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Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 543 Joined: 3 Aug 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2851 Joined: 21 Jan 2009     |
so do i. like i had the same units (not exactly the same, they were a different faction) but i had more. and i stuck to the rules of 'this is better against this' and he won. how does that work? this is like an ultimate version of rock paper scissors. this is better than that, but that is better than that one over there, but that one over there is better than this. the circle continues. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2851 Joined: 21 Jan 2009 | oh yeah, and i keep on getting challenged, and when i respond to the challenge it just puts me back at the war zone page. whats the deal with that? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2851 Joined: 21 Jan 2009 | umm, why is is that there are only ever like three people on the warzone screen? there are thousands of people playing yet there are only three in the warzone? what the hell? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1246 Joined: 9 Apr 2009    |
*Latin high-five* |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 514 Joined: 17 Sep 2008    | Once again ye olde "not logged in to GW" although I am logged in to the escapist. Add to that that I apparently can't log in anyway to GW when typing my login and password... It is becomming quite frustrating. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 212 Joined: 3 Feb 2009    | My loot is at almost 200,000 and I didn't get Mogul yet. odd. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 5 Joined: 18 Apr 2009     | Not only am I unable to issue a challenge due to the "not logged on to Genre Wars" issue, but whenever I get challenged I get no option to accept or not, no matter how many times I refresh the page. It is very annoying. |
Muckraker  Posts: 299 Joined: 18 Apr 2009   | I've had a few issues with challenging people only to go to their status page; I know they didn't return to base because when I go back to my command page it still shows the potential opponent as being on the field. Also, I'm having some issues closing the pop-up announcement box thing; I have to click the X about 10 times for it to go down. (Firefox 3 on OS X 10.5, if that helps) |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 494 Joined: 5 Mar 2009   | I have well over 100,000 loot and I don't have my mogul or profiteer badge yet. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 158 Joined: 25 Mar 2009  | http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/genrewars/view_battle?b=58054 |
Press Junketeer Posts: 494 Joined: 5 Mar 2009 |
yep... the only flaw in the game |
Beat Writer  Posts: 132 Joined: 25 Mar 2009  | i have a new computer with 2 high end graphics cards and 4gigs of RAM it can run several games at once on one of its 4 screens. but genre wars wont start up i click on command and it only shows the very top of the genre wars screen. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 536 Joined: 23 Apr 2008    | There is no-one in the war zone for me, am I the only person playing this game or what? |
Beat Writer  Posts: 126 Joined: 16 Apr 2009    | I have hit the 550K mark, and now I can't find any more matches. I am limited to sitting and waiting in the Warzone for someone else to challenge me. |
Muckraker  Posts: 296 Joined: 25 May 2008   | So, I still don't see anything under the "command" menu, even though my army is supposedly in the "war zone". I wanna play, but there's nothing to play! :( |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 108 Joined: 25 Feb 2009   |
I've been like this for a week, but only when I'm at home. When I'm on campus, everything works fine... Same internet browser (Firefox 3.0.8) I know you guys are trying your hardest to make this game fun, which it is...but it's difficult to have fun with something if you can't get access to the main part of the game over half the time... <( ' ~ ';)> |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 105 Joined: 6 Apr 2008    | so i just tried that new hide the popup feature, it didnt work, the pop ups still keep popping up when i return to home base or enter the warzone |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3774 Joined: 29 Dec 2007  | Your Bank: $115,871 Yet I have not receved any of the treasure badges, am I missing something or is it a bug? |
Web Developer  Posts: 2696 Joined: 12 Nov 2002     |
Yeah it is frustrating. I am working on resolving this. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Looking into this for you.
What browser are you using? When you clicked the checkbox did the popup disappear or stay visible to you?
When you are in the warzone under scout enemies you should see a list of armies ready to attack. Also as a side note the ability to see weaker armies in the warzone is back. For details check out the announcement thread: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/376.107238 |
Web Developer Posts: 2696 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
What exactly do you see? Do you see your army, buttons, etc? Or do you see only your faction background? |
Web Developer Posts: 2696 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
Shadowlolz killed 58 troops including eliminating a entire unit Wins are based on casualty count with a bonus to units eliminated. It is not based on cash, because I could stack 50 peons against a few Epic and get lucky with a win. Example: Both sets of droids while being deplorable in offense get a bonus to attack roll against the mechs because charges & stalkers are strong against shooters. Now the luck of the dice is going to kick in when you have 100 versus 3. The 3 mechs are going to do more damage in unit count than they droids are, but the chances of the droids doing more cash damage is high. If you make it back to the base with no units and a few extra dollars, I don't see how you can say you won? |
Web Developer Posts: 2696 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
While you have cash on hand your net winnings are not that high. Almost to the point a badge. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 675 Joined: 22 Jan 2009    | I can't enter the Command section. When I do, I just get a small black aread, and nothing else. Tried with both newest IE and Firefox. |
Web Developer Posts: 2696 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
If you go to this page what do you see? |
Copy Clerk Posts: 108 Joined: 25 Feb 2009 |
I can only see the faction background. There are no buttons, no text, no pictures...nothing. Just a background. <( ' ~ ';)> |
Beat Writer Posts: 126 Joined: 16 Apr 2009 | I recently beat someone with a far larger/more expensive army than mine, though I have yet to get the spartan badge. |
Beat Writer Posts: 126 Joined: 16 Apr 2009 | I also believe that I am eligible for the unconquerable badge, but I have yet to receive it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2851 Joined: 21 Jan 2009 | yeah, i cant attack certain people, it just brings me to their profile page, these people are in the green on the war zone page and everything, yet when i click Attack it won't attack them. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2851 Joined: 21 Jan 2009 | clicking "challenge" on the profile screen has never worked for me. all it does is removes the button that says challenge. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 105 Joined: 6 Apr 2008 |
i am using internet exploer 8 under windows 7 (beta build 7000) the popup stayed visible when i clicked on the checkbox |
Paperboy  Posts: 26 Joined: 21 Mar 2008   | First of all, I think Genre Wars has potential :) I like it thus far, although the bugs (or rather features) sometimes make me want to kill the stupid game dead (but that's an emotion only instilled by good games, so go figure ;)) Time for some feedback: The "retreat to the city if your army is vastly underpowered"-option doesn't always work. I know for a fact that I didn't have this option on these two fights (in which calling my army underpowered would probably have been an exaggeration): http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/genrewars/view_battle?b=62695 There are quite a few more examples, as far as I can tell I only get the option to retreat about half the time (only counting challenges where I'm sure that my army is underpowered). It's not that much of a problem with an army like mine, only used to scout (most of the time I don't even lose money, since killing one unit of an opponent nets me more reward than the cost of the lost army). However, I can see this becoming a problem if you want to go the warzone with a fully stuffed (and balanced) army, only to be crushed by an overpowered army without the option to retreat. This flaw increases one serious issue the game currently has: It's strategically and especially financially unwise to stay for a prolonged time in the warzone with a balanced army, since your opponents have time to build up an army catered especially to your weaknesses. This is due to the fact that annihilating a single stack of an army is (in terms of winning) more effective than killing an otherwise bigger number of units from various stacks. The cash bonus handed out for annihilating stacks encourages players to build one-sided armies which they use only to assault a balanced army, kill one stack, and receive the cash reward. Most of the time, they also win the battle, because eliminating one stack obviously gives a bonus to your winning score. It took me some time to discover this tactic (at first wondering why someone with a lopsided army would attack my balanced army), and since it was (and is) the easiest tactic to gain money, I employed it for some time. At one point my win-rate was as high as 65%. It was then that I noticed how the game punishes you for having a good rating. This was before the re-introduction of seeing lesser armies, mind you, so this point is (to the greatest extent) no longer viable. However, it some effect on me, as I started using my scout army to a greater extent. I would enter the warzone, scout for available armies, head back to the base, and find out that it was impossible for me to build a balanced army that wouldn't exceed the rating (so I wouldn't be able to challenge whomever I wanted to challenge). This further increased the use of assault armies, only built to eliminate a single stack. After some hours of scouting, heading back to the base, hiring, heading back to the warzone - only to find out that the chosen opponent was already gone, I got tired of it, and decided to ignore rating. This was about the same time the challenging of lesser armies was (re-)introduced, and - as I found out after some curses as to why I had to fight vastly overpowered armies, I noticed that not only did I not lose money, I also managed to decrease my rating without much of a risk. So my rating went down from 150% (of army power), to a neutral 100% (at which it remains right now). This is where another flaw (imho) kicks in: I guess I could further decrease my rating (and speed up the process by challenging powerful armies myself), to a point where I could challenge underpowered armies without them having a chance to retreat (even if the you-can-retreat-without-penalty-option worked reliably). So much for my story of Genre Wars, on to some suggestions: - Encourage players to build balanced armies. - Encourage players to stay in the warzone for a longer time. Have fun, and thanks for the game :) |
Web Developer Posts: 2696 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | For those with FireFox 3.0.8 and having problems, 3.0.9 was released and resolved a couple of issues with cookies. If you could let me know if that fixes your problems that would be great.
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Web Developer Posts: 2696 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
I know IE 8 works fine, but haven't tried Windows 7. Will grab a copy and test it. Also have you tried the compatibility mode in IE 8? |
Web Developer Posts: 2696 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
Underpowered is based on value of the your army between the bank and your army. Not that 1 side has 50 of each and 1 side as 1 of each. When you are in warzone and you see someone grey to you they are able to retreat no penalty. If you an army is red to you, you are able to retreat.
Again rating is not based on the army size in the warzone it is based on your overall cash and army size, interesting theory that I will pass on to those above me though. As for your suggestions, I will definitely bring this up for upcoming builds. Thank you very much for the feedback! |
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Heh, figured I couldn't be the only one that had noticed. I beat you to it, though!