Superfast broadband is installed after a full day of stressing over it (engineers not arriving on time, bits missing from the installation box *sigh*) which is typical for this household lol now I've been obsessing over watching the speed that everything downloads, I never realised how exciting watching a progress bar could be
All the pictures and SS on here appear straight away for me now so I'm able to see them and they are all amazing, (Melissa, your one almost looks like a photo, it's insane and she is gorgeous!) beforehand they used to load line by line and I have to admit, most of the time I just gave up waiting lol, not any more!.
I patched my game last night and so far as I can tell, absolutely no problems atall, the lighting seems much better for some reason and there seems to be more soldiers around Cullens hangout in Haven, more random npcs in general aswell, typical of me though I'm now doubting if the patches did that or if I had just never noticed before lol I should have taken before and after patch screenies lol. I never really had a problem with party banter firing (or so I thought) but I've definately noticed a difference in the frequency, which is all good! 
I was all set for a different romance this newest pt and well, it's not happening this time around either, maybe next game I'll actually manage, dammit Cullen! 