Personally, I am getting tired of patch after patch and then talks and talks about mini-expansions. I want the new material, but i would almost rather you hold it all back and work on it, perfect it, and then release it all at once as Sins Of A Solar Empire II. Even if it takes until next year to do so.
WHAT! you want them to be another EA clone...come on!
Even if they do pofine it to the max, odds are bugs will still appear (not to mention balance issues) in the "Sins of a Solar Empire II" but since you're asking them to w8 well means those issues will only be fixed in Sins No.3...and so on!
And you'll never get a game thats actually 100% funtionnal (or at least as functional as possible).
+what does it take to patch...like 5 mins max! Just put impulse in background. Go check your emails, youll be back itll be ready for play.
Personnaly, I find the patches just another sign that the devs are trying to make this as perfect as possible 
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Embrace and cherish it! Not many companies care about their customers as much +_+!
