Quote Originally Posted by qqmoarploxify View Post
Idk, every other MMO I've played lets you pre-download the client. Look at WoW, blizzard lets you pre-download their expansion and patch data a week in advance...
This mostly comes down to developers.

SE doesn't want leaks, so they don't put stuff in the game until the last moment.

Where as blizzard doesn't give a combined damn between all of the employees if stuff gets leaked through game files.