News feed on the main menu, latest updates at a glance, with a link to the new website
Rivers and lakes: real waterways that flow with the terrain, ships can sail them, and nobody can claim them
Live online counter on the website (see who's playing before you launch)
World generation rebuilt from the ground up: coherent continents, real mountain ranges with valleys and passes, regional deserts, forests, cliffs and fjords, every seed is a place now, not noise
Coastlines and shores are smoother than ever
Buildings can no longer spawn on riverbeds or absurd slopes
Multiplayer stability hardening under the hood
Leaderboard profile is reloaded fresh after every game (no more stale ranking)
Mission memo can be permanently dismissed
Various map rendering artifacts (phantom lines, white coastal fringes)