I've enjoyed the patch very much so far, the quests make for good reading (the writing is consistently top notch - I'm actually interested, even if I'm then told to beat up some random animal haha) and things are improving bit by bit. I haven't yet partaken in any Behests or NM killing but I've been on all day (around six or seven hours) without making any Skill Points yet have been enjoying myself.

One of the things I'm particulary happy to see is...you no longer float above the ground slightly when you stop running! That must have been one of the collision improvements, and has fixed one of those cosmetic annoyances that drove me somewhat crazy.

I'm looking forward to the future of the game indeed, particularly the changes to Combat and such soonish, as well as looking forward to the continuing story of Eorzea.