1.18b patch notes are up..

[Fensfield]

lol.. so i'm confused it takes them 2 hours to do this?

The thing is, it was 2hr downtime for 1.18a, which had more bug fixes and more added to it. This patch has 1 death penalty alteration and 1 bug fix. Some don't believe it requires 2 hours of downtime. Maybe 30 mins, but not 2 hours, especially not for a 1 minute download (it was 1 minute for me)

• Close login and lobby servers and disconnect everyone.
• Back-up database.
• Shut down servers.
• Install updated server version.
• Deploy client patch.
• Reboot servers.
• Check database integrity.
• Check servers are working properly.
• Fix whatever inevitably went wrong.
• Reopen login and lobby servers.

Yes, it takes them two hours to do this. The size of the deployed patch influences the amount of time required by installation and the likelihood and scale of integrity issues, sure, but the other tasks take just as long whether the patch is small or huge. Turning server clusters off and on again is a bigger undertaking than just flipping a switch.