I think the hot topic really is about us not hearing anything about the patch being delayed and not so much about the patch being delayed.
I think the majority of the people in the forum would have been fine if SE had annouced that the patch won't be released until mid March, as long as they told us.

Please SE take as much time as you want to make the game perfect but pls pls pls keep us in the loop, we've been here for so long supporting you and waiting for the game to be built up. A few lines saying "Apologies but the patch 1.21 will be delayed until the end of March" would have taken you only few seconds to post (and to all forums, not just JP) and when you then delivered the patch earlier you would have had a group of extremely happy fans in your forums.

I am really happy to see that you have now posted here, but isn't hindsight a bi*ch?
Keep up the good work and lets hope the patch really blows the socks off our feet because 14 really needs a break. I want the game to be epic!