The dash attack change is pretty interesting. Looking at Nier for example (a character notorious for spamming 66L), the situation after block changes considerably. Pre-patch, her go-to option after 66L used to be c.M (safe, hit-confirmable, combos if the 66L hit, true frame-traps if the 66L was blocked, leads to max damage combos on hit, the threat of multiple cancel options after c.M can help her get away with c.M > 66L for looping pressure). That sequence of 66L > c.M essentially played the game for her and there was little reason for her not to press it after every 66L. But post-patch, if she ends up outside of c.X range, her decision of what to do post-66L is much more difficult. 66L > 5M has an 8-frame gap, which loses to quick moves like Katalina 2M. 66L > 2M is tighter, but a 2M counterhit is much less valuable than a c.M because it's difficult to hit-confirm, demands an immediate special move right afterwards, and leads to worse damage than c.M combos gave her. Regardless, if either 2M or 5M is blocked, her turn is over. There's essentially nothing threatening for her to do after a blocked far normal. The result seems to be (in most cases) an RPS situation where the defender blocking 66L chooses to either mash 2L or continue blocking, with the idea that 2L is likely to beat pressure reset options whereas blocking a far normal will end the attacker's pressure. For the attacker, the choice is either to reset pressure with a forward dash or 66L hoping the defender turtles, or to time a far normal to counterhit the defender's 2L. This decision tree tells us that the person who used 66L is still advantaged, but it is now more difficult for them to continue their pressure if the defender guesses correctly in the interaction immediately after 66L.

so they didn't fix anything? awesome