Build 370 Released!

Don't worry, it's a "feature".
I wouldn't mind the new counter if it were implemented for ONLY the resource gathering/adding part. It's pretty difficult to count how much stone you have left and on-fly-calculation isn't viable when you have a few knights chasing you. Another problem also caused by the counter deals with bombs and arrows; when I'm on the battlefield, I want to know how many bombs and arrows I'm carrying at that exact moment.
I hate running to a group of enemies only to realize that I have [1] -1 bombs left.

If anything, keep this an option to players/server admins. If it must stay, make it more responsive (starts counting down right away, rather than the ~2 second wait). Either one would solve our problems.

 

Is the resource counter SERIOUSLY that hard for you guys to figure out? Notice that little + or - then a number next to whatever you pick up, drop, or use? Yeah, that's what you have. FFS.

 

No, I can understand that you don't wanna read. Dude up top is like, "THIS SUCKS CUZ I CAN'T TELL IF I USED ALL MY BOMBS OR NOT TIL 5 MINS AFTER." Like, really?

 

Ah, makes sense. I haven't really had any issues yet, but I don't pick up a bomb and use it immediately after. So that would explain it.

 

wait you can't even USE a bomb you picked up until the counter finishes?
That's probably a bug, but come to think of it, this whole counter debacle could be an inadvertent precursor to an inventory system. On the other hand, you don't have to put a bomb in your figurative backpack to then take it back out and light it. Picked up materials might require some sort of symbolic processing before regurgitation as blocks, but then that small interval would rarely change anything.

 

But you're missing the point. It's not just about what YOU do, and what YOU would most likely do. In the midst of battle, after somehow shaking off one or 2 knights and one of the drops their remaining bombs, I'd like to know then and there, at the precise moment I pick them up, how many do I have at hand, so in case there's still 6 more bloodthirsty knights in front of me, I can calculate then if I can take them all out, run away or go suicide bomb.

While I'm not dismissing YOUR opinion, I wouldn't like it if you tried to void MINE or anyone elses. Ultimately, you have to consider what the wide spectrum of variables and probabilities that other people will encounter during their gameplay.

 

Agreed. At a cursory glance, all I pay attention to is the clear, white lettering, not the offset, fading green symbols. I am partly conditioned by experience to do this, but it's obviously the more intuitive system regardless of whether I can get "used" to the change.

 

Make it so that spectators can see everything bright, please :)
Thanks.
It's a pain to see in the night, especially in the shadows.

On the other hand, then you can change to spectator to spy on the enemy team more easily. ( You can already )
Maybe if you put it so that you can't join spectator, if you play on one of the teams, but that's a bit harsh. You probably have some other ideas, but I can't think of any at the moment :p It's kind of the same as changing team to see what your enemy is doing and change back, except you can see everything.

A simple solution would be that when you join a server, a window shows up: "Which team do you want to play as?" Instead of just autoassigning. If it's unbalanced, you have to pick the team with the less players or spectator. If you choose spectator, you cannot change team until the next round? If you quit and rejoin in quick session, you will be autoassigned to the team you were on previously.

Blergh... Maybe not one of the best ideas I've had so far :p Oh well.

Yes, and how come ladders don't stop fall damage anymore :l Have a Co-op server, but all the bots just die, cause the ladders won't stop them from dying. I have to make like big things that take a lot of space. Also, the bots are so stupid ._. I mean, I put some trapdoors (their team) over a hole into oblivion and they absolutely HAVE to just press down and fall.

 

Yes some older players are still used to down (i was used to it for like 50 builds after it got moved.)

 

I believe it has more to do with the "idea" of not being able to throw. It seems people think they have to wait until the green counter adds to the normal counter to actually have the resources. In my experience, whenever you try to use a +X resource, the counter adds it inmediately, so the original 3 +3 = 0 +3 bombs bombs with fancy (a bit confusing) graphics.

 

Here's a suggestion, for the next build instead of trying to add a whole bunch of things just try and fix everything in this build so we can have a stable build for a while, then release a huge update eventually when you've figured out what you wanted to introduce and make it as good as you can.
Because KAG's falling into the sinkhole of "that with every 1 new thing made, 2 bugs will also be made"
Btw I'm loving this build! (it's the best I've seen since 170)

 

Well Crellie, if you have been looking at the change-log they haven't been adding much substantial stuff since 190, until zombies, the after zombies they haven't added much, not many game mechanics, other than corpses, most of the major bugs are gone, Arrow glitch, but the main problem is Bashing is severely f****** at the moment.
Also an idea for the devs, is instead of working on everything focus on one class or problem, like start with the least problematic then work your way to the most buggy so, Builder --> Archer --> Knight :O then maybe generators and then authentication or whatever, just an idea, so it isn't blotchy and everything is broken, so then we could have some working mechanics, also what about test builds for some more major bugs? Sorry for dragging on a bit.