So it seems like next week's small patch is the last one pre-Christmas break. The teams won't be doing much work until January. Then late Jan and Feb will see bigger patches. That's likely the soonest when the game is good-enough for me to start it.
I never got hyped over this game. I'm not sure why. It gives me a feeling that's akin to the feeling I have about record companies creating bands by design. I never played Witcher 3 though, so I don't really know what I'm talking about. I'm also a quirky gamer, I'm 4000 hours deep into Ark: Survival Evolved.
Really excited about that Ark 2 with Vin Diesel though!