Besides, it's not like Cassie players were killing people because of the armour on that move, it was mainly due to its safety.
I don't agree entirely
part of hollywood gameplan was to bait counterpokes and launch them with exflip into np reset
both options are gone now, she can't launch on a read anymore and exnp/exdive are a joke of a wakeup
also, having a move only useful to be safe is a stupid decision from a design standpoint
just give better frames on her 'mixups' and remove the flip for good
in my opinion:
7 frames startup
- 6 on block (assuming no 6 frames startup for the rest of the cast otherwise -5)
greatly reduced pushback (aka she stays close to the opponent and block the counterattack)
would have been fine without destryoing the variation
right now casie seem to have lost its identity
they didn't normalize a tool which was too strong to be handled by the rest of the cast (which is something I have to admit even being a cassie player since the beginning)
they removed an integral part of her gameplan which affects all three variations
hollywood is shit tier now because its uniqueness, the meta after np, is gone completely
all they had to fix was the random + advantage on some np setups
after an np beta cassie has to work her way in again from the start