The latest official update from Sean Wilson concerning the patch:
Hello everyone. Sorry, for the slow response time for the past week or so. Justin and I were both out of the office, but we're back now. Here's the latest update on the patch.
Our plan right now is to submit our current patch candidate tomorrow for approvals. There has been a slight delay of a few days as we encountered a new crash caused by a patch fix and an issue where clubs would sometimes disappear due to another patch fix. Both of those have been addressed and our own team is continuing to test the latest build thoroughly. We also wanted to add a fix for that issue with pins not working correctly in head 2 head matches that was called out this week on these forums.
We completely understand the frustration around the issues you've been seeing. Please believe me when I say we are trying to get this patch out as quickly as possible, however we also do not want to create new issues so we're proceeding very carefully.
FAQ:
1. When will the patch arrive?
Once in submission it's a bit out of our hands. It depends on how busy Microsoft and Sony are and whether or not they find any 'show-stopper' issues. If they find an issue that they won't allow, we obviously will have to fix it and start the process over. I'm hopeful it will be no later than 2 weeks if all goes well. Though it may go longer, or it may be quicker. I will update these boards throughout the process.
2. How will you know when the patch has been approved?
We will update you on these forums. Also, when the patch is live, you should be automatically prompted that an update to the game is available when you attempt to boot up the game, assuming you are online.
3. What has been fixed?
The fix list can be found here:
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9396331.page
Hands just cleaned this thread up and added all the latest fixes, including a few fixes around pins.
4. Will we wipe the H2H game stats when the patch is released?
Yes
5. Will this patch fix the crashes I've been seeing?
Though we have fixed a couple of crashes we were seeing, and other fixes may have inadvertently cleaned up other crash issues, it's tough for us to say with absolute certainty that any specific crash you are seeing has been fixed as we just aren't seeing all the crashes reported on these boards. We have made a fix to how online games were being reported that could possibly improve freezing in online matches. The patch build has also been through test internally again and I know of no crash issues beyond the one I've already stated we've fixed. Also, Sony and Microsoft would make us fix any crashes they see during their review.
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9435281.page