You guys are so funny pranking someone who a) doesn't know you, so he can't tell whether you are trustworthy or not, and b) currently has a broken PC and can't check things himself.
Every day this community confirms my impression of just being a bunch of wannabe-funny assholes.
The developers already tried making pikes unable to block, horsebumps wounding the rider and now making the pike a 3 slot weapon, which increases your dependancy on other teammates from 75% to about 95%. In a game with such a high retard percentage being dependent on others is the last thing you wanna do. Well, at least you can't say "buy a pike" any more when someone rages about cavalry again.
So it would perfectly fit into my picture of the developers if they really changed ladders to work this way. Instead of making them indestructible for "their" team, for example, which would actually be an improvement.