There is a reason why people who are good at using her don´t use much drive attacks but rather her air combos. They are safer for one reason.

With Eddy you could just push all buttons and he´d do something unpredictable and you´d never know HOW you did it.

Which doesn´t work with Noel.

And they can have 20% or less life for the Astral to work. Ragna, Rachel and V-13 doesn´t have to complete the Arcade mode to attain theirs as they already have it from the start.

But yes, the game is awesome and well worth the money I spent on it. That the net-code is so well written that it almost eliminates all kind of lagg is a big freaking plus. They should sell it for a high price to the other developers.