Adding back any mechanic that will make the game fast and exciting to play will not take away from the strategic elements of the game.

2 or 3 players setting up a good zone of fire can always take down any super adhd, twitch, jump, and strafe super kid no matter how fast they can strafe, jump, mid air turn and fire their weapon all at the same time. Even if the game allowed you to do cartwheels, though it might look silly, again, it wouldn't take away from the strategic elements that are already in the game.

What they have done with this build is remove one entire aspect of game play (though anathema to some players) that wasn't competing or with or taking away from any other. The game used to be a little more upbeat and stupid. Now it just seems slow and stupid. Stupid in that the vast majority of players aren't really evolving strategies beyond "Win with overwhelming force!". That takes time to develop, though, and meanwhileGǪ game is too slow.

However, if they had to slow down the strafe speed to improve hit detection and compensate for lag that is another thing entirely. If that is the case then it would be worthwhile to see if it is possible to uncoupled hit detection from strafing speed so that hit detection remains constant and strafing speed can be adjusted.