Any word on when the next patch is due out?

Actually, wasn't it just, "soon"?  Not exactly communication, y'know?

Working on it would be

ETA 2-4 weeks, will include at least A, B, C, etc.  Thanks for being patient, more information as soon as more details are ready!

Wow, expecting a stable product is wanting the world? Okay then.

But it is what I originally posted! Which was based on the premise the game was not completely finished when released. My Expectancy was assuming a PRE-ORDER would come PRE-FIXed, aside from the usual hot-patch we get on new releases.

I agree on needing communication - but until that last #soon message which was more about MP, we've had nothing since the 1.05 (almost) instant patch.

A combination of things occurred - really crappy weather where I live (rain, rain, rain, rain and more on the way); ZERO from EA Support - they said to put in bug reports; ZERO from EA/BioWare on the bugs I submitted; Andromeda is not high on the EA priority list; no communication since 1.05. Now factor in EA's policy against MOD support which often fixed minor and major issues faster than official patches.

So I gave up waiting and started another playthrough; when done, will move on to another game. In that sense, you're correct - don't expect anything. No expectancies, no disappointments - but I sort of expected my money's worth all at once...

Lots of games require a patch fairly quickly after launch. If a game delays launch for finishing touches the fans go rabid. The compromise is releasing a still fairly decent final version and knocking out a patch based on known issues/complaints highest on the list of fan woes. At least it wasn't as bad as Assasin's creed, or filled with game breaking issues that would cause you to lose your save game data like Fall Out.

Internet statistics are always madness. Madness I tell you.

Not sure saving all fixes for a huge all-in-one patch is the smart thing to do. Patches often break something else. It's an ongoing process of trial and error. Can't know what your fix will mess up if you hold it back for weeks and months. When modding games, I always check if the game still works after every couple of mods. Nightmare to pinpoint the issue if I just install 100 things all at once.

I know they do this internally, testing the patches, but I doubt they have the time and resources to check the entire game. Better to release several patches as soon as possible and let players tell you if it broke a specific quest.

If some of the fixes take a long time to prepare, that's a different matter, of course.

+1 for the Ford Pinto reference LOL

MEA is not a stable game, the fact that it requires like 16 gbs of ram *officially* is telling enough of the piss poor optimization of the game. In all honesty, it doesn't look anywhere near as good as the performance dictates. 

Yeah a series of smaller patches would generally work better than one big one, especially from a support/issues standpoint.  I know anytime we plan on releasing an update that fixes a BIG problem, or has the potential to affect large parts of the program, we try to release just that, and put off other fixes until the next patch.  Because we knew that there would be unforeseen issues.

I don't mind waiting because I have HZD(downloaded it last night) and Witcher 3 to play in the meantime but Bioware waiting this long to patch the game will probably end badly for them. The longer they wait the more people will expect this patch to something game changing and it won't be(it's a patch, not a new game). Not saying it won't fix anything I'm sure it will but by the time it is released people will have unrealistic expectations for it. Honestly, Bioware should have been releasing smaller patches and then release a big when you about to release DLC so fans know you still support the game and taking feedback. YoungYea video is a perfect example of this. Bioware not releasing anything got him worried and now he making a video talking about how worried he is which is getting other people worried and pissed off at Bioware even more. Seriously all the poor guy wants to do is jerk off whatever game Hideo Kojima is doing but he can't do that if he gotta bash Bioware every 30 seconds about something.


At this point, they could release the greatest patch in gaming history and all people will say "well it didn't fix the stupid story", "it didn't make character x more interesting or better, " Cora still look like a lesbian with a big butt because Bioware hate straight men" , "Why Jaal not a gay romance option yet", " why you still didn't add renegade options", ect.