Well now that I know this happens regularly I suppose we should learn to expect this, while at the same time still try to hold SE to the standards they tried to set, which includes not breaking the game with patches. I think it's a learning process, they are testing things, and we should not expect a full game.

While it stinks that the servers are down now, I'm honestly pretty pleased with the way they are handling this game, constantly growing it and making it better.