Aventurine has posted the patch notes for the latest update to Darkfall.

Skills

• Skill gain has increased significantly in all melee skills
• Skill progression in archery has been increased significantly
• You are now required to hit a valid target to gain skill in archery
• Skilling up in magic has been increased significantly
• Skill progression in spells requires the caster to hit a valid target
• Number of successful hits required to reach surging mode again with spells has been extremely reduced
• Knockback, Seize and Whirlwind have been modified and skill gain has increased

Gameplay / Fixes

• Small adjustments made to melee reach depending on character race
• Corrected spells that would skill up rigor without dealing damage
• Corrected a problem some players had while buying skills and starter weapons from vendors
• Corrected an issue in auto optimization
• Fogginess of environments has been reduced
• Various client side issues have been corrected
• Clan Mines/Quarries/Groves/etc now start out at 25% capacity and their regrowth rate has been increased
• Clan Guard Tower damage had been slightly increased

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