150 amoebas per pond (up from 100), in a slightly smaller pond: more encounters, especially from level 40 up, where matches used to stall.
The crown rain used to land in the Queen's lap. Now the knives and stars fall in a ring 20–35 meters from her: they reach the people trying to take her down, not the Queen herself.
Rookie protection up to EVO 2 (it used to be EVO 1 only): players on their second or third match no longer spawn shieldless into a pond full of titans.
Up to 5 gems a day from the Queen Hunt (Oct 8): real players almost never hit that; whoever left a bot surviving all day is now wasting its time.