Smaller update while we work towards magic and characters, we have made some improvements to server performance to address concerns and some fixes. Bug fixes
Doors having collision when open causing players to get stuck, gates still have collision when open.
Arrows sometimes never landing when target is running away.
Archers sometimes standing still and not shooting.
Float fern in map.
Carts not having collision in valenport.
Various client crashes.
Improvements
Pirate variations now have unique names
Ping is now displayed server selection menu.
Various improvements to server performance and network bandwidth.
Ping is now calculated more accurately.
More from Winds of Valen
Other announcements
Solo Darklands and Server PerformanceThis week we were focused on the quality and health of the game, as well as adding the "Solo Darklands" which makes PvP combat in the Darklands limited to 1v1 on select servers. Solo Darklands We want players to partake and have a fair chance in the Darklands even if they're playing solo. To address this, we are enabling "Solo Darklands" on Server 1. Solo Darklands will have some draw backs to…1.16.2 FixesQuick patch to address some urgent issues. More Darklands improvements planned for end of week patch including Single Combat in Darklands in Server1. - Fix for force quitting bypassing logout timer in Darklands. - Adjusted level bracket per danger level 15 -> 10 - PJ timer moved from 10s -> 15s - Fixed items missing from level guides - Fixed ore loss penalty applying multiple timesDarklands and PvP UpdateNote on PvP Changes Darklands update is coming with a bunch of new items and we want to clarify our intentions with our design up front. We don't want PvE only players to feel forced into PvP so we took great care in our design to ensure that they don't miss out on any important or meta items by refusing to partake. The new items coming are designed to meaningfully equivalent to existing items…