Today a substantial patch was applied to the game. We've also opened up the beta information forums where you can read the newly released patch notes.

These patch notes, among other things, explain the basics of the conquest system. We've been working hard on the game as you can see by the volume of this update, we've already spoken of our commitment to supporting the game and that's what we'll continue doing. Things are looking good for launch; the game has been very stable, even though server and client are still in debug mode.
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Even though areas like Asia are excluded from this release, they remain major contributors to the heavy server load