Ok. This is the final straw to this issue once and for all.
The Warlock Punch cancel that was originally in Minus was there as a means for Dorf to have a high risk, high reward option that he could bail out of if he wiffed it. At first, this was all well and good, until a larger issue was found. See, the original risk to the move was that if it were shielded, Dorf would fly off horizontally and die instantly, the cost to being able to kill instantly. The cancel was there for fun, until people found out you could prevent death by dodging during his flight while on stage. This was extremely abusable once practiced, since it allowed Dorf the ability to fully capitalize on a broken shield with no cost to him. As such, it was reworked into an unblockable attack that left him open to retaliation, as it should have been originally. There is also no sane reason why it needs to be safe to use while jumping off stage, because there are far superior options Dorf can use, and it is just not intended to work that way. (As a side note, it isn't that the move itself is flawed, it's that it's original function was removed due to the overwhelming safety in Minus in regards to landing and ending lag. With no laggy attacks, there is nothing to read for it)
Bent has been on a personal crusade for a long period of time now trying to get that cancel (which was shut down) and safety (separate efforts, combined time. Mostly about off stage use) back on the punch, to which it was explained in clear, explicit detail over a dozen times from at least half the BR (myself included) why it won't return. He has been incredibly adamant and passionate about this idea with Dorf, but I feel like this issue will never, ever end. He has stated several times over the last year and a half or so how he has felt in regards to how Dorf's WP functions (as I have done the same, but to a lesser degree), but in a case last year, he was told to keep the WP discussion in its own thread elsewhere, as well as to not advertise his own edit of the WP in other threads, both of which were ignored despite warnings from the staff. This is the only reason that the staff wishes for this discussion to be left alone. Nobody wants this to be personal, and there is no hate towards any members, no matter how much some might wish to believe otherwise. Everyone, myself included, is tired of seeing this debate surface again and again. I've almost been barred from talking about my own main because it always triggers this debate, and this derails the discussion without fail.
I was tasked with explaining this issue once and for all for everyone to see, so everyone can fully understand what has gone on, and continues to go on, when the staff request that this subject not be spoken about. There is nothing to debate here, and they ask politely that it be dropped and ignored in the future. They want to finish up the mod as quickly and as stress free as they can so everyone can fully enjoy the work they have put into it. My personal request is that everyone please respect their wishes.
I am temporarily locking this thread until tomorrow so everyone can read this.
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