We just released a new hotfix to resolve this issue. We will be continuing to investigate stash optimization to get a new fix out ASAP.

We're currently working on getting a hotfix out ASAP for this issue.

Using character name instead of account name display in-game means it's much more confusing to figure out who is who in general chat, or grouping with people. Particularly for players that jump characters a lot, or don't use uniform character naming like "EHG_Kain_ShieldBash". There's certainly arguments to be made for both sides, but we decided to use account names as the representing name to make for more consistent social experiences with other players, and get to know other players.

That's correct, yes.

Character names are displayed on leaderboards, but primarily so you can keep track of characters. If you're like myself, and have > 100 characters combined offline and online, having names allows some way to track what character is what. IE. my 1.1.7.1 character is "HAVEYOUSEENMYSHIELD" - so when I see it in the character list down the road, I go "oh, that's my shield bash character."

This is a known bug. You can however open the forge anywhere by using the forge hotkey (default 'F'). The physical forges in the world are primarily just as part of world building.

So the idea here would be to dump into a tab before looking over the gear to decide if you actually want to stash it properly if I understand correctly.

I've passed along the feedback to the team!

Dunno about that - it looks pretty tasty

with 1.1.7, The quest was changed to have three parts:

1. Visit the shrine in the center
2. Collect the east and west fragments
3. Return to the center, and activate the Pearl Altar

You no longer return the fragments to their individual altars. We have heard and are investigating reports that the quest may encounter an issue if you collect fragments before visiting the center shrine to obtain the quest to collect the fragments.

I apologize for any confusion. When I said "added to notes", I meant added in post (after patch notes went live). I didn't mean to imply they were always there. There was certainly no malintent or desire to hide this change, as we do believe it's a positive change. Not only for Steamdeck, but makes Linux in general a much more consistent experience vs. the differences of 80+ different distributions of Linux that all handle a 'native' client differently. We added it to the patch notes, and created a section to call it out better in the patch notes as soon as it was noticed that the note was missed.

We have a hotfix in the works

With implementing better support for Steamdeck, we are no longer building a Linux client, and instead using Proton. Proton offers a much better experience for Steamdeck, and consistency across Linux platforms. This change also allows Steamdeck players to automatically launch with Proton, which is the preferred compatibility layer. Linux is still supported through Proton, and this was previously added to our patch notes for 1.1.7.