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Sea of Thieves developer Rare has scrapped plans for a proposed change, after harsh feedback from the community and a realization that their messaging around it was confusing. The “Death Cost” was included as a coming update in a set of release notes, suggesting that the Captain of the Ferry of the Damned would charge a small fee for each death.

The community was not pleased and let Rare know, loudly enough that producer Joe Neate issued a mea culpa and let fans know the Death Cost won’t be coming after all.

The release notes have been updated as well. It’s careful to note that the plan was never to charge players for PvP deaths, since it would have such an impact on player experience. But it also echoed Neate’s point that the team fumbled the messaging.

“We understand that this addition to the release notes was a little confusing, and in the future we will ensure that any future updates we discuss give you a better understanding of how and why we’re implementing it,” the notes read. “Sea of Thieves is constantly evolving, and any feature we will test, monitor data and listen to your feedback to ensure we’re making the right decisions.”

That spirit of constant evolution is needed, as we’ve found it fun but in need of more content so far. The team has shown themselves to be pretty nimble, issuing a comedic “day one patch” just for kicks. You can try swashing some buckles for free with a 14-day trial of the Xbox Games Pass, which will get a new batch in April. Before you heave ho, be sure to check out some tips for landlubbers.

Sea of Thieves‘ Xbox One and PC servers will be down for around five hours today, developer Rare has announced. This is so the company can roll out the pirate game’s latest update, which aims to fix a number of issues.

Maintenance begins at 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET / 9 AM BST and is scheduled to run for approximately five hours, concluding at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM BST. During this period of time, Rare says the game’s servers will be offline, so you won’t be able to play Sea of Thieves at all, as it requires an internet connection even if you’re adventuring solo.

The update aims to fix a number of issues players have encountered since launch, such as temporarily missing items and weapons, performance issues on Xbox One X, and not receiving entitlements such as the Black Dog pack. Other problems, such as missing rewards, delayed Achievements, and connectivity issues, are still being worked on, Rare says. In the meantime, the company has disabled Achievements, with the aim of re-activating them by the end of this week.

Rare has also announced it is canceling its planned change of introducing a death cost in Sea of Thieves. The developer had planned to charge a small amount of in-game gold for each time you died, but this has now been canned following fan feedback.

Sea of Thieves is now available on Xbox One and PC. You can read our thoughts on the game so far in our initial Sea of Thieves impressions. If you’re just getting started, be sure to check out our guide of essential Sea of Thieves tips to help prepare you for life on the high seas, as well as our encounter with the dreaded Kraken.

At the end of the March 19 episode of Raw, WWE debuted one of the best and weirdest things the company has ever produced: The Ultimate Deletion. For those who watch Raw on a DVR, you may have missed the entire event, as Ultimate Deletion ran almost 15 minutes after the Monday night show was supposed to end. Luckily, WWE has finally posted the entire segment, uncut, on YouTube, which you can see below.

In the video, Bray Wyatt heads to the Hardy compound to fight Matt Hardy. However, Wyatt must deal with Vanguard One, a drone that can project a holographic image of Hardy; the Mower of Lawns, a lawnmower; and Skarsgard, a dilapidated boat that’s painted gold. The insane match took place in numerous locations throughout Hardy’s property, two of which had wrestling rings. All of this happened over the span of 17 minutes.

Believe it or not, the segment, which wasn’t nearly as slick or polished as the rest of WWE’s productions, tied together the past couple of years of Bray Wyatt’s storylines. Wrestlers and fans alike loved the piece, which helped give Bray Wyatt a push in the right direction.

The Ultimate Deletion was a new spin on the Matt Hardy/Jeff Hardy segment Final Deletion from 2016, which originally aired on TNA Impact. Playing off the once “broken” now “woken” Matt Hardy character, both segments take the viewer on a trip through his bizarre world. Essentially, these videos are pure fun and a breath of fresh air to the wrestling industry, which–at times–can take itself a bit too seriously.

There is no news yet as to what’s going to happen to Bray Wyatt or if we’ll get more Deletion videos, but the March 26 episode of Raw should shed some light on what’s to come, leading into Wrestlemania.