I want my first playthrough to be perfection and will not play this when you need a future patch to make it perfect.
Do they expect pc owners to buy the game and just /cry over the box until this patch comes out.
Im hearing it doesnt make much of a diff but its really sad because directx 11 support was advertised and Crysis 2 is like 1/5 of the reason I bought a new graphcard.

Oh man pity you'll be missing out on all that sweet, sweet tessellation.

Same is with Shogun2, but they didn't bother implementing DX10 or AA on start of the game.
But they have samurais and ninjas so they have an excuse at least :)

Do they expect pc owners to buy the game and just /cry over the box until this patch comes out.

Is shipping without DX11 some new trend? Shogun 2 and now this? You shouldn't be patching in major features of your game. If you are, you shipped an incomplete game.

I think since DX 11 applies to such a small portion of the PC owning population that I can see why they're not making it a high priority. As someone who's going to invest in new PC, with a DX11 card this doesn't really bother me that much. I'm used to getting 20fps on minimum most games so just seeing it rendered on any setting at 60 is good enough for me. I don't have the luxury to be that picky for the time being.
 
Also that patch'll totally be out by the time I get my computer and if it isn't, there's always Metro 2033 and Civ V to test that tech out.

" I think since DX 11 applies to such a small portion of the PC owning population that I can see why they're not making it a high priority. "

If they implemented DX11 features like tessellation and advanced DoF the game would likely be more demanding than Metro 2033. Not saying that it should've been done on DX9, but a lot of people complaining about lack of DX11 don't even have good enough hardware to run it with the "missing" DX11 features. As it stands, you currently need an HD 6970 or GTX 570 to play it at max settings with 60fps. 

Dragon Age 2 had DX11, and look how that turned out. Even with the texture pack it still looks like ass. DX11 ain't gonna magicly turn Crysis 2 into a spectacular marvel.

" If they implemented DX11 features like tessellation and advanced DoF the game would likely be more demanding than Metro 2033. Not saying that it should've been done on DX9, but a lot of people complaining about lack of DX11 don't even have good enough hardware to run it with the "missing" DX11 features. As it stands, you currently need an HD 6970 or GTX 570 to play it at max settings with 60fps.  "