Guys, Just stop worrying about it. Just go with the worst, than anything can become more positive..
We know Relic has the brain and the guts to deliver patches once every 6 months, so lets say they release one in 6 months, well fine, so be it. In the meanwhile, we can play the great mods that are comming out now, soon or are already fully operational.
We can also just stop playing Axis for 2 weeks and see the patch rolled out even quicker. We as a consumer have more power than they do. If you want the patch that badly, just stop playing Axis for 2 maybe even 3 weeks, no one will find a game, Relic must act then.
Except mods, as well as custom games in generals are time fillers.
Real stuff happens on automatch and if that will get neglected and die, player numbers will start to diminish.
Relic have put themselves on a race track.
On one side, we have relic and their sluggish patching schedule(anyone else remembers the "1 patch per month" statement from the 18 months ago?) and on another, players patience that runs extremely thin right now.
If 100% of coh2 population was smoking weed, then your "solution" to just wait however long it takes would be viable, but players are people, not statistics, if the game can't sustain the fun and interesting gameplay, players will find a new one, even the most dedicated ones.
I mean, for fuck sake, I am pessimistic right now.
And I have considered myself as a fanboy of relic as a company.
But even I can see that this relationship might not have a bright future and I can't bed promises of "it'll all be well".
At this time, even a Saint Walker himself would have problems to rise community mood.