Alright, I will say it again for everyone here who doesn't seem to have a bloody clue.
BLOCKING ME AND COUNTERING IS FINE. THIS THREAD IS NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT "BLOCK WHORING."
What it IS complaining about, is a technique where the player does not even need to block, and the counter is instantaneous every single time and there is no way to get around it other than not swooping at all unless the enemy isn't even looking remotely in your general direction. Block has a limitation to it's radius but melee doesn't, or at least not nearly as much of a tight cone as block does. If you come anywhere near someone who has perfected this "pre-emptive counter" technique, you will be pummeled away every single time without fail, and without even hitting the dude, so you get NO PL, and you also do NO DAMAGE (even blocked hits do some minor damage).
I'm not talking about getting blocked, getting nailed, and then being upset about it. I teleport back and regroup almost every time I'm blocked!!
What I'm talking about is UNAVOIDABLE except by playing like a CHEAP *******.
So see? This isn't a "block whoring" thread.