Just to corroborate that Torven didn't make up those patch notes I found this
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....Y/0EkRaKIq0eYJ
There are some actual tests and results that some people ran along with the patch notes provided in the OP. In case you wanted to take a crack at vanilla FD mechanics.
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