Alright, I just sat down and read through the whole thread, and since some of the testers have volunteered to answer questions, I'd like to know a little bit more about the magic system.
Specifically, I'd like to know some of the ways that mages gain spells (and the ability to cast higher level spells). I noticed that the changelog mentions libraries, so I guess that might be one way, but I'd like to know more. Examples would be welcome, and so would more screenshots.
I'm one of the guys who thought that pre-ordering would get me beta access, so now that I've actually become interested, I need more information to take the sting off my disappointment (no hard feeling, though, ioticus. I certainly don't regret having pre-ordered

).