Thread:Tobias mann/@comment-34673050-20190207142003/@comment-31458611-20190207225637

Hi, Leigton!

Even though not exactly an MP hotfix but rather a regular-size version, the impending 2019 Lunar Year Update is bound to bring about lots of frustration... given the effort and resources players have been spending on whatever has been perceived as OP cars for MP. Do you remember the quickly discarded "experimental but compulsory" speed-based matchmaking, mid last year?

About details, your firsthand source is GL's communiqué about the changes. What's detailed, however,  is the list of affected cars only; unless I have reading comprehension issues (always a possibility), the text was throroughly spin-doctored so that it would superficially appear positive, clear and objective, while actually obfuscating the exact whats, whys and hows.

To me, it's intended as a disclaimer, in the best "hey, we've told you!" spirit. ("But players weren't warned!" was a most common and rightful complain against speed-based matchmaking.) For the kind of ranking amendments etc, I think it's worth following this understandably heated and protracted debate, contributed for by many players much better informed than me (and some less). Just keep in mind that, in the absence of verifiable evidence/ official info, everything is speculative, ranging from pretty logical hypothesis to wishful thinking and wild hunches.

Cheers!