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@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ It is now possible to ask Forge to automatically suggest basic lands for your de
 A new plane is now available in Planar Conquest (Kaladesh), implemented by Sirspud. Also, if you have already unlocked all the planes, receiving a green reward on the chaos wheel will cause a Chaos Battle to start instead of awarding 5 planeswalker emblems.
 
 - Java 8 -
-As part of increased privacy protections (cardforge.org now uses SSL), the content downloaders now require a minimum Java version of 8u101. In the future, all of Forge will be updated to require Java 8. If you're running the latest version of Java, but Forge does not let you use the content downloaders, check to make sure that you've uninstalled old versions. Additionally, check any JDK installations you have and ensure Forge is using the most up-to-date version.
+Forge now requires Java 8 (1.8.0) as a bare minimum. If you haven't updated to this version of Java yet, you would need to do so before you are able to run this and all subsequent Forge releases. Forge is compatible both with Oracle Java 8 and with OpenJDK 8.
 
 - Hour of Devastation Pre-release -
-This release contains almost all cards from the upcoming Hour of Devastation set (except two). They are an early effort and may thus contain errors or provoke crashes. Please test them if you'd like and provide feedback if you encounter any issues. These cards should only be visible and playable if Developer Mode is enabled in the game options.
+This release contains all cards from the upcoming Hour of Devastation set. We did our best to fix the issues you reported so far with these cards, but there may still be more, so please consider these cards beta quality. Please test them if you'd like and provide feedback if you encounter any issues. These cards should only be visible and playable if Developer Mode is enabled in the game options.
 
 - Quest UI Improvements -
 When selecting sets for a custom quest format, you can now hold shift and select two sets and it will select all sets between your two clicks. You can also now click on any part of a duel or event's box to select it; you don't need to click just the name/radio button anymore.
 
 - Bug fixes -
-As always, this release of Forge features an assortment of bug fixes and improvements based on user feedback during the 1.5.64 release run.
+As always, this release of Forge features an assortment of bug fixes and improvements based on user feedback during the previous release run.