#3.8 Update Sneak Peek discussion

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scarlet nacelle
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If you haven't checked your news ingame there is a sneak peek for patch 3.8.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyT7f_alyS4
We were talking about this short video and felt like having a place to give feedback.

In the Modifiers screen there are a few things that worry me.

  1. The PREMIUM Map Modifiers look like they lock out f2p players from those settings in the future.
  2. The Turn Timer has no arrows (I don't want long turn timers)
  3. Alliances are missing completely.

The battle button looks like a automatch, but with modifiers active which would solve many problems.

The map selection feels outdated. If we can filter for settings there should also be a white or blacklist for maps. Some maps are more or only fun with certain settings (for me at least).

Portals do look interesting and with them you could even change blizzards to block of areas as long as the portal creates a new way in.

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RISK Global Domination 3.8 Update Sneak Peek

We have made some shiny new overhauls to our Home and Setting screens to make it easier for users to navigate, create and join games. Here is a sneak peek video.
(Just remember this is all subject to change)

▶ Play video
night violet
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Not to mention they renamed 5 Rounds Rumble to Speed Blitz and I find that such an useless feature. I haven't heard anyone complain about the name of 5 Rounds Rumble nor nothing in particular.

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It will also make it harder for Players to realise the exact purpose of the Mode, because from other Mode Names you can immediately tell what it's about, when they rename this, it will no longer be clear.

acoustic mural
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Well as they said everything is still subject to change, I'll hope they fix at least most of those things that were listed here.

night violet
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Well yea, we can hope

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but so far the general consensus isn't admirable

zealous sedge
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Im pretty new to the game so i can't say to much about it but more settings for premium users seems fine as long you can still join every game as non premium.
Dont forget that money helps them develop the game

night violet
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The PREMIUM Map Modifiers look like they lock out f2p players from those settings in the future.
That's because they said so in the #staff_news that they will restrict F2P Players, because they need more revenue

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Which is sad, since it will just keep more people out of the game

night violet
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Like it's just a waste of time

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There's way more important stuff to concentrate in, this is unfortunately not one of them

scarlet nacelle
night violet
glad ridge
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portals seem interesting

scarlet nacelle
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One thing that I forgot in the post are the new bots.
First of all I really like that you see now on the avatar that they are gone. Knowledgeable players can see that someone has no attacking arrow's and is a bot, or know to click on them to check, but it's nice that it's more obvious now.
I'm not sure how well MIA translates in other languages or if something like DC would be better. And I'm not sure how well the reinforcement bot will work. How does it determine where to stack troops. Is it random or would it place like a bot that want to play but just skips it's attack phase. We will see.

dreamy glen
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Wait, how can we select number of players in this? Like if we want to play FFA 6 and not FFA 3?

dusk fjord
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  1. The PREMIUM Map Modifiers look like they lock out f2p players from those settings in the future.
    Yes this is correct.
  2. The Turn Timer has no arrows (I don't want long turn timers)
    Turn Timers have not changed
  3. Alliances are missing completely.
    Alliances have not changed either.
scarlet nacelle
glad ridge
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so no more make alliacnes ?