if you just stick here @mmorpg.com for GW2 news yeah you may think that ANET is the least communicative, but if you check out the dev posts in the official forums, they share much more info there on a daily basis

https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/devtracker 

some patches are just maintenance patches (no new content), and they dont release patch notes before the actual patch because they may change/remove features at the last minute and they dont want angry mobs going after their throats cuz of that

to those clamouring that GW2 has a faster update/content addition cycle than rift:

http://forums.riftgame.com/official-rift-news/patch-notes/145022-rift-1-1-3-30-11-8-00am-pdt-4-00pm-bst.html Patch 1.1 released 03/30/2011

http://forums.riftgame.com/official-rift-news/patch-notes/185421-rift-1-2-spoils-war-5-10-11-na-11-5-11-eu.html Patch 1.2 released 05/10/2011

http://forums.riftgame.com/official-rift-news/patch-notes/185421-rift-1-2-spoils-war-5-10-11-na-11-5-11-eu.html Patch 1.3 released 06/22/2011

http://forums.riftgame.com/official-rift-news/patch-notes/236198-rift-1-4-8-00am-pdt-8-3-11-na-1-00am-gmt-4-08-11-eu.html Patch 1.4 released 08/03/2011

http://forums.riftgame.com/official-rift-news/patch-notes/261049-rift-1-5-8-00am-pdt-9-28-11-na-1-00am-gmt-29-9-11-eu.html Patch 1.5 released 09/28/2011

These are only the major patches/content additions Trion has released over the first 6 or 7 months for a full list of hot fixes and minor patches 1.1.1 etc head to http://forums.riftgame.com/official-rift-news/patch-notes/index8.html

Even tho ANet might not be the slowest in their patching cycle it can in no way shape or form be compared to the additions Trion had made to Rift over the same time frame.

oh i can come up with a list too:

September > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/September_2012

October > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/October_2012

November > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/November_2012

December > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/December_2012

January > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/January_2013

Originally posted by illyana

oh i can come up with a list too:

September > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/September_2012

October > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/October_2012

November > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/November_2012

December > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/December_2012

January > http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/January_2013

 

its the quality of the content updates illyana that people are talking about. We are not just bitching to bitch trust me , they do not give you much meat for their updates is all. No one is saying that do not patch fast . I can think of only two patches with actual new content added to the game since release that is quality. The small events are not quality updates they are just fillers. Plus we still to this day do not have a real world vs world update and its now going to be march ? This is lame beyond other games even. TSW new content every single month with major patches. Rift about the same . Hell even wow releases major patches every two months now. You got fractals and world events since release and a new pvp map that was probably done ages ago.

what made you think that fractals and new pvp maps were done ages ago? got some inside info? care to source? you're just speculating and the source of your frustration and disappointment is mere speculation

Fractals is so differently designed than the at-launch dungeons that i highly doubt they were designed at the same time; ANET said that they took what they learned from the way players run dungeons to design fractals properly. they never talked abt or hinted of fractals or ascended items prior to launch 

I suppose a delay is better than a rushed buggy patch.

It wont be rushed for sure, but I can assure you it will be as buggy as ever.  If Anet is good at one thing (aside from hype) it would be bugs. :)  They love them so much they keep them around forever.

Wasn't Jan/Feb update supposed to be an 'expansions worth of content'.  Seems like a pretty crappy expansion, if they tried to sell me jan/feb updates for 20 bucks I wouldn't buy it.

Anyways post another news story when they finally add all the stuff that was promised in release, and get rid of that horrible Maple story chick.

Originally posted by Benbrada
The picture above always makes me laugh.... who in their right mind sits on the ground in snow? :-)

You don't get much snow where you're from, do you?

Agreed that we don't dress as skimpy as in the picture in the wintertime.