Is what you're saying true? Did the 1.04 balance patch do nothing at all to help balance the tiers abit?
Not really, some characters got buffed, some got nerfs some got unnecessary buff and some just got changes that practically didn't change a thing, and characters like Gen Fu didn't get changed at all only the Power Launch input.
e.g. Ein, he has barely changed from 1.03 his 33T works when prompted and aside from throw damage only things he gained was a new taunt and the old DOA2 - 4 BOOM FX on his 33T.
The sexualization has dominated the series for awhile, vanilla 5 was a step in the right direction. I wonder if the people who want more sex in the game can even play it and hold their own. Can they tell honestly tell you the differences between 3, 4, and 5? Without doing research. They probably can't because they didn't play those and if they did I bet they couldn't anyway. So instead we get less mechanics more nudity.
It has, but DOA3 and DOA4 didn't have any swimsuits of any kind in them, they focused on being a fighting game 2U had swimsuits(atleast 3 for each girl) and a CG gallery but you had to work in order to get them though swimsuits you had to beat the game several times on Hard and the CG gallery was unlocked when you unlocked every other characters costumes which was a feat in itself haha.
As for you other comment, it can vary some people like both sexualisation and the game itself, while others just care about the girls and probably barely play the game itself if at all.
But 5U has too many swimsuits and too many spectator/voyeur modes though, the victory scene viewer is good for taking screenshots of the victory poses but thats about it the rest of the movies section is unneeded.