Update 2.6.3 — “Connection Stability” is coming today!

[p]Hey Catanians!

We’re rolling out a stability-focused update to make your games smoother, chats clearer, and matchmaking more reliable. Downtime starts Today around 11:00 CEST and will last roughly 2 hours. Thanks for your patience!

Here’s what you’ll notice:

Matchmaking & connections[/p]

• [p]More reliable auto-matchmaking[/p]
• [p]Stopping your search now truly stops it[/p]
• [p]Fewer “kicked but still in match” edge cases[/p]
• [p]Turn timer behavior is more consistent[/p]

[p] Lobby & invites[/p]

• [p]Invites, declines, and ready states work more reliably, so getting into games is easier[/p]

[p] Chat, mail & social[/p]

• [p]In-game chat fixes: no more random server messages in MP matches, and “unknown” sender/receiver is resolved[/p]
• [p]Whisper chat works again[/p]
• [p]Better profanity filtering in chat and guild names (you’ll see clear error messages)[/p]
• [p]Helpful popups when your friends/blocked lists hit their limits[/p]
• [p]Friend requests are more dependable[/p]

[p] XP, Elo & leaderboards[/p]

• [p]Missing XP issues fixed and weird end-screen XP/Elo displays corrected[/p]
• [p]Elo values normalized on leaderboards[/p]
• [p]“Hide on leaderboard” actually hides you again[/p]

[p] Gameplay & UI polish[/p]

• [p]No more double “End Turn” click after receiving VP[/p]
• [p]“View progress” no longer throws errors[/p]
• [p]Report window now closes properly[/p]

[p] Emails & account flow[/p]

• [p]Cleaner, updated account and password reset emails[/p]
• [p]Registration/reset flows won’t get stuck[/p]

[p]We’ll keep an eye on things after the update—if you spot anything odd, drop details in the #feedback-discussion-forum on Discrod.

Thanks for playing CATAN Universe! [/p]