the "tactics" from the previous game were just as non existent
Bullshit.
And if that is the case this game is even worse so were does that put it then?
It isn't bullshit at all when the so called "tactics" can be broken down into what works the best and everything else. After the initial first few levels where comboing for CC effects mattered, it quickly stopped mattering. Like I said, the previous game gave you more
options, but once you found your groove, each fight played out the same.