- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Patching is always a pain in the arse. Firstly, we have to patch our own games, which is annoying for those with slow connections. Secondly, in the case of the 1.05-1.06 fiasco (auto-detect failure), we also had to manually download and replace files. Thirdly, for at least 24 hours, dedicated servers all over the world started shutting down to be patched, so you either find an empty Halo lobby or can't connect to those servers who haven't yet updated. Fourthly you get thread after thread, post after post complaining "I can't find the patch" "The patch screwed up my game" "I can't find/connect to servers". And I'm not even gonna go into Service Pack 2. So basically, since patches never seem to make any difference anyway other than to maybe 0.01% of players with odd hardware, pray for as few patches as possible. They just cause disruption.