In my opinion steady smaller patches is the better way to go about it. That way a relatively small number of things change so it's easier on the bug fixing side of things, easier to pinpoint a bug occurring in a specific system. They would have time to fix it and ship it out in one of the following updates. Also even if it's something small the community is always getting something new. So instead of people finishing things in 1 week and then going afk until the next huge patch you'll have something to keep them coming back more often at the very least just to see the changes.