Exponential Detriment to Assisting

Except we've been playing these strategies for quite some time now.

It seems safe to say that we've found the best strategies (and quite a few exploit strategies).

Dunno, I feel that every time I play clopse, matiz or godde they throw something new at me.

Exactly.

Good players will find winning strategies no matter what set of rules they will be given to play with. The point is, are those strategies fun to play with?

I personally do not question the competence and skill set of Scathis, I've no qualification or expertise to judge him on that side. But if he would be a bit less arrogant, it would be much easier to have patience and see what he will do about balancing the game.