Guild Wars Patches Faster than FFXIV

The occasional argument against SE's slow updates compared to Trion's is that Rift is a pay to play game, and that FFXIV is currently free (after the initial purchase).  While this doesn't change the fact that Square Enix has a ton more experience and financial backing compared to Trion and is still getting shown up by the upstart, I thought I'd take a look at another entirely free to play MMO: Guild Wars.

Note that Guild Wars is, at this point, six years old, and still getting quicker updates and bug fixes than FFXIV.  Also note that it is, and has always been, a free to play game after the initial purchase - while XIV should be updating as if it's pay to play.

That's right, a six year old free to play MMO is getting more consistent updates than FFXIV.

This list compares September 23rd, XIV's first patch, to July 7th, today, give Square a slight edge by using their patch as a start date.  Updates denoted as major patches are marked with an asterisk for clarity.  Minor patches are roughly comparable in size and context/bug fixes.  Links are provided so you may verify the content sizes yourself.

FFXIV:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/news/category?catId=4

Note that FFXIV switched to version numbers with .
September 23rd
September 27th
September 30th
October 8th
October 15th
October 22nd
October 28th
* November 25th * (in two packets)
November 30th
December 3rd
December 6th
* December 15th *
* December 21st *
January 12th
January 18th
* 1.15a (February 2nd) *
1.15b (February 17th)
* 1.16 (March 3rd) *
1.16a (March 28th)
* 1.17 (April 14th) *
1.17a (April 25th)
1.17b (May 23rd)
1.17c (June 15th)

Total Majors: 6
Total Minor: 17


Guild Wars:
http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/

October 5th
October 8th (in two packets)
October 15th (in two packets)
October 19th (one line fix)
* October 21st * (in two packets)
October 22nd (in two packets)
October 25th (in two packets)
October 28th
November 2nd
* November 12th *
November 18th
November 19th
* December 9th *
* December 16th *
January 6th
* February 17th *
March 3rd
March 10th
* March 22nd *
April 4th
April 21st
April 28th
April 29th
May 5th
May 18th
May 23rd
June 2nd (in two packets)
June 3rd
June 9th (in two packets)
June 10th
June 16th
June 30th
July 7th
July 8th
July 14th

Total Majors: 6
Total Minor: 29