I tried to do the new mid-air teleport mixup and still got read like a book so never again.

It's actually pretty fun so far; I haven't played much yet and I'm not the type to lab new combos but the most notable change for me was wild assault. It's been fun to use and I feel like everyone has a wall-to-wall combo now lol.

The arbiter changes felt a little underwhelming, is it mainly used with RC and wild assault for combos? It felt to me like it mainly gives a little better corner pressure. I'm not complaining though, and again I haven't really spent much time on it.

I'm looking forward to seeing all the nasty stuff people come up with.

I agree damage being nerfed overall in Strive is always welcome. The new system mechanics feel like a breath of fresh air but I'm not too sure how Wild Assault functionally differentiates from RC in a more significant way. Hopefully the uses will be more varied.

Sol's changes feel mediocre at best though. Fafnir reaching further feels like it doesn't mean anything since it almost reached fullscreen before anyway. Now you can reach further without dash momentum and kara canceling but that doesn't benefit people who already could do that. I don't mind Sol getting overall nerfed but the problem is he lost tools again two years in a row. Gunflame still feels shit to use as well.