The patch IMO is a pretty lousy one. With Punk Buster enabled, it has a tendency to kick random people for random PB errors. With that in mind, I'm seeing less and less players in servers! When I first installed the patch, I was getting kicked after 2 minutes of getting over 5 kills! It really annoyed me until I went forum whoring around to see what I could do to fix it. I followed some links to get here to the punk buster site and downloaded their stupid program to update the ET:QW PB. If you're getting the same random kick bug in game, go here and download.
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.phpAfter install, add ET:QW and check for updates again and delete all the random punkbuster html files that get put on your desktop. This fixed my problems with the punk buster kicking. However I think with this major bug, SD may be driving more people away than bringing in....
The patch itself is nothing special. Hit detection is better I admit, but what they should of fixed was the vehicle handling! I mean they stressed in their QuakeCon that their vehicles were a big highlight in their game and how there's component damage and handling and stuff. Well WTF? The Tank can climb trees and bounces around like a toy car! Also the twitching in the Cyclops is extremely annoying! I think the only vehicle they got right is the Strogg Hover Tank.
And I still have yet to play against any bots...
