They removed maelstrom damage to buildings, so players can build in them. I believe it still gets attacked by the maelstrom monsters though if they spawn near enough. They put NPC camps in the game so players weren’t forced to grind ??? essence for leyshrines in order to get good thralls. Added the two southern islands with more content for PvE More @Wikipedia
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