Comparing Post-Patch Fix Timetables Between XIV and Rift

The developers have been saying they would pick up the pace of patching post 1.18, and the fanboys have been shoving it down the throat of the internet.  1.18 has released, and what do we have to show for it so far?  Let's compare it to Rift's activity since their most recent major patch, 1.4.


FFXIV, since last major patch, 1.18:
1.18 (July 21st)
Minor Version Update (July 27th)
1.18a (August 8th)

(Verifiable at Square Enix's FFXIV Patch List)


Rift, since last major patch, 1.4:
1.4 (August 3rd)
1.4 Hotfix #1 (August 3rd)
1.4 Hotfix #2 (August 5th)
1.4 Hotfix #3 (August 9th)
1.4 Hotfix #4 (August 10th)

(Verifiable at Trion's Rift Patch List)



Within roughly the time it took Square Enix to release their first minor "Version Update" (a two-line bug fix), Trion delivered not just a major patch but four hotfixes, two that each individually matched the almost three week later XIV follow-up (1.18a) in scope (Hotfix #3 and #4), making the other two just insult to injury.  The first XIV patch after the major 1.18 (claimed to be the start of an avalanche of updates through a much quicker update schedule) was almost a week later; Rift's first post-1.4 patch was later that same day.  It should be noted that XIV does have an (apparently static, unchanging) event coming up, but it should also be noted that during most of this time, Rift had a worldwide event with multiple phases with changing quests occurring during this same time period, the second such they've done (XIV has yet to do any progressive events).

Essentially, it took Square Enix literally three times as long to deliver what smaller, inexperienced, financially lacking Trion did.  It should also be noted the previous major FFXIV update, 1.17, released April 14th, more than three months prior.  In literally under half the time it took to go from 1.17 to 1.18, the previous Rift update, 1.3, occurred June 22nd, six weeks prior to 1.4.

I ask again: does this really look like a company with tons of financial backing and a decade of successful MMO experience dead-set on turning XIV around?