Downtime that comes with patches

[helbreat]

i dont know if any of you noticed but in the 20 mins between the patch being announced, and the server actually going down, the downtime increased from 1 hour to 2 hours. if this is just a few more tweaks, why is it going to take 2 hours to do instead of the 30 mins the other tweaks have involved. most games dont take 10 mins for patches, =/ there usually added first. then they say ok relog get the new patch no downtime atall then saves alot of people posting on the forums while they wait

[borguk]

Im just glad its going to be done before most of us get home, while I leave it downloading Ill play HL2.

[lawrence]

It might be less downtime, but we want to be on the safe side in terms of estimations.

The patch itself is small, but there's a few internal technical changes associated with this patch, which may or may not take some time to implement.

[helbreat]

okies ty for letting us know was just a pain as i didnt play much yesterday in anticipation of this patch and it was postponed till today >.<