I never had a problem before, but for some reason today I can't play the game at all, it crashes within seconds of joining a game. No crash reporter, it just closes to Windows.

This patch is terrible. The new map changes are just claustrophobic and clusterfucky. All they consist of are narrow chokepoints. The team hitstop is inconsistent with enemies and makes it way easier for spamming noobs to run around behind enemy lines like retards, it is especially bad with the new map designs where everyone is crammed in like sardines in tiny spaces. Some of the weapon changes make no sense either. I like the new skins, that's all. Otherwise it is a major step backwards.

I'm not getting any gold or XP after matches since patch 17.

Same, no XP or gold.

This is also happening to me. It never happened before the patch.