Why are they making this so complicated?
It's because they know people will eat it up. Literally seen people on Twitter who face plants it like: "Thank you for fixing it <3, it's ok I can pay for this because it's permanent and would buy it all again! - Sincerely, the real fans of DOA!"
Quite amusing to see how incredibly easy it is to be gullible for the game with the amount of cringe in smiley insertions and heart overuse like it's the greatest thing close to an orgasm because obviously, DOA is in good hands.
-Drum roll- Sike, you thought it was in good hands. The hype for most of the bits have been heavily exaggerated so it is what it is, but they can come back from this. I like surprises so maybe they could with 6 itself.. and if they can I will gladly take back everything I said, but until then... DOA6 (least in opinion on this one) simply isn't the answer. They gotta come back from this in a new installment or some massive overhaul in 6 itself which is skeptical to say the least on the latter option. I only become optimistic if they shown previous results and hard known facts that they performed well. Which they have not. So always assume the worse because it has happened before, and has happened again in present time.
But seriously, give the DOA franchise to another publisher who actually is willing to put money and budget for it, KT is holding the series back on it's potential. Otherwise feel free to rely on miracles and lucky shots again to be actually proud of it.