Yeah, agreed. At this point I think we all just have to wait and see. Maybe some PC datamining will shed some light on anything they already have cooked up.
I mean, I can speak from my perspective that if they drop Lei from the roster completely and have no replacement for his style, I probably won't be back for T8. That's how strongly I feel that he should be in the game, not only because I've been playing him for 20 years, but because he's as Tekken as Paul's haircut and Heihachi's underwear. I could say the same about the Changs and Anna, but Lei's my dude. Right now I'm giving Harada my $60 and my faith, so we'll see if that pans out.