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V5.22.0 Release Notes – Hunt Difficulty & Enhancements

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This update introduces scalable hunt difficulty alongside several backend and reliability improvements.

✨ New Features​

Hunt Difficulty & Multi-Character Hunts​

  • Hunts now support a difficulty setting from 1–5.
  • Higher difficulty means:
    • More monsters fought
    • More loot earned
    • Longer cooldown per character
    • Note: If your character dies during the hunt, you will not get loot!

Difficulty breakdown:

  • Difficulty 1 (Normal Hunt)
    • 1 mob
    • 1 loot drop
    • 5-minute cooldown
  • Difficulty 5
    • 5 mobs
    • 5 loot drops
    • 25-minute cooldown

🎨 Improvements​

API & Backend​

  • Hedged Network Requests

    • Implemented hedged requests for AtomicAssets and ContractService.
    • Requests now fan out to multiple endpoints and return the first successful response, improving reliability and reducing latency.

  • Build Optimization

    • Source map generation has been disabled in development, local, and production builds.
    • This can lead to smaller deployment sizes and potentially faster builds.

Code & Data Model Cleanup​

  • Item Data Type Refinement

    • Introduced a BaseItemData class and now explicitly cast to ItemData where specific item properties are required.
    • This is a step toward a more generalized and maintainable item data hierarchy.

  • PlayFab SDK Update

    • Updated to the latest PlayFab SDK, which includes:
      • Changes to authentication contexts (BattleNet, Google Play Games, ServerCustomId).
      • Minor adjustments to Economy and Multiplayer models.

🐛 Bug Fixes​

  • Various minor fixes and stability improvements related to hunts, networking, and data handling.
  • Fixed cooldowns not updating after a hunt.

We are actively developing a new way to play BlockchainRPG. Please stay tuned for more information!

Thanks for playing, and happy hunting!