Yeah, I loved the lobby system. Me and my friend would talk for hours in those things waiting for people to join. She also loved them. I've been in 16 man lobbies and didn't have lag. I don't understand all the technical stuff, so if they say it was lagging, so be it. But I've never felt it. If there was lag, it was between the two people fighting.
Oh well, I'm gonna miss them badly. My friend liked to spectate me most of the time. Hopefully she still can. And we can still chat. If it's like DOA2U then that's a no. The lobbies(and Kasumi) were the only reason I loved DOA4. As sad as that sounds.
SC doesn't have a lobby and yet that lags with people. Hope everyone expects the same lag. TN getting rid of a semi interesting feature for nothing. >_>