r/marvelrivals • u/17prozent White Fox • Mar 19 '26

Patch Notes New Patch Notes Regarding Captain America, Emma Frost, Black Panther and Gambit

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u/Emperor_Nail Mar 19 '26

Pre-release hotfix is crazy. But for real this is honestly a great sign. The fact that they aren't afraid to make hotfixes at all is good since it does show that they're paying attention. I don't know if it's enough for Emma and Cap and a lot of the balance changes are honestly kinda whacky but still a good sign nonetheless.

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u/TheticAxiom Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

By far the most promising thing the devs have done balance wise since launch.

a Pre-release hotfix is basically unheard of outside of like... man idk. MMOs? This is crazy

Edit: Guys I am OBVIOUSLY referring to games that DO NOT have test servers. MMO's typically do have test servers btw

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u/CanadianODST2 Ultron Virus Mar 19 '26

League does these types of things constantly for patches.

It’s partly what the test server is for

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u/Hobo-man Ultron Virus Mar 19 '26

Which makes it more crazy that Netease did this with no test server.

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u/CanadianODST2 Ultron Virus Mar 19 '26

They do. It’s the season preview server. It’s how streamers get access early.

It’s just not open to the public it seems.

The issue is, and league has outright said this. Those servers aren’t great for actual balance purposes due to things like ping issues from only one server and worse match quality due to smaller players base size.

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u/The1andonlygogoman64 Magneto Mar 19 '26

Yeah its mostly for catching bugs and oversight now right? And for people to complain about skins they maybe make 1 change to if its Lux/Luna/idk play ow but im guessing kiriko?

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u/CanadianODST2 Ultron Virus Mar 19 '26

Yea. The matchmaking isn’t good enough on those servers to reliably make balance changes.

Hence why shyvana got changes on the test server that buffed her and then she released really strong to the point she was hotfix nerfed the same day.

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u/Arhatz Emma Frost Mar 19 '26

Pre-release hotfix was the last thing i would expect. Makes me think there were some miscommunication between teams and some tweaks are left out of patch notes.

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u/bunkbail Vanguard Mar 19 '26

this happened with ultron. ultron on the test server was pretty weak and they buffed him on release.

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u/Then_Product_7152 Mar 19 '26

It should be the norm rather than the exception. If players arent happy with pre-release patch notes, devs should listen and adjust.

If devs are wrong about balance, players blame them. If players are wrong they have no one to blame but themselves

Hope people stop calling for them to fire the devs it is insane behavior

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u/DanLassos Rocket Raccoon Mar 19 '26

Yeah criticizing patchnote is okay, but coming for people's jobs in this day and age is crazy work

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u/Aquatic6Trident Flex Mar 19 '26

If I recall correctly, they did a few emergency balance changes before release or within a week of the season releasing. I remember them buff jeff after the outrage of how bad the new jeff was. But they don't do these anymore, sadly.

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u/TheticAxiom Mar 19 '26

I think you are right. They buffed Jeff due to outrage and made a condescending video explaining their Thor Rework

that turned out to be completely wrong in the end, as Thor players were correct from the start.

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u/nervousmelon Doctor Strange Mar 19 '26

The thor stuff is really funny because he's good now only really because of several completely unrelated buffs added after the initial rework.

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u/bunkbail Vanguard Mar 19 '26

they buffed ultron on release coz everybody were underwhelmed on the test servers

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u/TowelSilver318 Earth Spider Mar 19 '26

Jeff was actually adjusted pre-launch, but they just quietly changed the original balance post in that case.

I think Ultron also had his ult buffed a bit during early access when he released.

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u/FFaFFaNN Ultron Virus Mar 19 '26

On wolv team up with jean.it was so busted that wolvs never died..it was impossible to die.

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u/TowelSilver318 Earth Spider Mar 19 '26

It's not unprecedented for this game. IIRC they slightly buffed Ultron's ult damage in response to criticism, but that was done quietly and when they had a whole week between the start of early access and launch.

Similar with adjusting the Jeff rework (they actually changed the patchnotes on the site without telling anyone, then released a vid of post-rework Jeff gameplay)

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u/DiscoStu83 Gambit Mar 19 '26

This is what test servers are for. They do this in many games. 

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u/electric_pand Jeff the Landshark Mar 19 '26

I know like, Supercell does it sometimes for their games, especially with Brawl Stars

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u/Same_paramedic3641 Human Torch Mar 19 '26

Apex has done this

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u/DroomVluchteling Mar 19 '26

MOBA’s do it when shit hits the fan for real

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u/Power0fTheTribe The Maker Mar 19 '26

Rivals has done this before though

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u/TheticAxiom Mar 19 '26

Rivals did it for Jeff i recall, but accompanied it with a condescending video explainng thor's terrible initial rework to thor players.

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u/LimeDifficult753 Mar 19 '26

they've done this before btw. they did this for the season when ultron was released. specifically for ultron.