Uh... but the time between patches isn't increasing. It's been 4.5 months for a bit now. At least since EW. I think they made the time between patches longer officially then, but even during ShB it was about that length. Not to mention, if you really want a comparison technically 13.00 today isn't worth the same amount as 13.00 dollars back when the patches were 3.5 months apart courtesy of the wonderful world of inflation. Honestly, I'm beyond stoked that MMO subs have remained the same despite inflation which has technically made them consistently cheaper year after year.

That said, is it worth it? Yeah. Yeah it is. Granted YMMV, but for me it is more than worth it. I get my gaming needs met on top of being a RPer and the game being essentially the best RP friendly MMO currently on the market. WoW could have a chance soon with housing... though not having dyable gear makes that unlikely and let's be honest... for all the crap one could give SE about their story telling and respecting their lore they are 1000000000x better at it than Blizzard has ever really been.