The Update: Things you need to know

While you know about the update, there are some specifics that not every knows, but should know.

First off, some base stats:
Small ammo box: recharges about a sixth of cloak meter
Medium box: 1/2 to 3/5
Large: Full recharge

Level 1 Dispenser: Same rate as depletion (your cloak meter won't move either way)
lvl2: A little faster than depletion
lvl3: a lot faster than depletion

Now onto the important stuff:
-When you are overhealed, the particle effect STAYS with you. I hope this is a bug or not intentional, as it is prone to griefing and is crippling to the Spy (like taking TP's were before that fix)
-When getting healed by an enemy medic, somewhat subtle particle effects will give you away. Not huge, but still something to know.
-When getting healed by dispensers, a dot/glow of your real team color will be shown, and your cloak will shimmer slightly. When TOUCHING the dispenser, your cloak will be in constant shimmer. Crouching behind a level 3 dispenser will help against this, but anything less is very risky.

EDIT: Apparently touching the dispenser won't cause your cloak to shimmer (it was somebody else touching), but the healing beam will still show.

Another note about the Update:
It seemed to have the effect of buffing Heavies indirectly.

They finally nerfed the demo's stickies, but they may have slightly overdone it.  Shooting them now safely detonates them,

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I think it's fine as is. It makes Demos be smart with stickie traps (place them out of sight!) and nerfs the defensive Demo. Stickies in general combat and offensive pushes haven't been affected.

And yet the back stab glitch remains...

This is like buying a great car from a dealer, and there's something wrong with a tire, and you take it back to the dealer. The dealer say's okay, we'll give you a new set of rims, but we won't fix the tire. Which is nice, but doesn't solve the problem.

The back stab glitch is due to the netcode in general. To fix that would require a complete overhaul of the game.

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Seconded. Trust me, if valve could fix the problem without having to remake the game, they would be all over it.