I'm not going waste my time digging the original post up, but a few months prior to the CK2 release date one of the devs basically said that there probably won't be any beta patches and if there are any, they will be released for Steam customers only because a large majority of the Paradox customers buys their games with Steam. I'm not entirely sure, but if correct Johan wrote that in the same thread that also announced the new modular dlc system. So no, this isn't really a surprise for those who have followed the development of CK2 before it was released.
Anyway, I'm happy with the reintroduction of (short) beta patches as this gives the modders an extra week to prepare. I would have been happier if the patches were also released for the GG users like me, but I knew beforehand that this group wouldn't get any beta patches so I don't have that much of a problem with it.
Anyway, I'm happy with the reintroduction of (short) beta patches as this gives the modders an extra week to prepare. I would have been happier if the patches were also released for the GG users like me, but I knew beforehand that this group wouldn't get any beta patches so I don't have that much of a problem with it.