After the new game update, what's that? Plus the game is extremely slow.

[deep crypt]

After the game new update, the game is very slow and takes forever to finish 1 match. And plus this....

[safe hull]

Hmm I just updated the game on my phone (android) and I get the same. The icons and slower gaming experience.

[agile peak]

The weird icons are related to the next patch, no idea what they are but they're not going anywhere. As for the speed, are you sure the update didn't turn off or change any of your settings? You're still on 4x speed and have turbo enabled?

[static swallow]

Good to know then I don't update the version.
In addition, I just see the last version 1.158.0 --> Update today 13.06.25 the same version 1.158.0
Is it possibly because of this?

[stable sundial]

So they staying? They ugly.

! On the Kong K bugs me too

[iron breach]

I am hoping you meant they are not going anywhere to mean they aren't moving on different screens? Some are floating in nothingness and look very much like a bug

[safe hull]

Kong still has quite a few exclamation marks left. They bulk bought them I guess. Spamming them where they can it seems 🙂 🙂

[safe hull]

speed difference: it feels slower on my phone. But on computer (windows) no issues speed-wise. So if no others have issues, I'm blaming my wifi (note the i on the end, not an e!)

[agile peak]

Blame both, neither are innocent!

[safe hull]

hmmm. Let me show an example. It kinda feels like step-by-step.
Place-pause-do something- pause - etc.

see those tiny 'freeze' moments? They weren't there before the update.

@agile peak

[agile peak]

I'm at work and the wife here is terrible, I'll check out the vid when I get home from work. Unless I forget, which is a real possibility.

*wifi

[bronze geyser]

Wife is better.

[alpine tide]

Mine is even worse than that

[south panther]

@here is this only on Android for folks? Or have people seen it on other platforms?

[safe hull]

my vid was made on win11.

[iron breach]

Red thing is on all platforms

Haven't played arena on other devices but can confirm unplayably slow and laggy is at least on browser version

[south panther]

Sorry, not the red icons. I know those are everywhere and will be fixed with the next update I beleive.

I mean the lag/shudder issue.

[safe hull]

win11 here.

[south panther]

Thank you.

[alpine tide]

Android

Also, I didn't show what happens when u press the "auto" and then "skip" button, takes ages to end the match

[stable sundial]

@south panther

I get this freeze rubbish again if I leave game for a bit. Again only since update.

Also add this. Not as big, carter and foils must be bugged, tried recycling and getting foils back and foiling again.

Doesn't stack correctly

[sullen jackal]

Get rid of the icons, they don't add anything anyway.

[magic shale]

I hope the new update comes with some extra inventory. The exclamation marks on Kong and toolbox don't go away. It's rather distracting. The speed seems okay with me.

[stable sundial]

That's a lot of upgrades you're missing out on.

[bronze geyser]

All those SMS and MOS resources are distracting. 😳

[static swallow]

I have skipped the update @south panther

[iron breach]

Damn! That's some patience. I don't mean this in a sarcastic way, but a genuine way: what are you waiting for before you use all those stones up?

[magic shale]

If I get to 100k. I get an inventory upgrade of 50... so that's the goal now. I shoot a video If I find a free video capturer .
With vehicle and archer a while ago.. I was hoping they would do that , or when they release a new skill... anyway I think it is about pc's now more than ever. With the character deals frequently in shop. The mythics are just minor changes.. BTW I started saving mythic stones when I became f2p and i was catching upbrades no new ones. So the game is giving a ton ... but it doesn't change a lot .

[gusty tartan]

Its called stutter

[safe hull]

Ah right! Ty

[hard harness]

yup, game is so laggy and slow now since update, on steam.

i thought it was just me but i see no it is not. its like a slideshow when you throw a card down.

[gusty tartan]

You wont believe but game became unusable on steam after they moved to unity engine - i spent literally 25 minutes to open the game and buy vip - its not the last update problem

imagine that - game expected to be played in internet explorer is 1 fps on modern PC 😮

[south panther]

@here The team is asking that players experiencing this lag & stuttering problem please write into support directly. There, we can gather device info in much more detail. Link down there.

[vagrant wind]

Sorry about any issues you may be experiencing in Animation Throwdown!

I'm afraid we can't provide 1-on-1 help for account-related issues here. For things like missing items, lost progress, account linkage, and/or purchase issues please contact our support team.

Create a Support ticket here: https://kon.gg/ThrowdownSupport

Thanks!

[alpine tide]

Better from the link below or from in-game? Or is it the same?

[south panther]

Better from in the game, but this one is a good alternative if in-game isn't cooperating with your device.

[meager sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/chesscom-chess-pawn-danny-rensch-danny-chess-gif-9405541769812822047

[gusty tartan]

is there a single person that is not stuttering? it stutters only when bge indicator visible

swole not stuttering

[south panther]

Yup, from the reports the vast majority of people don't have the stutter. It's affecting some people terribly, but not widely reported at all.

[gusty tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/squint-eye-sad-about-to-cry-gif-12357864

[gusty tartan]

I upload video here, because u cant attach files to ingame message and just give them the link if anything

[south panther]

No soundtrack though this time.

Thank you for the video. Highlights how bad it is.

[gusty tartan]

Theres random bug when music turns off for specific battle it works again after you finish battle

[gusty tartan]

It feels worse when u actually play not a 3rd person view lmao

[hard harness]

rumble for me is working just fine, arena is atrocious. slideshow for real.

[ornate agate]

If you mean foils, once you use them you can't remove them

[safe hull]

Recycling a foiled card and buy back that card doesn't return a foil + non foiled card anymore?

[ornate agate]

I dont have giggity to spend, I need them, It's up to Kong not make the game laggy

[safe hull]

I was referring to you saying once a foil is applied it can't be removed anymore, while there is a way 😇.

[tiny jetty]

Dodgy any update here? I think it's confirmed that it's related to the glowing cards, once you go above 2.5k in arena all cards start glowing (I'm guessing due to opponent buffs) and it becomes much much worse

[alpine tide]

Agree, tried to play arena today and was about to uninstall

[tiny jetty]

Terrible experience

[south panther]

I'd love to provide an update, but don't have one. All of your reports and examples have been logged with the team.

I'll again bump the issue.

[ivory tiger]

It’s quite agitating, trying to play manually for the combo quest and it’s a better experience to force myself lose so I can get below 2500. It’s incredibly jerky once you get over that threshold

[alpine tide]

Yeah it's so bad, it's awful

[chrome sinew]

Forcing an update to a broken version is bad policy. This is a WIDESPREAD issue and throwing it back on the users is a poor response. It is either unity, or the code. Good devs can back out code and test . Kong never tests. I'm sure the people with fast devices won't be impacted much. This is just another case of all developers (not just kong) writing substandard code. That's why we have to buy new phones, tablets, and PC's just to be able to use what's forced on us. Imagine if the auto industry worked like that... Please stop upgrades for a month or two and address ALL of the game issues.

[gusty tartan]

I remember on archer release every update more broken everything and they just kept slapping more and more for idk 3 month? Half a year?) Without fixing anything

[south panther]

Wait, are you saying that it gets worse over the 2500 AT League score? When you dip down below it gets better?

[tiny jetty]

Yes, presumably due to opponent buffs causing all cards to glow. Same thing happens in onyx adventure due to opponent buffs

[south panther]

❤️ Thank you for the context

[alpine tide]

Yeah playing above 3k is literally the worst thing ever

[south panther]

does it change from 2500 to 3k?

[alpine tide]

I have no clue, I would imagine it makes no difference as enemies still have buffs at 2.5k (just, more buffs at 3k).
I personally haven't tried tho, I dont really drop under 3k lol 😄

[tiny jetty]

Give me 10 omb and I'll let you know

[chrome sinew]

It's quite obvious that this started with the addition of the buff highlighting. I'm sure it's timers and frame refresh and memory related, sucking up cpu and memory. PLEASE just give us an option to turn it off and I'm sure all will be good if it bypasses all of that code of course. I want to turn it off anyway as do many others I'm sure.

[ivory tiger]

Yes, while it can seem subtle it is annoying. It’s better on my phone than browser, but since I can’t be bothered to record the matches in browser note the difference:

Less than 2500 is pretty smooth

[south panther]

I appreciate it. The higher up in the ranks piece isn't a factor I had seen before. More ammo for me!

[ivory tiger]

Over 2500 the stutter starts. It seems less cumbersome because I didn’t hit skip animation, but the stutter is even more disruptive when playing trying to play quickly if that makes sense. Half second additional stutter when taking 2 seconds a turn is more painful than a half second stutter when playing 5 seconds a turn etc

Same device, time of day, and internet connection just one game over the boosted level. And again - it is a worse in browser for me, first thing I tried to no avail

[south panther]

Yeah, the stutter is very apparent. These back-to-back examples are great.

[ivory tiger]

Any updates? It feels even worse now it’s brutal

[alpine tide]

Yeah it's awful, I dont wanna even go close to arena

[umbral wolf]

Is it really still that bad in new bge..?

[gusty tartan]

Theres literally no connection to bge

It doesnt matter what bge - shi exists - game doesnt work

[ivory tiger]

Aye it’s every bge with these glowing bge cards they added

[alpine tide]

And 2.5k+ means every card glows cause it's buffed 💀💀💀

[forest drift]

Same exact issue with stutters and micro freezes . 2.5k+ here

[alpine tide]

Just noticed, was at 2495, as soon as I won the match and started a new match the game jsut got extremely worse and laggier.

[ivory tiger]

I tried a few and gave up, back to autoplay in arena for me. It seems so subtle but it is so unpleasant for some reason

[stable sundial]

😆. Only good thing about it is hitting next match without looking, you know if you dropped below 2500 as everything speeds up.

Above 2500 it's like the turbo button or whatever it is gets turned off.

[alpine tide]

Above 2500 every card is buffed so it lags as every card need the "glow" effect to be applied

[chrome nymph]

God, the lag on Android is unbearable, the game is unplayable at the moment.

[south panther]

#server-status message

@here
Circling back here, we've added the ability to toggle off the BGE Glow effect. Check our your settings menu after you've updated to version 1.160

This client update is only available on Android so far, but it should come to the other platforms over the next few days.

[gusty tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/willem-dafoe-looking-up-scared-among-us-gif-27315085

NOWAYING

[umbral wolf]

Seriously thank you

[gusty tartan]

Making the game great again

[umbral wolf]

It hurts my eyes

[gusty tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/황치열-korean-singer-chiyeul-chiyeol-gif-24808631

[south panther]

Apologies it has taken so long. Some things are simple, others...not so much! Thank for continually pushing for what you want to see!

[gusty tartan]

I cant see numbers on cards highlighted with this shit - literally my 1st message into support lmao

[gusty tartan]

u need like update the game in playstore or what?

[south panther]

Yeah. It should be out to most players right now if you manually go to the play store to update.

[gusty tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-clap-clapping-applause-gif-10184275

[south panther]

Hopefully approvals go quickly and we can get it to iOS, Steam, & Web soon.

[gusty tartan]

i see the update

https://tenor.com/view/the-boys-yummers-the-boys-yummers-meme-yummers-meme-gif-10229506808836437820

[gusty tartan]

sorry for being annyong, practice shows this is like the only way for something to happen

[south panther]

https://tenor.com/view/boop-boopboopboop-bestfriends-superbad-gif-11430627167712326272

[alpine tide]

Omg yes, ty so much @south panther 😋
Hopefully fixes the lag

[south panther]

🙏

[tiny jetty]

Amazing, thank you for chasing this one Dodgy 🙏

[safe hull]

Awesome update @south panther send thanks to those who made it happen too

[south panther]

Does anyone have anything to share regarding the lag after you've turned off the BGE Glow?

[stable sundial]

What do we turn off?

[south panther]

If I remember correctly, you're on Apple. That should release shortly, but you don't have it yet. It's on ver. 1.160.0

[stable sundial]

Android 😆

It's there now in updates

[alpine tide]

I just tried as I haven't played arena in some time.

The difference is enourmous.

It's A LOT better now, ty.

Still has some micro lag but nothing compared to before

[stable sundial]

Yup can confirm way smoother

That can stay off 😆

[alpine tide]

100% 😂 I know what cards are buffed anyway 😂

[south panther]

I'll never remember.

[south panther]

That's great to hear. I'm hoping everyone can experience it soon and I can give a big to the dev team.

[alpine tide]

Yeah agree, definitely a great addition!

[bronze geyser]

Just tried out the game with the Glow turned off (iOS). Looked good and played well. The Kong devs took a little too long for this fix, but it seems like they did it right. I’m at 2250 in the arena. When I get to 2500 I’ll check back in about the lag.

@south panther Thanks again for your help with this.

[south panther]

Thank you for checking back in. My apologies again for the wait.