For me personally I’ve always been a fan of just making the weaker characters stronger to compete not just nerf the good or cheap characters because as the video explained it takes away the fun for players who enjoy their character. However some say this just leads to power creep where games just get out of control because characters have too many tools or damage.
Perfectly example for KI is everyone saying Jago and Fulgore have no weaknesses and are really cheap as a result. Sure they are difficult to play but if I have the choice why not just play these two characters who have every tool imaginable in a fighting game and win instead of playing lower tier characters who have less tools and have to work harder? Instead nerfing jago’s ridiculous health gain to point where a Jago main might not enjoy the character anymore, have about give other characters a similar crazy tools.
I also agree on the note that a perfectly balanced game would indeed be boring. Speaking for myself here I find footsies, neutral game and whiff punishing to be quite boring ironic because that’s what fighting games are mostly about. For me it makes for an uninteresting aspect of entertainment. I like to watch crazy things unfold like long fancy combos, gimmicks, high damage etc. Watching someone do jab jab special move is mind numbing. People like to see players take risks that pay off, like Daigo doing a game winning wake up shoryu and the Twitch chat blowing up of hype. Since Capcom has tried to balance their game by nerfing characters with DPs, now that option for risk is taken away and thus leads to less exciting moments.
Not going to lie here but as much as people hate Gargos, I love fighting him and his minions. I feel they make up for a very interesting style of gameplay that can lead to some fun exchanges. Instead of limiting Garog’s minions or removing them how about give other characters more options to deal with them. Gargos players get to keep their fun mechanic that makes their character Unique but now my character also have some unique tools to deal with your fun stuff as well.