I really wish that fighting games didn't have so much emphasis on combo execution. From a design standpoint, it's a bunch of grinding of muscle memory you have to do before you can even really play the damn game. Why not just make the first hit deal the full optimal combo's damage, and then get back to the fun part of the game where you actually get to make decisions, as opposed to playing solitaire in the corner?
@Dauntless I agree. I am kind of biased in that my partner used gettih really good atmortal kombat and street fighter games as coping mechanisms for years, and got super good at combos. This very likely directly contributed to accelerating the arthritis in his hands. Not that its the games fault, I just wish that were not the case overall.