Kingdoms at War - Estoc Trials - 01/23/13

Discussion in 'Past Events' started by admin, Jan 23, 2013.

  1. This Week's Updates
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    Upcoming revisions to war times and war setups
    After last week's 40-60 member wars, we found that a significantly larger # of matchups and results were better. However, we also realize this size limit imposes restrictions on clan sizes and determines who will participate. We will be creating a revised war schedule next week that will hopefully address the following concerns raised by players:

    * The war times being not friendly towards specific time zones
    * Balancing clan sizes with matchup qualty
    * More war times in general

    Red Paladin Equipment Releases and Contests
    We will be starting up the next Red Paladin contest soon! Apologies for the delay

    New version of the game for iOS devices
    If you haven't read up on the new update to the iOS version of the game, please read this thread:
    viewtopic.php?f=3&t=127193


    Estoc Trials Times
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    Signup: 6 hours prior to War Start Time
    Duration: 4 hours
    Matchmaking: 2 hours prior to War Start Time (Must sign up before this, rosters lock at this point)
    Activity Lock: Approximately 1 hour prior to the earliest War Start Time
    Start Time: This can vary up to 15 minutes. This will be reflected in your war timer.

    War #1 - War Start Time Shown *NOTE* War Size limit of 40-60 ACTIVE, NOT VEILED MEMBERS *NOTE*
    PST - Thursday - 12pm-12:30pm
    EST - Thursday - 3pm-3:30pm
    GMT - Thursday - 8pm-8:30pm
    SGT - Friday - 4am-4:30am

    War #2 - War Start Time Shown
    PST - Friday - 6pm-6:30pm
    EST - Friday - 9pm-9:30pm
    GMT - Saturday - 2am-2:30am
    SGT - Saturday - 10am-10:30am

    War #3 - War Start Time Shown
    PST - Saturday - 1pm-1:30pm
    EST - Saturday - 4pm-4:30pm
    GMT - Saturday - 9pm-9:30pm
    SGT - Sunday - 5am-5:30am

    War #4 - War Start Time Shown
    PST - Sunday - 6am-6:30am
    EST - Sunday - 9am-9:30am
    GMT - Sunday - 2pm-2:30pm
    SGT - Sunday - 10pm-10:30pm


    Estoc Trials FAQ
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    Q: Matchups are not fair/balanced/equal!
    A: We try our best to create the best possible matchups, taking into account everyone that signs up. Due to the # of signups we have, it's impossible to create a perfect matchup for everyone. We are looking into some possible solutions for this, one of which is to adjust the minimum and maximum clan sizes.

    Q: The lag is horrible and it is causing us to lose the war!
    A: This is a complex issue, and hopefully this explanation will put to rest some of the questions that have been brought up. A common situation where a delay in processing actions happens when one player receives many incoming actions. The player that is receiving this action will most likely experience the "spinner" for several seconds when they try to do an action themselves. At the end of this, they will receive a notice that says that they were knocked out. This is a point of frustration for many as they feel that if the spinner had not come up, they would be knocked out. While our servers may take a few seconds to resolve all of the actions (it can be easily over 20 at once), we do record when we receive each action and the action that was triggered first will receive the Knock Out. Chances are, if you had 9 incoming actions and you tried to attack, you chances of being the first action is ~10%. To reiterate, while it may take our servers some time to determine the results, the results are fair and the first action that was performed will go through. Now, we are doing what we can to reduce the amount of waiting time players experience, and have been upgrading our hardware to accommodate for the number of actions that occur during Estoc Trials.

    Q: Will the war times change week to week?
    A: We will continue to examine and improve the wartimes, offering a larger variety of times and size restrictions to best suit our players.

    Next Week?
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    * Have something you want to talk about? Reply to this thread and we may add it to next week's discussions!
     
  2. * general. Thank you devs for the hard work. No complaints from me.
     
  3. Same thing different day
     
  4. Thank you devs :)
     
  5. Lol Hap , agree
     
  6. *matchup quality
     
  7. Sorry, but can someone explain to me what EEs are and how they benefit me, and how i can lose these effects?
     
  8. Kaw_admin, I hope you'll check my thread abt EE rewards since I got no answer from my feedbacks 3 days ago 
     
  9. Spelling mistake, thought i would point it out..
    :geek: :geek:
     
  10. Has been pointed out already. 1st page.
     
  11. Mob Nceb Tshaj
     
  12. @kaw admin
    Thanks for the apologies and all but the last time you said the red war paladin would be soon it was a week later. (No offense)

    So how soon is soon?
     
  13. Clan prestige should come with an additional clan bonus. You fight hard for that, any eb clan can stack their clan for strength. Strongest clan means nothing. Ability to win consistently shows teamwork.
     
  14. You are all sheep suckling at the Teet of the Dev's
     
  15. Suppor va. Currently ee a great arena for clans, would be cool to get bonus for clan prestige. Maybe prestiige would have to slowly degrade and maybe clans farming wouldnt see bonus but would be a nice bonus for hard working clans.
     
  16. Strange thing about the equipment, it was supposed to be released later last week... Pretty sure devs wouldn't release the same equipment again just so they can say they did it. Get rid of the contests and release then sooner, truthfully don't care about the name, only what kind of pricetag and stat boost they have.

    ~Thanks~