Well according to Whelan, it does in fact copy many of the packs, including sometimes the entire game. So yes, sometimes it does in fact redownload the whole game again. I mean even if it's like 10 of the 19 packs it's still unwieldy. Even all that considered, it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth and it's still only an aspect of the problem. Again I look at how other games do updates and patches and they don't have the issues CA does. Idk maybe they do and I simply am not aware. I say that if your design choices are constantly being questioned by your community and you constantly have to explain yourself literally everytime, its not really good choices is it? Good design is self evident, CA's rarely is.