We hope that you are enjoying playing Rivals! We would like to roll out some improvements and fixes to the game. Please read below for details. [h1]Changelog[/h1] [list] [*]Neutrals more intelligent [*]Minor adjustment to the Ascendancy spell cost [*]Optimized when ZOC calculator gets called to improve performance. [*]Reduced the number of default monster lairs (see elementaldefs.xml to mod) [*]Reduced distance that the monsters and ruffians will look for something to kill to improve performance. [*]The Main Game Window now has an"Ascension" button near the ascension orb that functions as shortcut to cast the Spell of Ascension. [*]Fix for terrain morphing causing that was causing tears in the world. [*]Fixed a problem that would sometimes cause a crash on startup [/list]