wat? the old animations are better for facehug stabs. never said they are better overall because it was obvious from the beginning that the adjusted end frames will make the new stab better at anything else but being very close.
Sure, if you hit at the same frame(not frame number, same frame by appearance) then you're going to glance, because that frame is no longer inside the sweet spot. When talking about
when as a matter of
time and not the
appearance of the animation, when you need to be landing the hit is the same. You can still land a hit at the beginning and just before the optimal sweet spot begins and the arm has only barely, or not at all, begun to extend forward. So you still have the close range abilities as before, except now you will be able to utilize the full range of the thrust as well.