Unless of course they just increased forward walk speed, and didn't increase backwards walk speed. I'm sure they can do one and not the other, and given that in this game you hold back to block, it wouldn't be a good idea to increase backwards walk speed. Maybe they could increase backwards dash by a little bit.
Maybe.
People also have to realize that zoners have a lot of advantages in this game. Pushblock, meter builidng, clash etc.
Back dashing is better than back walking as it has invinc. frames, so I dont know about increasing that.
The key things is that walking should be a bigger part of footsies. Right now it is mostly moves and dashing. Walking opens up a whole bunch of options like whiff punishing, baiting an attack, and forcing a reaction(THose are in the wrong order but w/e)