Adventurers,
A new update has gone out to the beta branch adding several polish elements to existing features.
Based on feedback the Blacksmith has now been updated with two major features.
Rush Jobs will now instantly create the gear you are requesting when crafting or smelting items in the store. The overall crafting time has been reduced to 2 hours when nothing is in the queue and 1 hour for a smelt as well so you should still be able to place orders and take a rest while you wait if you want to save money.
Several of the initial combat improvements polish is coming in now. Difficult terrain has been added to many of the outdoor locations which is going to represent mud in grass and forest biomes.
In the desert and snow biomes difficult terrain is the normal with more sturdy spaces providing quicker movement like stones.
This is randomized so it will impact some of your strategy. There are some additional elements planned to be added next to the battle maps to also feed off of this, but I'll hold off on announcing that until that update goes out. 
For the live branch several of the polishes that I announced earlier along with the remaining crises has been implemented.
For the full patch notes check it out here.
Thanks as always for your patience, currently also pulling in a lot of polish and requests in the forums so keep the suggestions coming.