For the Love of the Twelve Can We Get Smaller Patches At Faster Intervals?

[Soukyuu]

Its so with a new install there are less patches to go through... so many of them include previous patches

This is so the only patch they need to ever host is the current one, no multiple patching if you dissapear for a year. I remember trying to update XI after a fresh install...lol.

This isn't new, and I don't see the problem with it. They do it so people don't have to download a bajillion patches when they return or start for the first time, they just need to download 1 for every major patch.

Ah if only you knew that almost every company that runs an MMO or online game repackage data for an obvious reason. It's "redundant" for concurrent players but it's not for new players.

You all should look up the term "incremental updates". Might open your eyes.