I wonder what part of this update made him certain that it would be successful. I tend to think that lore dumps are the most well received ones, but this one in particular has opened up uncharacteristically many new plot lines.
If I had to rate updates, these have been my favorites so far.
1. 0.95
Lot's of content, huge fights, huge loredump, 2 evolutions, the first actual taste of level 5 power, MC vs Deus, made us theorize for months.
2. 0.975
Huge lore dump with even more actionable information, an extensive and very well drawn fight involving 3 level 5s and a Chosen monster, MC's performance against Shen+Twins, Syla pretty much throwing most of our theories in the dumpster, Twins unique circumstances, new Claudia confirmed to be an Apostle spawn, Deus using his particular double ray attack again, important info on Michael, what seems like the beginning of Nyx romance. So many things. I can't shut up about this update. And the best part is that it's neither complete, nor the result of a long teasing. The way I see it, things will only get better from now on.
3. 0.7
MC vs Klaus, Michael vs Oscar, Huge fights, New ways for MC to fight, Evolution, significant lore dump during the evolution. It's been a while but I still think that this is the best update of the first part of the game (MC in college).
4. 0.92
This was the Valravn update. Huge fight, new ways for MC to fight, we got insight into Valravn who pretty much established himself as one of the coolest characters in the game, we saw Bernhardt in action, got a lot of info on Superhumans and HERO.
Generally speaking, past Klaus, things started slowing down a lot. There were a lot of significant bits, but few and far in between. What can I say, the Jake arc lacked a serious punch behind it. I never really felt that MC is threatened by him, rather it was just a matter of MC figuring it out. The early part of Deryl's Arc also was slow. It was a time where wrapping up the training segments and side routes was more exciting than the main story.
I think the updates between the start of the game, up to Klaus were more interesting than anything which came after Klaus up to Michael's infection.