I've just been playing the game on multiplayer and I've got to say I'm impressed - we didn't get any crashes in a few hours gameplay. We were saving every time the prompt showed up, but over all it felt a lot better. Hats off to you guys.
However, some issues still remain...
In multiplayer, there's still something wrong with trees. When a sapling grows to a fully grown tree, oftentimes only one player can see the tree (the host in my case).
[I would recommend players in multiplayer to leave the trees alone as much as you can in the world you're playing in - make another world and take trees from there]
Similarly, there seems to be sync issues with building. Sometimes blocks you've placed will disappear moments after. Logging out and back in seems to solve this (as mentioned by someone a page or two back) Also, sometimes enemies just disappear with no warning.
One thing I've noticed, is for some reason now you cannot scroll through your items with L/R while using a weapon/item. Is this intentional? It's pretty jarring and making it really difficult to get to your weapon in time for fighting... and there's a lot of fighting...
As has been mentioned by many people, the spawn rates are insane! When I first logged in I couldn't see any baddies, but now after having a few hours with the update on a new, expanded world, I see what everyone's talking about! To answer
@Deanzor 's questions on the matter:
1. Which creature are you seeing spawn more than you expect?
A lot of different things: Demon Eyes, Zombies, Eater of Souls, Slimes (perhaps common monsters, maybe all monsters?)
2. Where is this happening?
Everywhere I've been to - at home, in the corruption, underground, underground corruption, ice biome, ocean biome
3. Is this in Hardmode or not?
Pre-hardmode, not tried hardmode yet
4. How much more regular are the spawns from what you expect? A bit on the high side? Double what you'd expect? Etc.
They're probably about double, yeah. It's pretty insane! It feels like you've constantly got Battle Potion on. It's not too hard though, it would be neat if you could keep the spawn rates this high, but in a different setting?
5. Is this just 'different' or is it damaging to your experience? How so?
It's making building
very annoying but it's not totally gamebreaking, imo. Would be nice if it was reduced slightly
6. What are you benchmarking against to suspect the spawn rates are high? Previous 3DS? PC version? Which PC version, if so?
Mostly previous 3DS versions, but the spawn rates seem higher than PC,& 360, to me.
7. Which console are you playing on, and is this a Normal or Expanded World?
My experience so far is purely on multiplayer - on two New 3DS consoles in an Expanded World.
Sorry for the huge post - just wanted to mention a few things. The update is good so far. Loving big worlds. Fingers crossed for online in the future. Thanks