I'll reserve judgement, in a way their games really are single player MMOs so it's not exactly a huge leap for them, it might even force them to innovate more...still, I fear for the single player universe that I've enjoyed for years.
*edit*
Oh, about that patch, someone uploaded some shots of the snow LOD fix, for some reason I couldn't ignore that while playing, more than the broken quests, glad it's gone.
http://i.imgur.com/e3lxP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dEJYW.jpg
Also, the new
effect is a big improvement.