I'm still working on the WOL update, as it is taking more time than expected. The expected release is by the end of this week. This is by far the largest update for the platform this year (coding-wise). I have been working on it for several months already, few days per month and this month, it will finally be playable.
The exploration mode has many new feature. For example, you will be able to equip your ship with different modules, like better weapons, armor, sails... There are around 30 pieces of equipment, some of it are rare or legendary magical items.
Besides this, there is a ship-to-ship combat system with different kind of types of weapons, trade system, which you must use for your ship to survive long voyages, skill system for your crew and many other new features. This will be a testing run for all these new features and I'm really excited about this. So far the testing is going well and I hope it will be out soon. Cheers.