User blog comment:General Awesomo/The Problem with Guard Crush/@comment-3343682-20141211023806/@comment-3038994-20141211232706

I'm saying why should Vega's mask and claw fall off when blocking in the first place? It would be a little understandable for them to fall off on a number of HITS. Even though Balrog's gloves don't fall off after a while. Neither does Ryu's eyebrows and resolve fall apart.

And I got a lot of feedback on this from other forums and comment boards, especially the Shoryuken forums. Guard Crush is usually coupled with Alpha Counters anyways.

Also, I've heard Street Fighter V might be going for a power-up kind of mechanic. Like what we saw with Ryu's electric aura and Chun-Li's water aura. Who knows, looks exciting.