I agree.
It wasn't like that in the OG Dragonball though. IMO the real problem is the Super Saiyan transformation. Don't get me wrong it was cool at the time, but once Toriyama introduced the idea of a Super Saiyan, skill (along with non-Saiyans) got thrown in the bushes and the fights just became a matter of who could power up the most and throw the biggest energy blast.