If there's a demand for different round lengths why not just make it a more dynamic field? With a slider or something instead of 6 radial buttons with static choices. The gap between 5 minutes and 24 hours is pretty huge. Something like an hour round limit could be cool.

It's really the same argument I have for carrying troops over if you fault in manual deployment. To me maintaining the troop count is important.

Imagine playing on the classic map with escalating reinforcements. You get to the point where a few players are receiving 2-5 or so troops for bonuses and ...

I see what you're saying about this case opening up the possibility of more request for little tweaks and agree that could lead things down the wrong path. This wasn't really a mistake I ever expected was in the realm of possible and my whole point with this thread was to try save other people from ...

To your point about manual deployment being a clearly established thing. I don't think anyone builds their strategy around the chance their opponent with forget to deploy. So improving how it works will only help to create a more enjoyable game. It's just protecting against a single case and ...

Ah that's a hole in my understanding of how it works. The problem I have is that you lose all the troops if you don't play them in that first turn. So yes I am advocating that you change what happens when time runs out at the end of deployment.

Manual Troop Deployment Improvement

Related to this bug report.
I didn't realize this was an intended behavior at the time.

Problem

When manually deploying initial troops in round 1 if you close the browser you lose all troops that were not deployed.

Suggestion

I have two suggestions that ...