A patch never comes late, nor does it appear early. It arrives at precisely the right time.
In other words, we don't know. The latest one has been in development for months, since Illwinter is working primarily on their new project.
I'm happy that something is happening, but the most definite mark of an imminent patch is when I start getting email from Illwinter with instruction on what new modding commands do so that the modding manual can be updated.