What I hated in KOF XIII is that HD mode was not necessary at all. Most of characters could do a lot of damage by only having enough meter. HD mode and MAX cancel were no needed at all. That's because there were a lot of juggles by using regular and Ex moves. Even Drive cancels were not needed too much to be deadly with your combos if you had your opponent in the corner. And what I like in KOF XIV is that they tried to limit that by limiting EX moves only in MAX mode and removing drive cancels. So, one comes to think that combos will be less damaging if you are not in MAX mode. But if they start to put rush cancels, advanced cancels, super cancels and all this, then combos without MAX mode will be insane again.