Semi-Auto Assault

[joeyjordison]

Concise description:

• Give some kind of attack option that falls between a normal attack and auto-attack.

Specifics/Details:

• This can come in many different ways. See below:
  • Allow players to choose the number of attacks to roll with a box to type in.
  • Give a button or multiple buttons with various numbers of rolls on them. For instance, 1 Roll, 5 Rolls, 20 Rolls, etc.
  • Allow players to choose how many troops they want to lose/end with.
  • Allow players to choose how many troops they want to take away.
  • There are probably more options

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

• Sometimes you may want to only weaken a territory or see how well you roll at the beginning before finishing an attack.

[hecter]

This has been suggested before, but not quite like this. I still think it's a good idea though.

[Forza AZ]

Maybe you can make a 3rd option, which makes 10 attacks at 1 time (in stead of having to fill in a number yourself). This might be somewhat easier to implement. So you just get 3 buttons: attack, attack 10 times, auto attack.

So with 70 vs 50, you can press the 10 attack button, and then see how it turned out before you go on (or not).

[lackattack]

I think I like the x10 concept better than specifying the number of rolls in a drop down or text field.

Since I don't want to clutter the interface, what about getting rid of the Auto-Attack button and instead having optional checkboxes below the attack button:

Auto-Attack [] x5 [] x10 [] until 3 attackers

[wcaclimbing]

I think I like the x10 concept better than specifying the number of rolls in a drop down or text field.

Since I don't want to clutter the interface, what about getting rid of the Auto-Attack button and instead having optional checkboxes below the attack button:

Auto-Attack [] x5 [] x10 [] until 3 attackers

would we have to check it each attack, or would it remember which one you used last time?

[cyberdaniel]

Or you might have the text field, or drop down box somewhere else, say in "my settings" and keep the interface the same just the auto attack button will roll up to the number specified by you in the settings page.

[lackattack]

would we have to check it each attack, or would it remember which one you used last time?

check it each attack. the default should be normal because your next attack might be something completely different.

[wcaclimbing]

would we have to check it each attack, or would it remember which one you used last time?

check it each attack. the default should be normal because your next attack might be something completely different.

to me, that doesnt sound like a great idea.
I think it should keep both the attack button and the autoattack button, with the auto-attack button defaulted at attack until 3 are left like normal, but with check boxes under just the auto-attack button.

Having to check the boxes for EVERY attack would take a lot of time, and would also just be another "I CLICKED ATTACK WITH ALL INSTEAD OF ATTACK ONCE!!! YOU NEED TO FIX THE BUTTONS!!!".

If you are going to do this, at least leave the two buttons the way they are, just add the check boxes under the Auto-attack button.

[lackattack]

i think you misunderstood. the checkboxes would be optional and you attack normally if none are checked. Maybe it would need to say:

Auto-Attack (optional): [] x5 [] x10 [] until 3 attackers

Is that clear enough or will newbies be confused?

[happy2seeyou]

i think you misunderstood. the checkboxes would be optional and you attack normally if none are checked. Maybe it would need to say:

Auto-Attack (optional): [] x5 [] x10 [] until 3 attackers

Is that clear enough or will newbies be confused?

Maybe instead of "attackers" you could say "armies". Some people may not get it.

[AAFitz]

i think you misunderstood. the checkboxes would be optional and you attack normally if none are checked. Maybe it would need to say:

Auto-Attack (optional): [] x5 [] x10 [] until 3 attackers

Is that clear enough or will newbies be confused?

there will undoubtedly be some new players that will be confused, and it is approaching the complicated zone, but its not too bad...its too bad you cant just have Auto [] x5 [] x10 [] all but 3

but then new players would definitely be confused

[lackattack]

I said attackers instead of armies to differentiate between defending armies.

How about this...

Auto: [] 5 rolls [] 10 rolls [] to the death!


EDIT: Now I'm having second thoughts about this whole thing. It will mean an extra click to do an auto-attack which would annoy me because I use it very often!

[happy2seeyou]

I said attackers instead of armies to differentiate between defending armies.

How about this...

Auto: [] 5 rolls [] 10 rolls [] to the death!


EDIT: Now I'm having second thoughts about this whole thing. It will mean an extra click to do an auto-attack which would annoy me because I use it very often!

hahaha. Nice (to the death) but I thought that was what Auto did anyways... well I guess when ever I use it. I really like the idea of this option, but I am pretty sure that newbies won't understand it. What if it was an add on option that you could use on Mozilla?

[AAFitz]

I said attackers instead of armies to differentiate between defending armies.

How about this...

Auto: [] 5 rolls [] 10 rolls [] to the death!


EDIT: Now I'm having second thoughts about this whole thing. It will mean an extra click to do an auto-attack which would annoy me because I use it very often!

i think thats the cleanest....and youre gonna get questions anyways...so it might as well be pretty i was going to suggest that exactly, but i figured you wanted to put the 3 in there...I say leave it out...much more sporting looking...

also...you may want to hold off on the auto...you might win one...i stopped using it gained 1100 points...got cocky...and lazy...used it again and lost 800

[lackattack]

Nice (to the death) but I thought that was what Auto did anyways...

Yes, checking that off would be the equivalent of today's auto-attack button. Maybe this could be tucked away untill you click an [options] link next to the attack button. Maybe then we could also display

Advance: [] all [] none

Maybe all this should go live along with in-game popup help, which is somewhere on my to-do list...

also...you may want to hold off on the auto...you might win one...i stopped using it gained 1100 points...got cocky...and lazy...used it again and lost 800

I dunno... I sucked at this game even before we had auto-attack