I gave up playing online in HUT because there is nobody that doesn't abuse the exploits in the game.
Previous years had exploits but nowhere near as bad as it is now.
Since this dev team got their hands on this game they have made one mistake after another. Every single patch breaks something else that makes the game even more frustrating or unplayable in some modes. For example, constant freezing in Cup Chase that goes down as a loss. The worst part for me this year is the game is so unbalanced in favour of offence. Virtually none of the defensive tools work. Poke checks and stick lifts have little to no effect. Checking isn't much better.
I'm still trying to get my head around why we were told that LT was fixed. It would have taken all of 5 seconds of gameplay to realise it was exactly the same. So either they didn't test their own game or they are are deliberately lying to the community.