Sure is. For each day I'll be using nothing but the named character and seeing how each of my 5 characters perform. I planned on being mostly loyal to just Ein but he's so crappy in this game I just can't.
All day errday... reminds me of Vanilla 5. Nothing but Akira and Hayate... good times.
Naaaaaaaah son we wanted Ein exactly the way he was not a worse version of DOA4 Ein. I miss the days where I was ignorant to tiers and character balance and just played who I loved all the time.
1. Akira was nerfed because despite not being particular broken or even top tier, people complained enough for TN to see fit to take away certain tools. The added recovery I have no clue honestly, their heads were just in the gutter.
2. While he lost good tools he is still very much a good character and can be played at any level, I just don't personally care for maining him at this point. Ein is in a separate boat. He lacks basic tools and options characters need to have in this game.
3. It's one thing to complain for a character to get buffs, it's another to request things that never should have been taken, Ein needs improvements but a big part of them are things that he previously had that were a big part of his game. Akira lost a few of those things be isn't as effected by it. Ein is one of the worst characters in this game.