Yes to everything you said at the end, I prefer a "balanced" character over a character that has everything in his utility belt. I have tried to jump out of his mixups and succeeded and both failed. But like you said it's a guess, I just want a balanced game and that starts with balancing the top tier characters.
Maybe EB is not the person to start... going by your goal they are lots of characters that need/deserve it more.
Wishful thinking for the patch:
A complete overhaul for Spectral Ermac.
A better TKP for Mystic Ermac.
Ermacs b1 beeing a true mid
Sub Zero without Clone issues
Sub Zero receiving some love at least in Unbreakable. Gladly luv to see it for Cryo too.
Scorpion Hellfire getting his old cancels back
Jacqui without T-Rex hitbox... like in the seoncd hit of F12 :-O
Jacqui with a purpuse for ex bf2
Jacqui with an actual uppercut
Mileena with F3 that doesnt give the opponent time to go get a coffee. Keep it slow... but it hasnt to be that slow...
Mileena with cancellable f44 at the end of the string &/or make it safe on block
Mileena with a projectile that is -6-8 on block.
Mileena with cancellable ex sai
Dvorah which poisons with her puddle in Venomous
Dvorah with Xray applying poison in Venomous
Dvorahs poison damage should be higher for uppercut & throw (should be same ratio as NJP)
Kung Jin with less priority on some attacks and less pushback
Shinnoks overhead removed or made -33
Shinnok Imposter shouldnt steal ex TKL from Ermac
Takeda with a change to his spinning airkick
Predator SS should add less damage mid combo
Tremor bf2 faster startup
Tremor bf4 faster startup
Tremor Aftershock dd1 shouldnt disappear on block, at least the ex version shouldnt
Tremor f2 faster startup or really plus on block... like 10 or something