Rend Early Access Patch 9 — Rend Steam update #1381305

https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28056153%2F1016826c67279afd183e91b9af78db2d96f9d463.jpg Patch 9 introduces an interactive world map, a major update to Control Points, and dozens of important bug fixes to issues reported by you, our dedicated player community. This patch will deploy at 2:00 PM PDT (GMT-7) on Friday, March 29. Interactive World Map The initial design for Rend was to place iconic landmarks and clear pathways for a faction to use as common points of reference in relation to the central Yggdrasil tree which often defaulted as a generic “north” for each of the three map triads. Although this tribal knowledge approach was functional, it ended up not being practical as it put the onus squarely on player communication. This also made it difficult for new players to get up to speed within a reasonable window of time. To improve overall player quali...