Quote Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter View Post
Since this is pretty much the only mmo ive put alot of time into i dont know how other companies do it. Is it normal to keep the patch notes secret right until the last minute like SE does?
In my experience with other MMOs, official patch notes tend to be released the day before the patch, and they're certainly more specific than the brief summary Squeenix has given us so far.

Quote Originally Posted by Hanabira View Post
This is technically a hotfix and not a "patch".. hotfixes they usually tell you what they did afterwards.. where patches they give you a basic rundown of whats going to happen beforehand and then an in-depth patch note during the update
Hotfixes aren't supposed to take servers down. This is a patch, no matter what they try to call it.