Hunters,
We have been closely monitoring your feedback since the reveal and release of Update 2.6. Though we are pleased to see that many of you are enjoying the update with its features and additions, we have also been paying close attention to community sentiment regarding some of the optional premium content introduced with this update. We wanted to take a moment to address those concerns with you.
As a live service game, Hunt relies on ongoing monetization to support its continued development. Our goal has always been to strike a careful balance between free content updates and optional premium content that does not impact gameplay but instead adds fun ways for players to express themselves in-game. We acknowledge that the initial pricing balance for Update 2.6 was misjudged, and we apologize for that.
We are excited to see that tens of thousands of players have already explored the new Player Profile customization options and have started the new Story Challenges. However, we also recognize that some of our recent decisions have caused frustration that we did not intend or desire to introduce to this community.
Based on your feedback, we are making the following changes:
Story Challenges
- The time limitation for the “On the Winds of Midwinter” Story Challenge, as well as future premium Story Challenges, [b]will be removed early next week. [/b] [list]
- Players who have already purchased a story will be able to complete it at their own pace. [list]
- With this change, we have identified an issue in certain Story Challenge chapters that include challenges tied to live content in the current event (For example: Killing circus grunts will only work while the Murder Circus is available). We will need some additional time to provide a solution to these that we will share at a later date. However, please note that Story requirements may change slightly after the event ends to ensure they can be completed afterwards.
- Compensations in the Blood Bond price difference will automatically be issued next week for those who have already purchased the Story.
Player Profiles
- Avatars for all Blood Bond Hunters will be [b]reduced to 100 Blood Bonds. [/b] [list]
- BB compensation for these purchases will be issued next week.
- Compensations will be issued accordingly as soon as these changes take place.
- Rest assured that all your achievements related to stat tracking are tracked by default, and there is no requirement to pay for progress tracking. You can see the stat progress by highlighting the tracker in the menu. If you decide to enable public display later on, all progress accumulated up that point will still be shown.
- Due to technical limitations, we were only able to retroactively populate some trackers with historic data recorded from the first time you logged into Hunt. Unfortunately, this was not possible for all data points, which is why some statistics may appear already progressed while others may start at zero with the launch of 2.6. We do not plan to reset your progress of these stats, but will provide a clear list of all impacted stats and their specific start dates for tracking soon.
Other
- We are also aware of the bug causing weekly challenges to appear auto-completed for some players. [list]
- After conducting an investigation, we believe we have identified the root cause and are now working toward a fix, which is planned for next week.
- All affected players will be able to complete their challenges and claim their rewards.
- We will be prioritizing a fix for those in the upcoming updates.
