Ubisoft finished the server updates early today, so the game patches were posted ahead of time (but not before I finished my second run at the Inferno campaign, thanks to a downgrade to 1.3). Patch 1.4 (sometimes called 1.041) for the base game fixes the gating bug with a small 18 MB download. Patch 2.1 (or 2.01?) for the Hammers of Fate expansion is much larger at over 120 MB. Download them from here, or just run the Check for Updates program. By the time I write this, the transfer rate is very good.