nah, your wrong. the reason it looks like this is because they are the ones that constantly keep attacking, blocking opponents or opponents getting hit is your bar building extra quickly. when your the one on the receiving end your bars also fill slowly. you have to attack to build bar, and the top tiers attack better. even during hits they get more bar because they can use more normals, command normals and special attacks during 1 combo without using dc or dm bar. for example, terry can only do s.C, df+C, qcb+A as a combo without using meter. on the other hand k, kula, lizzy, kyo & andy can use more than that to combo, thus building more bar. k as example, s.C, f+A, qcf+A, f+D, qcb+B or B, again qcb+B or D, dp+C, D. all this in 1 combo without using bar, shits unfair.
im also thinking using ioris command grab during combos might fill more bar, as it could potentially let you fdo more specials without using the dc or dm bar. ask the people playing though.
I thought at first everyone was going to burning meter for big damage but things didn't work out that way. Everyone in XIII got new juggles but it just came down to superior tools. Like K's example vs Leona who can now do crBX2>overhead>special/V-Slasher. K' still have the superior tools under his belt.
One of my major gripes is Liz and her damn juggles and her ultra safe moves. K's midscreen juggles are a bit much but Liz is crazy shit. No one should be getting juggles like that for no meter.
I would say make the characters do (non meter)combos like whatever>command normal>special ender but then that'll homogenized the game and we'll get something like SSFIV and everything being jab jab jab>whatever.
Raiden's Drop Kick is retarded. In version 1.0 he had the fastest non meter way to kill anyone. And on top of that it does about 60% guard bar damage. I would say have SNKP rework some of the damage on some moves and rework damage scaling.
I forgot one thing: Iori. This dude CANNOT get a knockdown without burning meter. WTF. I'm not even asking for an untechable KD here. Why can't get he get a knockdown midscreen? Everyone else in the game can do it.