start on DOA5U.
I'm thinking of playing with Leon. Probably the regulars as well but not Jacky or Momiji. Akira is just bah right now. Mila isn't looking good either. I'm not really giving up on him, I'm just really not looking forward to him. At all. I don't mind re-learning it's just I don't like that all these things don't work anymore. They got taken away for no good reason.