I played a few rounds and I can definitely say that the game performs a lot better.
The menus are a lot more responsive.
I only played 8v8 games though, so I'm not sure how much the 16v16 games have improved.
The fade in at round start is also quicker and I didn't get any weird glitches like loading mid-game and not spawning in the next round.
The buttons while 'spectating' fade out now, which is great since it doesn't block the action on screen.
M14 still rox & DE is a lot better now.
Overall, this was the patch a lot of Socom vets have been waiting for, but the game is still incomplete. Briefing room still only has custom games selection. Channels are still sort of sorted weird.
And a minor thing, that g'damn loading screen still needs to go. They need to inject some map info on their or something useful while it loads something up. Having some pic with a round loading icon in the middle is just a wasted opportunity.
Good progress so far slant 6, but this all should have been day 1 or at least within the release window of the game. 9 months already!!
Would have played more, but a certain caped crusader game just got released.