more and more servers are requiring the patch.
On another note, Camel and I played on CDU last night. They've finished moding the new DC Final maps. We played Coastal Hammer, and despite some in-town lag, it was awesome. Full size hovercraft, fixed arty pieces, the hind and apache all help turn it into a nice map. I'm looking forward to seeing their other altered maps. Oh ya, and they also made the ocean shallow enough so the bradley can cross it to attack the island (oh, and they switched the sides... the U.S. starts on the island now)
CDU is a group who run modified maps on their Battlefield DC server.
[AK]Abaddon