This wouldn't be a problem if hey didn't add a penalty on use for a non-hitting move.
Many characters can use non-hitting moves to extend combos without any kind of penalty (including Sub-Zero in his GM variation, which makes this even more ridiculous) and other characters that got a penalty got a 0.98 (softer than regular jabs that are 0.95) like Deceptive Reptile or Crystaline Tremor (crystal summon) so it's almost like they didn't have a penalty.
Even Run Cancels are softer (0.9) than Ice Aura (0.85).
