It's pretty easy to see why they are splitting the patches. This is what happens when we complain about all the crashes and stuff when 2.0 came out. We did this lol. They are being extra careful to split this major expansion into several patches to make sure it works and we are happy.

I think this just proves we will always be unhappy no matter what... :P

By splitting it, it's easier to troubleshoot it if something goes wrong of course. They don't want to game server to crash. Also, the load on the server won't be as heavy if content drops at different times (crafting and savage).