The fact that they are maybe is not a good sign.
I think it’s been stated, but Ryu doesn’t need anything done to him really. Trading should just go away IMO and either knock both parties down, or have a KOF impact like effect where no one is damaged–honestly, I would prefer that as it would keep the excitement of the fight going. Besides, it’s another way for the black ink effect to make its way into the fight–which is one of the best areas of the new art direction.
On the whole shoto thing–Ken’s buffs have nothing to do with nerfing Ryu. I believe the only gripe with anything involving Ryu is the SRK. It’s not that as a Ken player, I want Ryu’s DP nerfed, I simply want/expected to have the faster one. ATM, only Ken’s EX SRK is superior. Ryu’s name is brought up in this situation simply for one reason. How the heck do you make a better lp DP? Do you make Ken’s even safer on block? Kara off of it for 2 SRK on hit? Or have if punishable from certain distances only like Sagat’s TK. Ryu’s lp DP is already so good, making Ken’s equal without having the exact same one is kinda hard. We don’t want a win button lol…
His fierce srk is a little flawed too. if it’s strictly for combos, then the weird hitbox and how it gets stuff by everything is fine, but it should have more damage, and KD on first hit. If not–it’s hitbox need to be fixed, and I still would say KD on first hit.
Same walking speed, faster sweep, fix target combo–all nothing to do with Ryu, but exclusive buffs for Ken.
In all honesty, I would rather have Ken have a quicker jump than Ryu so he was 100% Mix-up, X-up viable. I don’t really like his in the middle of zoner/rusher style in Vanilla. Ryu is really a jack of all trades master of none, except AA.* Ken is a jack of a few trades master of none*, with no exceptions. I think Capcom really just needs to warrant a reason to play as Ken.
Character wise, he should be a faster/swifter Ryu with more combo options, less damage, more flashy, and more reliant on kicks. They lost that somewhere by slowing his recovery on FB down drastically right along with his DP and walk speed.