You know, I've said it before, but I am ecstatic that we have launching strings and EX moves again. I cannot emphasize enough how much I've hated everything about meter burning specials. My hype for this game is through the roof.
This is the big thing making me excited for the game.
There's this "balance by spreadsheet" mentality that i've seen devs go for in plenty of genres (hell its my main complain with blizzard games post SC), and it "works" in that the game isn't an unplayable mess, but it's also boring as hell.
Injustice felt like the start of them going down that road, where almost everyone does similar damage, and everyone has the same rules (X damage for a hit, Y damage for a hit with meter, etc). It's probably easier on their side because you don't launch the game and have someone break it in half the first week (i mean..in theory...if you don't let superman f2 go out like that), but it's something that players and observers become very aware of, even if they can't put their finger on it. Everything starts to feel the same, just with different skins on. This is a big reason 11 bugs me so much, especially when they nailed the fuck out of it with 9, and only needed to buff a few more things to really make it shine.
Seeing them finally chuck this out the window again really gets my hopes up that we're going to get something great.