new patches dont affect rapidfire, but they have tried to patch rapidfire with the patch or "hotfix" that came with each of the 1st 2 map packs. and i look for them to try something else with release of MP3. Activision is trying to figure this out before the release of MW2 so look for several new patches to try to stop it. That way when MW2 drops they will have the best patch poss to stop RF