Just one day after the team behindRematchacknowledgedthe presence of in-game exploits, including players abusing the ability to “Dolphin Dive” as a means of gaining faster momentum over running,Sloclap has released a hotfix patchthat deals with that andother annoying behaviors.
Officially titled Patch Hotfixes #9 - 1.20.009, the fix, which was released four hours ago from the time of this writing, tweaks the values of character speed to make players slower during the recovery period of a “Dolphin Dive.”
Specifically, Sloclap acknowledged that it is closely monitoring the game’s meta, and while the team is appreciative of the cool techniques, it also recognizes that those exploits could negatively impact the game.
“We are closely monitoring how the game and its meta are evolving day after day, and we are seeing a lot of new mechanics and ways to play being discovered by our players,” a note in the hotfix read. “We think a lot of these are cool and interesting, but some others have a negative impact on the game.”
It Is Not only Annoying, But It Impacts The “Look” Of The Game
Sloclap further iteratedthat the abuse of the “Dolphin Dive” created a clear balancing issue that also “has a negative impact on the look and feel of the game.” As such, a speed adjustment should curb the issue while also not impacting things too greatly.
Additionally, wall dribbling has also been fixed. The exploit, which allowed players to essentially dribble to themselves, has been fixed through some tweaking of frames, as the “technique” was “completely at odds with our vision of Rematch as a football game.”
In a final note, the team wrote, “We admire the way players have come up with new emergent mechanics and advanced techs, some of which add a healthy amount of depth to the game, but some of these unintended mechanics cause more harm than good, and we think they should be removed from the game.”
The hotfix on Friday goes a long way towards removing those mechanics, though only time will tell how long it takes gamers to figure out another exploit.
