I know the "ground staff" as I'd call it want to communicate with us and tell us about all the changes and features coming but the Higher ups won't allow it, which is why it really pains me to see pudding like this happen.
So Relic is ruled by a teamup of Mr Burns, Lex Luthor, Lucifer and Kim Jong-Un?
I have the hope that is not the case but that even the ones doing the decisions are committed to the games.
Any company wants to be upfront with their consumers and the frustration we are experiencing isn't because Relic is ruled by some evil thing feeds of the rage from consumers. Rather buisness nececities force you to do choices that can put you on a collision course with the consumers. Im just hoping that the choices made are the right ones.
Maybe the alternative was a shitload worse, like cutting staff, stopping development or reducing the work on patches.
Furthermore I do agree with you, something did go wrong with the patch and it is sad to see that happen. Probably just an innocent mistake but it is bad practice not to test the package fully before sending it out. Also ninja changes. WTF note your work dudes!