v6.9.7 Official Release

Summary: Major update featuring Guild Quests, anti-cheat improvements, badge awards, and critical bug fixes.

Guild Conquest

• Guild Quests have been released (95% complete)
• Full overview announcement post will be coming soon

Anti-Cheat

• Added internal step variance parameters to improve anti-cheat detection
• Added "Cheat Detected" warning and automatic XP revert if players have manual steps detected. Multiple warnings will result in harsher punishments
• Added "Restricted" status for continuous warning flags, effectively a shadow ban from leaderboard and shadow XP throttle
• Added "Banned" status for multiple and/or greater offenses. Players must appeal by email for case-by-case review
• Full overview announcement post will be coming soon

Inappropriate Username Reset

• Players with inappropriate usernames will now be reset to choose a different username. Player reports will come in the future

Announcement Board

• Added a claimable reward at the bottom of new announcement posts as a thank you for those that read them
• Added framework for future community polls

Leaderboard

• SideQuest has now surpassed 150 players! The leaderboard filter now can populate the top 200 players

Badges

• Added "Bug Finder" badge, awarded to players who help identify critical bugs. Thank you to TEA, KONICHIWALUU, ELSPETH, B33FSTEW, CALMCAT, PARI, BTC, VELOVASQ, and SHREEGG
• Added Guild Quest badges

Shop

• Gem shop now sells username change for 1,000 gems

Action Bar

• Check-in action button is now the highest priority

Notifications

• Various alert notifications now disappear on app open. Informational ones still persist until manually dismissed
• Guild-related notifications now display guild names in all caps

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a critical bug where guild XP contribution was inflated and had to be rolled back to a certain point in time. All guild member XP has been reset to an amount that reflects the proper percentage of their prior contribution before this rollback
• Fixed a critical bug where app re-installs would cause historical data to auto-complete expeditions & eggs
• Fixed a critical bug where players in co-op expeditions would see stale data
• Fixed a bug where Android players step logs were not showing proper total step amounts (visual only, no XP loss occurred)
• Fixed a bug where Android players were being incorrectly flagged by anti-cheat
• Fixed a bug where the dashboard XP gained animation would fade very quickly
• Fixed a bug where the expedition reminder notification showed raw text instead of actual step amount
• Fixed a bug where level up notifications sometimes showed stale data
• Fixed a bug where some backgrounds would not appear centered on app launch (10th time is the charm.. or whatever attempt this was)

Android

• Official Android release is delayed due to bug fixes and proper feature implementation

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-Gaurav