I don’t disagree that EQ2′s LU’s add a lot to the game, but their official schedule at the moment is four LU’s per year, one of which is the one that ensures compatibility for the paid expansions. The comparison between two year’s worth of new content in WoW, contained in one paid expansion and three mega-content patches, and two year’s worth of new content in EQ2, contained in two paid expansions and six non-expansion live updates, looks pretty close based on what I’ve seen so far. What SOE is doing is still impressive – they must have a much smaller budget to work with due to a smaller subscriber base, so even a close second is a pretty major accomplishment. Still, there’s quite a bit of difference between the entitlement you’re complaining about and saying that players should not expect to get regular content updates. Both the regular content updates, and the various bugs and balance issues that accompany them, are part of the industry package.

This is part of why I don’t think an EQ3 will be announced at Fan Faire (as rumored). The team seems to still have plenty they’re able to do with the current game/engine. But we’ll see!