With Monster Hunter World having hit Capcom's sales targets for the current financial year after having been on the market for around three weeks, it's safe to say at this point that the action role-playing game is quite the success. With this being the case, the publisher and developer is still doing work to refine and tweak the title in order for it to be the best possible product for its legions of fans on consoles. Now, the company's latest update for MHW has fixed some particularly bothersome issues with the way squads join multiplayer sessions.
According to the latest patch notes for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Monster Hunter World (which can be found in full at the end of the article), fans should see further improvements to squad connectivity, as some previous problems involved uninvited non-squad players joining a squad’s online session. What's more is that other instances saw some squad members unable to join online sessions started by one of their members. Fortunately, this most recent update fixes both of these issues.
In addition to the aforementioned fixes for Monster Hunter World's squad issues, the latest patch also rectifies a problem in relation to hunters who had 31 or more Slashberries in their item pouch when last week’s update rolled out. For those unaware, Update 1.05 reduced the maximum number of Slashberries that can be carried in an item pouch from 60 to 30, and now, any Slashberries exceeding 30 in players' pouches will be moved to their item boxes.
All things considered, while these changes for Monster Hunter World will generally be recognized as small tweaks, it's great to see Capcom still diligently plugging away at the game's lingering issues after its launch. With any luck, the lessons learned from refining the action-RPG's PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will benefit the PC iteration later this year, as the publisher and developer has expressed its intentions to polish the title as much as possible for PC fans.
Monster Hunter World Update 1.06 (PS4) / Update 1.0.0.11 (Xbox One) Patch Notes
Release Date
PlayStation®4: February 16, 2018 (UTC)
Xbox One: February 16, 2018 (UTC)
Required Space
PlayStation®4: Approximately 82 MB
Xbox One: See system for details.
- Downloading this update will also apply all previous updates for players who are updating the game for the first time. (PS4: About 930 MB of space required; Xbox One: See system for details.)
Major Changes
PlayStation®4 and Xbox One
- Fixed an issue that occurred when players had 31 or more Slashberries in their item pouch at the time of the last update (PS4: Update 1.05 / Xbox One: Update 1.0.0.10) where the maximum number of Slashberries a player can hold in their item pouch was reduced from 60 to 30. This update will move any Slashberries exceeding 30 in your item pouch to your item box.
- Made additional fixes to an issue fixed in the last update (PS4: Update 1.05 / Xbox One: Update 1.0.0.10) where, rarely, uninvited non-squad members could join a Squad Online Session, or Squad members could not join one of their own.
Xbox One
- Readjusted the search algorithm when searching for another player's session to join.
Monster Hunter World is available now for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and is set to launch in fall 2018 for PC.
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