Haven't patched test yet, this GU seems ok. I'm curious as to exactly how much they lowered research... I thought it was fine at 30 days for T9, though the lower tiers could definately have been lowered to be actually useful then.
Travel revamp will be interesting... will make it easier to get around in some ways, although the sokokar post change may be annoying in the rare cases where you use a flag or the like to get an alt posts when you don't care about actually doing the quests on them (ie crafters). How the "travel map" looks remains to be seen... the idea reminds me of regular RPGs (especially DA:O, since I'm finally playing that now hehe) and may be pretty good if properly implemented.
All around, this GU gives me the impression of trying to make the game easier / simpler for new players. Which is not at all surprising, given that they're probably planning on launching a new trial / advertising blitz with Halas.
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