The dev team has backpedaled on a myriad of different things they "set in stone."

I will go so far as guaranteeing the inflated, full retard exp these PL parties are getting now will be adjusted and altered, if not by 1.19a, then certainly b. PLing will remain, as it should, however, I think Yoshi was naive in thinking it wouldn't be abused by everyone. We'll see a balanced, less profitable system before 1.20.