[Septimius Severus]

Unless something has changed from what I remember it to be and the new patch is backward compatible with the previous patch saved games, we really cannot patch unless and until everyone in the game is able to follow suit (meaning a community wide patching in every game on all servers) unless we want to ditch players or force them to run two versions of the game.

If there a possibility there will be a follow-up patch to this one soon to correct any issues this patch may have introduced that the beta testers have not yet discovered, it may be wise to wait. Otherwise, I am personally fine with patching and getting it over with. Reminds me to have a look at the update log.