The change didn’t just come out of thin air. I’ve seen various threads over the years asking for Pro Tools type clip gain (that’s where the term comes from) to be implemented in Cubase / Nuendo.
Since we use both Pro Tools and Nuendo / Cubase in our studio, I’m personally pleased that Steinberg has finally made this change.
Here’s a long running thread in the Nuendo forum on this very subject.
[Please, Steinberg, a real clip gain! - actually "event based volume envelope" [achieved]]