Reading back through the thread, some of the general feelings I'm getting (perhaps assuming too, yes) are that now the patches/hotfixes are coming out and making fairly significant changes to the ME, people are annoyed their previously unbeatable, super amazing tactic is no longer working. Rather than taking one or two minutes to read through what exactly has been changed in the latest patch, people are jumping straight into the game. When they notice something different in the ME and it's going against them, it's a bug, or a new exploit. Everyone in this thread has their own opinion on what a bug is, and isn't. Not even talking specifically about FM13, just in general.
I've posted in this very thread a couple of times highlighting some things I would be considered as either bugs, or potential ME game-changers. Generally the same things most of the reasonable posters have also highlighted. And give credit where credit is due, SI have worked hard to bring out another small update after the initial 13.2 patch and have definitely addressed the common issues cropping up for the majority of people. Yes, it's frustrating that sometimes new bugs or exploits come along after a new patch or hotfix, but you can't fault SI's effort to address them as quickly as possible, and without working on and releasing a hotfix so quickly they're not really sure it'll properly work, just to appease the demand from us players.
Adapt and survive, gentlemen. Believe me, I understand the frustration. My previously successful LLM tactic doesn't seem to be giving me much joy lately, but I'm making tweaks, seeing how it impacts my team's performances and making more adjustments accordingly. It's not like you need to make major changes to tactics though anyway. Just a few tweaks, and a bit of hard work to figure it out.