Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's beta phase seems to have had the desired effect, with Ubisoft announcing that it's made a long list of tweaks following user feedback.
The changes detailed on Sony's EU PlayStation blog - listed in full below - include improved matchmaking and new visual and audio effects.
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood sneaks onto PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from 19th November. Eurogamer's Simon Parkin recently went hands-on with Ezio's new adventure.
Improvements/fixes:
Improved matchmaking
Improved voice chat
Improved lock mechanism
Improved stun
Improved climbing control
Improved sound
Improved kill cams
Improved scoring display
Improved end game screen
Improved rematch
Added features:
New group lobby system
Teammate indicators in Alliance Mode
Pursuer proximity sound
Gun and firecrackers crowd reaction
Player levels in player list
Team score in menus