Open beta patch 1.7 has been released. Many changes are present including in SP.
Here is a quote from another player on another forum.

"IMO the patch is great so far i spent several hours in SP since no closed servers were available. and my once working router configuration no longer works on open. Battle Mages got tweaked real good. they are more powerfull the trade system works well. and now every quest gives a rune even sub quests. you get to keep horses when you save or log out so no more saddle switching. and nice items drop more often my battle mage got a 3 slot hood off of a goblin and thats at level 1. thats all i can think of right now. and the mobs are more powerfull also. those thugs or theifs at the bridge do hit hard."

The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
~Jeremy Bentham