Iv'e read all that believe me but all of what im seeing here i'm using it to some extent since i already knew about all of it and BTW a lot of those options become combo's insteand of simple mix ups out of his overhead but it isn't stated in this post. Anyways all of this doesn't justify by any means that Firebrand doesn't require meter. All of this becomes a lot more dangerous in luminous since ( like i said earlier ) its not only his speed that his sped up but the frames of certain normals and specials. Firebrand becomes a lot safer and can combo into a lot more stuff he can't without luminous, while also having access to his level 3 which his truly godlike and to lots of level 1 hypers which significantly boost his damage output in a combo. Everything you do you can do faster in luminous. The speed boost is pretty big so he becomes a lot more difficult to block. If you do DHC to kill a character he then retains his luminous properties making his assist a bit more useful and less punishable. What im saying is that Firebrand is A LOT better in luminous body than not in it but you seem to think that he his not which is kinda not logical. I do think hes a good character but after all the play ive done with him i must say that he gets a lot scarier if he can sustain indefinitely his luminous body.
But hey your opinion differs, its your choice. I'm not posting anymore since this has become a serious waste of my time. :D Have a nice day Cosmic