Hello everyone!

The Test Server is up with a new build to specifically test improvements in loading times.

Several players have alerted me to slow loading and zone crossing due to the large amount of construction in game these days. I've spent the past several days working non stop on optimizations and testing changes with the help of our Guide Team.

Our test so far are showing much faster loading times. I'd like to get some more public feedback on this build before patching it out.

What I'd like to know is:

1) Does initial loading and settling into a stable ping seem faster now?
2) Do zone crossings feel faster now?
3) Do you notice any problems or does everything function correctly? (In particular, collision and architecture placement functions have been modified to support optimized entity data structures).

Thanks!

Note: The Test Server is in Germany, so EU players should have faster overall ping while US players will have slower ping than to the Main Servers.