24 hour patch in this day and age?

[Tupsi]

This is a much larger patch than any that have been introduced before.

This is to be determined, actually. Adding a new class doesn't make it a large patch for example, the data is already in the game. Now if it comes with hundreds of quests, tons of end-game content and tons of low and mid level content? Then it's a patch larger than anything introduced thus far. Otherwise, sadly this patch is quite small until we see what's in the patch notes. Remember, the literal main draw to this patch is the new class (which is only a handful of quests), Shiva and Final Coil.