The patch today was explained by Holo about some fixes to stop the random crashes some players were experiencing. We can probably expect a few more of these as they start getting crash data sent in. Also WinXP users should send crash data to MS along with what the game client wants to send back to SOE since MS can fix any OS related issues with that data without waiting on Sony to investigate and pass it on to them.
This client patch has a bunch of stability fixes in it. We've been working hard to address the common crashers that players are running into. Most specifically, we fixed the ten most common crashes experienced by players.
We'd love to hear how effective these fixes are at improving stability for those users who have been having problems. Given the wide range of hardware and software configurations out there, it's extremely difficult to pin them all down or catch them all in advance, but the crash reports that users can send in help us enormously.
We plan to continue this aggressive pace of crash fixes, so stay tuned for more news on this front.
-Raph Koster,
Creative Director
