Same here
I hate Steam's private patching system because even though you can have your games patched up automatically, which can save you some hassle, it takes quite some time before the actual patches reach them... Hopefully Larian will keep their word and send the patch to Steam asap.
Uh, that's not how it works at all. Steam =/= Microsoft Cert. Any wait is entirely due to the developer's not submitting the patch to Steam, from there it's pushed to the content servers very quickly.
Example: Super Meat Boy came out on Steam on November 30th. The devs are compromised of two developers only one of which codes. There has already been three patches coded, pushed, and released with more incoming. This includes a silly unlockable character designed on the fly in response to PETA's nonsense. This would not be possible if it required anything you described. You can follow them on twitter and see for yourself, it only takes about 3-4 hours for the patch to be released once they upload it. At the very most they may run a small test to make sure it doesn't completely corrupt the game or cause your PC to become afflicted with the black plague, but that's it. This isn't GFWL or the 360.
The reason why DKS hasn't been patched on Steam yet is because the devs haven't provided them with the patch. That's it.
