> Why do patch notes come out AFTER a patch? <
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American_Angel,
Posted on: 2010-08-31 07:26 in Player Questions
So players don't know what to exploit in case they have to roll it back.
The stuff we are allowed to know is probably in the Training Room patch notes which have been up for a week(ish).
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This. Unless it's a Hotfix (and there's no patch notes for those, usually, anyway), every patch has passed through the test server before it goes live. The notes are already there.
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Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
The stuff we are allowed to know is probably in the Training Room patch notes which have been up for a week(ish).
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Also, patches usually happen pretty early in the morning here in Calif. You really going to make Avatea wake up to post them?
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Originally Posted by American_Angel
In other games (MMOs) I've seen patch notes placed on the websites during the server downtime.
Yet in this game it is not the case, in fact, I've seen patch notes posted almost a day later in the past. Does anyone know why this is? Because it would be nice to see them during the server downtime so that we have something interesting to do when we should be working  |
Check it out!! Patch notes for the next patch headed our way!! 
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Late Live Patch Notes should never be a problem because you just look up the last Patch Notes on Test.
Late *Test* Patch Notes are a problem, especially during Beta. There's no need to keep them 'secret' in case you're fixing an exploit or there's a rollback... it's just Test.
Lighthouse used to post them ahead of time. It's a practice I wish would return.
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Originally Posted by Kheldarn
I wish we hadn't driven Lighthouse off.
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I tend to disagree with the look at the test server patch notes listed on the forum. The launcher/updater has a link to patch notes that are rarely updated promptly. Since the patch notes are, "already known", and since it's listed on the forum for the (public) beta, why not update the official page/link promptly?
Even exploits can be listed in a censored version.
In other games (MMOs) I've seen patch notes placed on the websites during the server downtime.
Yet in this game it is not the case, in fact, I've seen patch notes posted almost a day later in the past.
Does anyone know why this is?
Because it would be nice to see them during the server downtime so that we have something interesting to do when we should be working