Recent posts by playmage on Kongregate

Topic: Time World / A question for playmage

Originally posted by nvillian:

Originally posted by trommy:

stall-mav don’t distract him from developing……………………

FAIL
PM isn’t a developer, he’s just a horrible excuse for Public Relations
Examples of this fact can been seen whenever PM makes comments in regards to having to “ask the developers”

We are the developer and the publisher of the game. When I say “ask the devs”, I am referring to our internal development team.

Topic: Time World / Speed Clarification

We just patched in an potential fix for the rare cases that may cause the speed buff not to kick-in and expire immediately in certain situations. Please send me an message (with battle report numbers) if anyone else still notice any discrepancies with firing order since this patch.

Originally posted by hatemakingnames:

Originally posted by playmage:

I have verified that the speed calculation code is pretty much what boredpoo posted for the first time ((BaseShipSpeed + HeroSpeedSkill + ShipDeviceSkill) x NightMare x EnhanceSpeed)

Hmm…I thought device speed used to say it was a % modifier with 1% per level.. Unless I’m just thinking of every other single device. :)

You are just thinking of other devices that adds 1% per level.

Topic: Time World / A question for playmage

They will be released together with the next expansion, currently planned for early July.

Topic: Time World / When do suspensions get lifted?

We usually don’t ban players just because they are using multiple accounts. You have to be doing something that is pretty obviously wrong to get banned, such as collaborating between those accounts, doing self referrals, or boosting arena ranking. The length of suspension usually is determined by severity of exploit and extreme cases and multiple violations (eg. taking advantage of referral and boosting arena) will usually result in a permanent ban.

Topic: Time World / Hey you, Playmage.

The forum is provided for players to talk about the game itself. There are better means to send (or to relay) a message that is only directed at a particular player (or the dev).

Locking this thread as it’s a flame/troll bait. Feel free to start another thread to discuss why you think the game is horrible.

Topic: Time World / Speed Clarification

I have verified that the speed calculation code is pretty much what boredpoo posted for the first time ((BaseShipSpeed + HeroSpeedSkill + ShipDeviceSkill) x NightMare x EnhanceSpeed), and it’s applied for all players. So from what I can see so far, the code is correct and there is no reason Adelaine shouldn’t fire first.

Did G42 have Nitemare when Adeline attacked Lolitops the second time in the battle shown in the screenshot? When the dev get’s back into the office, I will ask them to look for other possible factors and rerun the battle in their development simulator. But if anyone has any additional information on this, please let us know.

Update: I found something in the code that looks a little strange and might be the cause, but still need the devs to verify/test/fix this when they get back into the office.

Topic: Time World / Feedback and Suggestions

The flash client has been patched so private chat should be defaulted again (refresh may be required for those already in the game).

Topic: Time World / Get rid of View or reorder it!

The flash client has been patched so private chat should be defaulted again (refresh may be required for those already in the game).

Topic: Time World / Get rid of View or reorder it!

I will ask the devs to look into reordering it so it’s default with private message highlighted.

Topic: Time World / Announcements and Patch Notes

Update May 9, 2013

• You can now click no a players name in chat (when not in battle) to “view” their solar system.
• Fixed a bug that might cause a debuff to disappear in team based War of Heroes when multiple player throw debuff skills at the same target at the same time.
• Minor bug fixes.
• Minor UI improvements.

Next Expansion is currently planned for early July. We will post more details about the expansion later this month.

Topic: Time World / GET RID OF EASTER ALREADY

They have been removed.

Topic: Time World / MF Bug

We just patched a fix for a potential cause to this while removing the easter gear. Please send me a private message if you are still always being targeted more than your galaxy member all the time (please wait for a day or two for enough data).

Note, this possibly may cause players who almost never lose MF to start losing them when fighting strong teams (we just made the MF targeting completely random).

Topic: Time World / GET RID OF EASTER ALREADY

It will be removed in the next day or so.

Topic: Time World / Bugs and Glitches

Originally posted by Lifia:

For some reason, i didn’t get the pillar mail reward (and maybe the reward) (Otis rank 1 at about 12h35).

Did your all your galaxy mate receive the mail at the expected time? Were you deleting mail around time the pillar was destroyed? If so, the mail (not the coupons rewarded) probably just got lost in the shuffle.

Topic: Time World / Building Rankings

Originally posted by stalliga888:

If there are several players at the same ranking in build rank what decides who comes 1st? E.g Rank 30 – 37 all have the same build score of 2,990,000. What decides these rankings when score is the same?

Just got an answer from our devs on this. Currently, it’s based on reverse ascii order of the names, eg: z-to-a followed by Z-to-A. We may use something less silly in future updates, such as player’s internal account id (favoring older accounts).

Topic: Time World / Do NOT play multiple accounts

We recently received couple reports that a few players have obtained accounts from previous Time World players, and have been using these accounts in coordination with their own account for various activities, including attacking pillars. – Please be advised that you shall NOT use multiple accounts with ANY coordination, regardless whether you created the accounts, inherited them from previous players, or even have temporary access to them for babysitting. We do not advice giving away or inheriting Kongregate/TW accounts period.

We have noted the accounts that have been reported and will be monitoring them for any coordinations. If found, both accounts used in coordination may be subjected to suspension/ban as mentioned in the first post of this thread.

Topic: Time World / Out of the frying pan and in to the fire

We are aware of issues of the pillar system for weaker galaxies and the suggestions/ideas mentioned (adding tiers to pillar system, new galaxy-based content for stronger galaxies and make pillar suitable for weaker galaxies, creating easier galaxy-based gameplay to earn coupons for weaker galaxies) have been noted.

We will try to come up with ways to resolve this issue by the next expansion. For now, an 8th place finish (200 coupons per active participating member) has been added effective for the next pillar destroyed.

Topic: Time World / Bugs and Glitches

Originally posted by averycardoza:

Has happened to me as well.

What he means is while trying to enchant sometimes you can click on the + sign again(lag maybe??) and it will do both upgrades but the graphics for the first upgrade won’t vanish and blocks all clicks where the graphic is at.

For example, Buying 50 gems and spam clicking on the + will sometimes make it happen, Greater chance for it to happen if you click on the build/tech ones seeing as how the graphic doesn’t block those + signs

Thanks for the report. This bug has been noted and should be fixed with our next update/expansion.

Originally posted by Demonic_Create:

I can’t play the game at all, as soon as the title loads my planet I have the daily spin available but I can’t click it at all I’ve tried to refresh to see if that was causing a problem but that did not help at all. This just recently happened and is now happening even if I help someone with reducing their time to build. I can’t click anything at all. Why is this occurring?

Additional information:
Browser: Google Chrome Version 26.0.1410.43 m
Computer: PC
Frequency: All the time on multiple computers not just one.
Plugins/other devices updated: Everything is up to date and was reinstalled just recently.

Try clearing your cache (choose from beginning of history), then restart the browser. Also make sure you are not running things like noscript or other script blocking addon/plugin, and if you are, please add kong.perfectgalaxy.com as an exception.

Originally posted by swcooper:

Assigning ships.

2 minor things.
1) when changing MF type (e.g. swapping between pillar/PvP designs) – can’t just add the new design and press assign (unlike with MS or other classes), have to unequip the existing fort, then assign the new.
2) when trying to put full ships on a hero who can take 29MS, the drag bar will only ever get to 28. Not seen this at any other value, but very repeatably at 29.

Thanks for the report, we will look into this one.

Originally posted by Okkujy:

From the previous 2v2 tournament,I won a green s2 armor of heros parry +4 & role life +2 …. but when I equipped that,my WoH avatar came dark and with a ’ ! ’ sign….when I removed that,it’s ok again….why is this happening??
If it’s a bug,I’m requesting to Developers to remove the bug….At least take any step that helps me & I can equip that without any trouble….

It seems that your browser failed to download the appropriated animation pack for that item, please try clearing the browser cache (from beginning of history) and then restart the browser to see if it helps.

Topic: Time World / Announcements and Patch Notes

Update March 29, 2013

• Added Easter Event. 3/29-4/08
  • 2 new sets of Easter Coupon Gears
  • The bunny boss is back, slightly stronger than last year.
  • Get a bonus chest daily during the event.
  • Bonus chests and fragments ends on 4/08. Coupon gears to end 2 weeks afterwards.

• Maximum hero slots increased to 40. (note: WoH hand maximum is still unchanged at 40)
• Increased resource reward prizes for insane level WoH bosses.
• Totem warning now only send when it falls below 60M. (10% instead of 20% max hp)
• Fixed a bug that prevented vice leaders from properly sending mass mails.
• Minor bug fixes.

Topic: Time World / In favor of 300M starting HP

We do the best we can to accomodate for players’ feedbacks after major updates or expansions. For example, the removal of the friends bar, adding new tech/building levels, lowering difficulty of insane staudt, adding better rewards for chapter 14, and lower HP of pillars. Sometimes we make changes between expansion as well to address problems such as the merge-pillar exploit and adding guarantees to skill upgrades. If someone do have a different opinion for what other expressed on the forum at any time, please do speak up so we know your opinion, so there is no surprises when we implemented a change which we thought was desired by the majority represented. If you don’t feel comfortable posting on the forum due to the hostile environment (sometimes we do not comfortable posting on the forum either, even though we posted around 600 responses in this forum last year), please feel to send me a private message instead so we know your thoughts.

I am aware there are been suggestions of other ways to fix the pillar issue other than adjusting HP, but we were unable to implement a better solution this expansion. For now, I have set the starting HP to 210m as a compromise between the two sides. This should be a good projected natural adjustment increase based on increased hero level/strength and newer techs. Also, the max HP is still significant higher now so there is room to adjust starting HP in the future if needed, and galaxies can donate ahead of time to increase their pillar HP significantly.

If anyone has further issues on this or any other question/issues they want to bring up regarding the expansion or Time World in general, please feel free send me a private message. I usually try to respond to all inquiries within day or two, unless I am traveling or on extended break/trip (like earlier this week) . We are currently understaffed on the support side right now, but we are in the process of hiring another GM to help me with the moderation of the forums and providing more prompt responses to our players.

Topic: Time World / Bugs and Glitches

A flooding control mechanism has been added to list of potential features for future update/expansions. Until it’s implemented, please send me private messages to report someone intentionally abusing the message system and harassing other players mass amount of in-game messages, I will send out a warning then start to issue suspensions if the warning is ignored.

Topic: Time World / Announcements and Patch Notes

Update March 14, 2013

• Based on the feedback, all new pillars now will start with only 25% of maximum HP, at 210M.

[Edit] this is now set to 210M after responses against lowered HP when we initially lowered back to 150M. We will leave the starting HP at this value for few days to see how things are before making further adjustments.

Topic: Time World / Bugs and Glitches

Thanks for all the reports, we are looking into all unresolved issues.

Regarding the mass email spam – this seems to be intentionally sent as we could not find any code error that would cause it. I have manually erased all 329 spam messages.

I will ask the dev team to look into the free visit mechanism. If the task has already been completed/cancelled, then it designed not to work. But if it reached max help limit but the task still exist, the original design (which the update note is based on) is that you still do the free visit but do not help. I have not been informed that this mechanism was changed by my dev team…

Topic: Time World / Announcements and Patch Notes

Update March 11, 2013

• Added building level 36-40. (no image changes until we can add them later)
• Added tech level 36-40.
• First time defeating chapter 14 final boss should reward a random lv35-60 purple equipment. Those already beat it have been manually credited 310 to purchase an royal box.
• Slightly weakened the insane level for General Staudt by reduce his HP and initial card pool.
• Fixed progress display issue.
• Fixed display issue for synthesize purple card.
• Friends bar for Kongregate version will be removed once Kongregate staff gets around to it.

Topic: Time World / Chapter 14 rewards?

Originally posted by frogwithpower:

“Fight the elite army of the Professor and obtain “The Hourglass” from Master Heddon.”
From the announcements thread.. so I’m still waiting to see what this hourglass is, and if it’s just +2 max ap, it suucks. I hope it’s a bug and u forgot to add something.

I just checked wit the dev team on this, and it seems to be an oversight on their part because normally there is a planet rewarded every expansion but not this time since it’s 1 chapter instead of 2. We are going to make the chapter 14 final boss to drop a random level 35-60 purple items (just like the royal box), and reward those already beat the boss with 310 gold during the patch, so they can purchase the equivalent from the mall.