Does anyone know how to use pokes correctly? If she whiffs d+4, you can counter poke her extended foot and hit her back. People who think one normal shouldn't make or break a character obviosuly have no concept of footsies and pokes.
Look at SF, bison has an amazing standing roundhouse. guile's pokes and footsies are great, Several games have several character where certain normals alter their hit box to go under highs or over lows or whatever, some games call these moves low or high crushes.
If you keep removing things that are characters specific you'll be left with a game with characters that play the same, with no diversity other than the graphical skins. over-powered or game breaking things should be toned down, but d+4 is no where that level.
Basically, people are mad becuase they have to alter they gameplan slightly, the same brianless patterns don't work for every situation. But thinking smartly isn't something that should be discouraged, but is a hall mark of a fun and deep game.