[UI] Semi-Auto Assault

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:14 am

I like the dropdown menu, with it set at having 3 men surviving.

khazalid · Post by **khazalid** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:28 pm

<Body>:

* Suggestion Idea:

a 'stop' on auto attacking

* Specifics:

basically you can set the amount of armies when it stops attacking. if i have 20 armies and i want it to stop auto attacking at say 10 then i just (theoretically) scroll to ten next to auto attack et voila.

* Why it is needed:

because auto attack it way too tempting but very damaging if you get particularly poor series of rolls

* Priority** (1-5): 3?4?

billval3 · Post by **billval3** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:40 pm

Good idea.

khazalid · Post by **khazalid** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:52 pm

thanks. i do have them occasionally

sully800 · Post by **sully800** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:00 pm

This has been suggested before, but I still like the idea.

khazalid · Post by **khazalid** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:07 pm

that might have been me actually.

i couldnt remember.

was it rejected for a reason?

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:01 pm

I like to keep the game interface as uncluttered as possible, and I have lots of better stuff (in my opinion) on my to-do list, so that's why I rejected this idea in the past.

HotShot53 · Post by **HotShot53** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:05 pm

if this was implemented, I might actually use auto-attack... I've only used auto attack a couple times, and got burned like 1/3 of those times, it seemed... so I never use it

hawkeye · Post by **hawkeye** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:13 pm

HotShot53 wrote:if this was implemented, I might actually use auto-attack... I've only used auto attack a couple times, and got burned like 1/3 of those times, it seemed... so I never use it

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:25 pm

i like the idea...i'm tired of losing tons of troops with auto attack, or clicking the button tons of times by just attacking

dancingchiapet · Post by **dancingchiapet** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:41 am

i agree, maybe have the options be 5, 10, 20 or 5, 10, 15, 20; whatever.

I just don't like doing a 20 vs 17 battle and coming out of it 3 v 14 with no warning.

CreepyUncleAndy · Post by **CreepyUncleAndy** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:39 pm

Maybe Auto-Attack should automatically stop/pause as soon as the armies in your attacking territory are reduced to less than 4 -- that way, it stops once you loose the advantage of attacking with 3 dice. :idea:

AK_iceman · Post by **AK_iceman** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:41 pm

CreepyUncleAndy wrote:Maybe Auto-Attack should automatically stop/pause as soon as the armies in your attacking territory are reduced to less than 4 -- that way, it stops once you loose the advantage of attacking with 3 dice.

It already does this. :-s

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:43 pm

Actually, why don't we let auto attack roll only 6's? I think that solves the issue.

--Andy

CreepyUncleAndy · Post by **CreepyUncleAndy** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:51 pm

It does? I almost never use it, and it only got me hosed once.... But I like the other Andy's idea as long as it also makes the defender only roll sixes! :lol:

Herakilla · Post by **Herakilla** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:53 pm

i love auto attack, i use it instead of regular attack and makes for a different strategy and i dont get hosed very often! prolly like once or twice a game!

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:02 pm

great idea and i hope it is implemented

Marvaddin · Post by **Marvaddin** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:27 pm

Maybe the auto attack can stop if you lose 4 or 6 in a roll...

khazalid · Post by **khazalid** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:36 pm

good call marv

D.IsleRealBrown · Post by **D.IsleRealBrown** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:47 pm

Leave enemy with 1 or 2 armies instead of taking the country.

I find strategically, sometimes I with I could do this.

kcoenich · Post by **kcoenich** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:53 pm

I agree, its a good idea.

CreepyUncleAndy · Post by **CreepyUncleAndy** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:11 pm

OPTION:

How about "Auto-Attack until surviving AttackingArmies < DefendingArmies?"

....If you auto attack at a numerical disadvantage, the computer will ask you WTF R U DUIN?!!!?!?! and then ask for confirmation y/n to continue auto-attacking at a numerical disadvantage.

D.IsleRealBrown · Post by **D.IsleRealBrown** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:24 pm

Yes, that was going to be my next point, most people stop attacking after they have less armies than the "defender".

Molacole · Post by **Molacole** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:20 pm

doesn't that take away the risk factor of the auto attack button?

It would be nice if you could set it up to stop attacking after x amount of troops die though. An option for both the attacking number and defending number. That would be nice for maps like 2.0 where the numbers get high fast so it could really speed things up.

Contrickster · Post by **Contrickster** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:57 pm

Context

X has 100 armies on Britain. Y has 50 armies on Iceland. Z has 75 armies on Greenland.

Xs go.

X doesn't want to auto fight Y because if he wins he thinks he will be sufficiently weakened that he'll be conquered on the next go by Z. He decides to get a card elsewhere.

Ideally, X would like to pare down the armies on Iceland because Iceland is in the way of the real battle between X and Z (neither whom really want to attack Y first).

So X rolls dice again and again and again and again attacking Iceland until he's down to 75 armies on Britain and then stops. X managed to reduce Iceland from 50 to 30 armies.

X finishes his go.

Idea

I'd like an auto-pare down attack option whereby we can choose how many armies to attack with beforehand to mitigate risk of army loss/save time & bandwidth on rolls. If I have 100 armies I specify I want to attack with 25. If I have 10 armies I say I want to attack with 7. Etc.

Rather big change that I suspect would be too radical for universal feature but may be an idea for new a game option.

[UI] Semi-Auto Assault

great idea for auto attack

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Auto-Attack Options

New Attack Option: pare down armies