Don't tell me that the last patch is going to be the final patch Bethesda release. I ask this quesiton because of the removal of the Beta Patch section from the forum; which leads me to believe that Bethesda are done with their beta testing of any further patches?

The removal of the Beta section on the forum feels to me like they have released a patch and are closing the door on any further updates satisfied it was a job well done.

Please, please correct me if I'm wrong here! I would hate to think that they thought the last public patch was anything but satisfactory because let's face it, it isn't. A lot more work and a lot more beta patches need to be released before this game is close to a polished product.

Not at all, there will be plenty of patches. Are still lots of glitches that needs to be fixed. I think they remove the Beta forum when there is no Beta patch out, like now. Supposedly it was like this with Skyrim aswell (not quite sure). So hang in there, will probably see another Beta patch before Christmas.

Ofocurse you are wrong, its normal to remove beta section while theres no ongoing beta(its just hiden anyway)

Given the number of patches all their past games have received, I would assume that at some point in the next while, the next patch will show up in beta form. They've said that the plan is to do several small and frequent patches to deal with specific issues, rather than a few large patches that try to cover everything at once.