[4.0.1] did not solve all the problems. Is it a legitimate improvement over 4.0?
TL;DR4.0.1 is fundamentally a better patch with dramatic fixes and infrastructure progress, but it regressed in player-facing areas, so he calls it roughly even: two steps forward, one step back.
In many areas, it's a drastic change, yes. Especially for the issues that affected a lot of players during the break. If you played during the break on the 4.0 preview, a lot of very dramatic problems have been solved in 4.0.1 or hotfixes, right? Because 4.0.1 also includes all the hotfixes from 4.0. So it is fundamentally a better patch. It regressed in key areas that are very problematic. Yes, I'm looking at the chat right now. Very drastic, with a lot of emojis. From the observability standpoint, I think that in terms of the forward-facing elements of the patch, we have regressed in 4.0.1. But from the infrastructure level, we have actually made a step forward. And so it's a 50-50 one.
It's a two steps forward, one step back kind of thing?
Yes, I would say so.
And the one step back just happens to be the part the players see?
Correct.