What you're probably feeling is the shift in our timing.
We now do the patch notes show, PTS, and live launch all much closer together. So then the main things you get in-between are hotfixes, bonus balance, and any special messaging.
Here was the releases in the last 4 week cycle, which i think its pretty average and reasonable.
April 19th - 9.4 Jade Emperor Update goes live
April 20th - Servers and Online Connectivity blog post goes live
April 22nd - 9.4 Hotfix and notes
April 26th - 9.4 Bonus Notes are revealed
May 3rd - 9.4 Bonus Update Launches
May 11th - 9.5 Patch notes show and notes (and its big!)