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Sea of Thieves temporarily yanks nearly all its big new stealth features following "significant issues"


Just days after the launch of Sea of Thieves' stealth-focused Season 14, developer Rare has yanked nearly all its new f…

Just days after the launch of Sea of Thieves' stealth-focused Season 14, developer Rare has yanked nearly all its new features - including the ability to crouch and don disguises - acknowledging "significant issues" arising from their addition to the game. Rare had already been forced to disable a number of flagship new features ahead of Seasons 14's launch last week - that is, the ability to lay traps and to hang from ledges - as a result of stability concerns and a "high player impact issue" discovered during a final round of testing. Speaking in a video update detailing the "drastic steps" earlier today, Sea of Thieves production director Drew Stevens explained the arrival of crouching had "introduced a number of knock-on effects to the wider experience".

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