An update for Hide and Seek is deploying to all regions. This balancing patch includes various bug fixes and balancing changes.

Balancing Changes

Nearby Seeker XP

• Increased the radius for which XP is awarded

• Increased the rate at which XP is awarded

• Increased the amount of XP awarded when a seeker is very close (1XP → 2XP)

Change Block Taunt

• The Change Block taunt now appears only once, at taunt level 10

• Increased Change Block taunt XP (15XP → 20XP)

• The Change Block taunt now only changes you into selectable map blocks, not special blocks

Energy Zapper Taunt

• Increased the Energy Zapper’s area of effect and improved particles/messaging

Other Changes

• Reduced ‘Adrenaline Rush’ speed boost (Speed 2 → Speed 1)

• Added a description to the Choose Block menu showing the name of the map

• Once you reach level 10, a random selection of taunts will be chosen, instead of repeating the last taunt

• All taunts have had their active runtimes shortened, so it takes less time to complete a taunt

  • Previously, you’d have to wait 1 second (or longer) after a taunt finishes to get the XP. This has been reduced to 0.5 seconds for all taunts, and significantly reduced for emote and sound taunts.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where seekers who hadn’t spawned in could give nearby seeker XP

• Fixed a bug which caused the special block unlock category to be visible when viewing the locker in the microhub

• Fixed a bug where progress for the ‘Caught Red Handed’ and ‘Glow Up’ challenges wasn’t counted

• Fixed a bug that caused the taunt cooldown timer in the UI to not match chat notifications

• Fixed a bug where certain kill sounds played at the wrong location

• Fixed a bug where some taunt sounds played at the wrong location

Thank you to everybody who has reported bugs and left feedback; it has been incredibly helpful!

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