In HW I felt like the main story in 3.0 carried over into the patches for so long, till 3.3, that the story just felt like it started to drag. Then we never got to spend much time with the Warriors of Darkness, and then only one patch to set up 4.0.

In SB, because we finished the over all story of freeing Ala Mhigo and Doma in 4.0, the patches have been able to set up 5.0 from the get go. Which I really hope continues as we get more patches leading into 5.0.