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Hello again! New update is looking super good. Haven't had a chance to test the performance after lots of overland travel, but even 0.34 was running remarkably better! 

The biggest reason I haven't had as much chance to test long overland travel sessions is because 0.33 actually really dramatically changed how I play in some pretty interesting ways! Gonna keep this short and sweet to the best of my ability!

In essence, the changes to overland travel which made exploration easier actually incentivized me to stick around my local area and explore a lot more! I actually died a lot more in the early game, not because the game was harder on paper, but because I was getting cocky - I'd assumed I was safe, till I was knee deep in the wilds and I wasn't! Couldn't help but laugh - this made exploring the wilderness feel a lot more like survival and less like battling across the roads from one town to the next! This is compounded by the fact that travelling is easier, and inventory management is a lot cleaner - meaning even before I've gotten my hands on a pack animal, It's a lot easier to move stuff from one location to the next. In other words, I'm not nearly as stuck with a given base as I used to be. 

Dungeons have also been a great addition, they're fun to find and the rewards have made staying in an area and delving into them before rushing off to the biggest city I can travel to a lot more rewarding.

All-in-all, an excellent batch of updates, and the game's in a much more playable, stable, and enjoyable state for the long term. Will get back to you maybe tomorrow or the day after once I've had some more time to test, but in the meantime just wanna say job well done as always. The game is still truly a treasure.