2.0 has me very excited about strive and future updates, my main is nearly the most fun he's ever been to play, and it seems as though the playing field balance wise is as balanced as it's ever been. As much as I am satisfied with the update, there are a few aspects that leave me a bit worried high key.
As much as I think tiers matter the least, they ever have this patch (I sure am hopping this is true and we don't find out HC and 2 others are actually gods among the rest of the cast), I do think in some ways the game has become more polarizing.
To me It feels like there are a few characters which aren't really playing in 2.0 but more in a weaker season 4 state if that makes any sense. These characters are largely comprised of the ones that mainly got buffs and a few outliers. It's hard to describe the exact difference for me as it's more of a feeling, but it feels like characters like Johnny, Pot, and Millia, just as examples, are operating outside of the general framework that 2.0 set. To me I feel as though I can feel a difference in their gameplay as compared to other prospective high/top tiers of this patch like Nago or Leo.
This is really only a vague feeling I have, not really discernable through any actual criteria, but it does have me a lil bit on edge about the current patch. Considering the quality of 2.0 I do actually trust Arcsys to clean up the patch with a midseason patch as they always have. I'm just not 100% confident in how this patch is gonna turn out in the moment.
