"Blame Activision for that. Because CA is legally bound by contract with Activision, CA cant even sneeze without approval of A's QA team. So no patches, but thankfully the expansion bypasses the contract obligation of the patching/QA thing by allowing them to fix what errors they have and have full support of Activision.
Thankfully, Spartan: Total Warrior is with Sega, so there will be better support for it (despite the fact it is just a console game" - Kekvitirae

No, that is incorrect, and I'm surprised to see that kind of view taken by an educated mod on this site. CA stated that they are not legally prohibited from doing another patch. It would have to be a developer's patch, and as such, would not be paid for or supported after the fact by Activision. CA owns the code and can patch it to their heart's content. To answer your question directly, Kekvitirae, the reason the thread you referenced exists is as a sort of pacifier for people with complaints. The strategy is to quell hostilities in the hope of reaching the expansion launch date with a minimum of potentially sales sapping complaints clinging to them. There is no substantive change in CA's policy or position since the whole controversy about patches began, and in my view, there never will be. When people give away their power as consumers by blatantly declaring they will buy the expansion without knowing anything about its content, they send CA the clear message that quality doesn't matter.

@Simon Appleton:
I have read the thread you mentioned. If you read closely, you will notice that as always, there are no promises to fix anything, and no statements as to when or where anything they do fix will actually be delivered. The statements are VAGUE, and when follow up questions are asked to get details, those questions are answered by silence. I cannot get a straight answer to the simple question: Will CA fix the save / load bug in a patch or in the expansion? When you get no answer, you are forced to assume the negative response, because silence is evasion.