Hot Take: I'm Glad 1% Sparkings are GONE

TLDR: 1% Sparkings are consistenly the most frustrating characters to face in PvP, and they take valuable dev time. I'd rather have better looking LFs and interesting supporters than annoying 1%s that get powercrept 1 month later

1: They are just gimmicks

Some of them are cool, like the GT frieza/Cell. Some of them are neccesary to make teams work, like the ginyu force 1%s. For the most part, they are weak, gimmiky, annoying wastes of dev time. Examples abound- GRN evil buu, Red Kaio-shin, Blu DB saga roshi, Yel Uub, the list goes on (dare i mention Red "itS nOT wOrKInG"). They're too afraid to make the 1% sparking actually good and overshadow the LF so they slap on a frustrating gimmick and call it a day

2: They steal dev time

Do these units make competitive team lineups after 1-2 months? No, you get to see the animations of the actually capable LF characters, especially after the addition of the leader slot making team cohesion a non-factor. So why do we need to waste time making new sprites and animations that look good on these 1%s that we will never see again, when we could make LFs that look actually good like the new SSJ2 Gohan

3: They ruin summon animations

The only times the old guaranteed animations (bardock, trunks, blue vegeta) are relevant is on Ultra banners- other than that youre just getting the banner unit 80% of the time. Now they've added a bunch of new animations but they're so rare that the average player will never see them because the animation pool is so diluted

4: Supporters have more potential

Before I get into it, I'll say that just like everyone else, I hate the way supporters are set up. I hate how expensive and p2w leveling them up is. But I believe supporters have more potential to make the game balanced by being set up to counter certain tags or playstyles. The fact that they're not competing for a slot on your team/bench means that if you're really tired of facing a certain team you can bring a supporter counterpick. With Belmod and Yemma coming out I also think they have more potential to bring new unique effects into gameplay outside of just combo stoppers. What if they added supporters that give you an AoE green card resistance? Or an anti-PV supporter? These mechanics wouldn't work on a 1% sparking but would make for great additions to the game.