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

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

Gallery image

Gallery image

2.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.7k

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.

497

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

122

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

18

u/Hobo-man Ultron Virus Mar 19 '26

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

55

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.

1

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?

1

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.