Quote Originally Posted by Dargoth_Draconia View Post
Haven't noticed it on any MMO? You must have only played FFXI. I seen it on EQs, WoW, and many other MMOs I have played.
Funny thing about this sentence:

If someone "only played FFXI" it's well known SE throws out teasers of updates prior to the forum opening when there's an update near by, e.g every week or two weeks there's another blurb about what's in the upcoming (month) update, i.e Besieged got a spread about it, Salvage got a spread and so on. So if someone did only play XI, they would have seen "patch notes before the actual patch."

Most MMOs I currently play, as said:

I haven't seen this to be honest. A lot of MMOs I currently play put up patch notes after the patch goes live, just before the patch goes live or in a forum topic about what MAY be coming to the JP/NA/EU version that have already been released on the Korean/Chinese client.
I actually play non mainstream MMOs, so I'm pretty sure I've seen a wide variety of "Patch etiquette."