what's the flaw in people doing projectile spam?
it's a legitimate strategy, and it has legitimate counters. it's no different than people say zangief who essentially tries to get close and piledrive you. is it cheap? no. if it was, and it bothers you so, use the same tactic, try and counter it, or play a different game.
also, third edition is fucking broken. theres a differance between "OMFG BROKEN MY GOD" and "hey sagat is god tier, but he isn't imba" (ironically sagat is my easiest fight in sf4)
im basically only talking about fireball spam here. having played the giefster online in HDREMIX, you deal with it, and it feels good to fuck those bitches up. never played mvc2, and the fireball spam in sf4 is nothing, it's almost too easy to close the gap with any character, unless its' a gouken who can read your mind. i even have people too afraid to throw fireballs against my bison, and im on the other side of the screen...(though like i guess they are smart because headstomp fucks up fireballs)
tldr im playing final fantasy 8...AGAIN ololol