My point is that there's plenty of other characters with completely ridiculous and almost-unavoidable combinations and advantages.
Im just saying...how fast can Lao fill his meter? How much damage can be done in between Reptile's slow and fast ball, or Mileena's roll and kick? How many other people in the game can pull off 40-50% combos and juggles with a meter bar or less? Fuck, even Stryker (one of the most underrated characters in the game, IMO) with the right timing and meter can knock off a vital chunk of your life in a matter of moments. The basic moves that go into Cyrax's bigger combos are no different than any other specials in the game - jump in punch to get an extra hit like the Subzero freeze, throw in EX moves for extra damage or placement for a follow up string like Sektor's EX TU, etc. - and honestly, his net is one of the easiest tells in the game to read and punish, especially if you have a teleport or your name is Kabal. It just so happens he has an abusively good way to link them together. Or would you rather he be dumbed down and become a boring yellow nub? Things like this are what make a game interesting: running into a daunting challenge and figuring out a way around it.
EDIT: I do, however, agree that the 60%-80% resets should probably be done away with. If there's a way to factor it out without screwing up his grenade juggles, by all means. I'm good with my 51%. 80's just crazy, although i dont think it'd be possible to take that much damage without building a breaker.
