Somewhat, but against pugs tdm'ing 2nd level and just waiting for them to bring you the ball and then scoring is a pretty viable strat.
It's basically like if every time you almost scored in the old huttball but died, you actually brought the ball to their goal.
I think that map will just turn into stalemates or 1-0 because every time you are about to die, you should reset the ball if you can't pass to a teammate. This places the ball as far from your goal as possible on the map. In the old huttball it was a risk if you reset the ball because it would place it half way to your goal.
Actually thinking about it, you should really just get 1 point up and then reset the ball as much as possible. Any where you go with the ball is just bringing it closer to your goal.
I like the creativity and that they tried something different but I really don't think it works.
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