So, I finally got AC so I could test a few things out with the changes. Overall, I don't think that I-no is worse like people are saying. Getting her guard bar stuff removed does suck, but her overall potential for mixes and 8907430915872345 hit combos is still there which makes her just as potent as in Slash (IMO). I think it's the fact that majority of the rest of the cast got buffed nicely that makes her seem to pale in comparison.
Pros:
Another thing that I noted was that she gets to cancel out of 6HS again. This makes it a descent AA again because you don't have any recovery on hit. Not by any means an AA that you want to fall back on everytime, but much better than what she had.
I don't know if this has been confirmed yet, but I did notice a change in her overall speed. It was odd trying to get used to it. Maybe it's just overall changes in the engine though, I dunno...
Her EX gives her a much needed out from the ever present corner lock-down. She really didn't have much vs. Eddie for example, aside from hope that there is a hole and 2K it. Again, better than what she had.
CH K Dive doing the Looney Tunes slide makes another real easy starter to the 5HS etc combo
S Dive popping up for combos makes the Attsun cross-up VERY useful again. <3
Different speed notes are good, but if you pick the wrong one, p2 is on you immediately. Like Mynus said, getting used to is will go away with time. Definately helps with full screen wake-up games and Eddie killing.
The only things that I don't like too much so far are:
5S(far) for reasons noted earlier, however, killing projectiles and Guard dmg ARE very nice :D
Dmg reduction
Guard bar damaging options lowered
Faster tech on P dive
New FRC on HS stroke seems superfluous. Whould have been cool on something else like an early FRC on one of the dives or something... *shrug*
Question: 5k, JI, ad.S, VCL seems to hit more frequently mid-screen than I am used to. Is it just me, or has something changed that makes it hit better?
Remix: Forgot to ask something else. What is this highly abusable glitch that I keep hearing about? I don't want to activate it by accident. I heard that it is the Air Super freezing the game. It's already happened to me a few times. Is that it though?
I'll try to add more interesting things when I get more time with AC...
(I miss Slash )