Actually got to try some AE. Yang is ok, sucks against guile and chun. The barely put any hitstun unless you somehow land it low. I was definitely negative on a dive kick square to hip/low chest area. Most likely best to do this on wakeup. His horizontal pokes are ass (all he has is cr.mk, maybe st.fp). Dive kicks are no where near as effective as Rufus. Yang is disappoint son. People say he is reactive and I agree, but that is the problem. For chars like Chun and Guile who have great pokes, Yang is outclassed. The only way to get in against chars with great pokes is to walk forward and block, or jump and mix up between dive kick and normal jump in, which is bad anyway since the dive kick height restriction makes them easy to anti air. His link from cr.lk to st.lp is maybe 1 or 2 frame, I'm guessing. Same with st.mp > cr.mk. And st.lp to cr.mk is maybe 2-3 frame. Those seem to be his main combos along with cr.lp > st.lp etc.
Fei long doesn't feel that much changed. Though I can still feel the buff on his ex rekka (not that big of a deal IMO). He's just solid.
Tried vega, he is ass with his cosmic heel (-3 point blank), so overall worse despite cr.mk buff/nerf.
Didn't really play with anyone else. I think I'm going to play rufus if I want decent dive kicks. But who knows, maybe I need more time with Yang.
Went to the video 94 store for AE. No one there Sunday morning midday. Sketchy as hell, but 25 cent play. Also payed a visit to AI which was crowded, but nice to pay a visit to before they close. Also played at Supercade, but don't go there, setup is laggy on laggy tvs and crappy sticks/buttons. I was meaning to try Round 1, but maybe next time. Unless AE patch is another update over the real arcade edition, I am kind of disappoint.