This update will be remembered as the moment the Starfield piracy scene realized that Bethesda’s new .pak structure (optimized for SSDs) was also optimized to be a nightmare for scene release groups. Final Interesting Note RUNE later released v1.7.36 as a delta patch (a small 800MB update) via a third-party patcher on their private FTP. But the public torrents? Still 15.6GB. Why? Because the scene values ISO integrity over user convenience.
Thus, stands as a monument to one thing: It is easier to crack a game than to patch one efficiently.
3/5 Starborn Powers. "It works. But your bandwidth bill will weep."