Punish players for multiple disconnects

That can be frustrating, but worse is the player that is GUARANTEED a win, but instead of simply clicking the "Fight" button, they continue to play card after to card after card to "show off". Or the opposite: They know they are beat but they continue play cards to show you "well I almost had you." Just win or lose and move on. I try not to concede in case they are trying to get goals like "do x damage". I feel if they beat me, they deserve it. I guess I am just too polite and fair-minded.

You should take into account that this game has quests based on playing certain cards (play 3 nuts, flowers, grave zombies,etc) so players will often want to play those even if they would win or lose. They could certainly do that against AI, they will often just want to get some ladder wins.

Funny, we think in very different ways and have different preferences, which shows exactly why game devs have a hard time designing successful things that appeal to everyone.

If I'm losing, I will concede as soon as I know I'm losing and will expect others to do the same. I actually find it more respectful for people to concede to me than to have them let me do the "final blow". If I want to do the 20 damage quest quickly I will play against AI but usually I just expect to play a couple of multiplayer games.

Yeah I will concede too unless it is the "final blow". More work to click - Gear - Concede - Confirm than just "Fight" :-)

Concede/Not Concede was not my main point. The EXTRA card players are annoying. Petty on both sides. In poker, we call it "slow rolling"...and it is highly frowned upon.

I wish there was a "speed mode":

1. If you have ZERO Brains to spend, and no zero cost cards, SKIP the Tricks round.
2. If you are guaranteed to Win if you hit Fight!, disallow playing additional cards. Same with guaranteed loss...just do it.
3. Give HALF the current time on the countdown per decision time. For each round, as you act, whatever time is left gets rolled over to the next round. That way, the quicker you act, the more you build up in case you really have to "think" during one round. OR ... as has happened to me with Humungus and Rustbolt, you have so many tricks to play you don't run out of time (especially with Going Viral).

I don't think they should change the main game to this, just offer a new "Turbo" mode. I think it would be fun and reward quick thinking. And very quick and easy for the devs to execute.

Thoughts?

Sounds like a good idea, though I can see a couple of issues that could cause

- Automatically doing something unless you have a specific card, means you can't bluff that you might have that card. This was an issue in other games I've played where they implemented that and had to end up removing it, since bluffing is often a big part of card games.

- I've won many games against opponents who had the win, but played a card that lost them the game. For example, playing a card that causes hitting the block meter at the wrong moment, allowing me to retaliate, prevent the last bit of damage and get my damage through. Those wins, few as they may be, cause very memorable experiences and I would rather keep them in favour of occasionally losing a few seconds because my opponent wants to show me they "still had all theze".

Having a buffer timer is a thing that is implemented in other games and works well. I second that idea. (I doubt there will be any more development on this game though).

I forgot about those "accidental wins". They are VERY rare, but yes, very "tasty". :-)

Did not consider bluffing.

I remember reading one poster say he intentionally runs the clock to the limit EVERY time in the hope he will frustrate the other player into "tilting", or even conceding. Sounds desperate to me.

Still like the idea of some type of speed mode -- like chess.

Here is one I forgot (it just happened to me): After playing VERY quickly all game, when it gets to the end, and they are about to deal a "death blow", they WAIT until the clock ticks ALL the way down before attacking. This time it was a Espresso Fiesta attack.

I don't know how you would make it fair, and I would not want it to effect their actual gameplay or matching, but it would be nice to have some sort of "Sportsmanship" or "Reputation" points that you could reward to / remove from other players when they do * like this. Then you would know the community reputation of the player.

Ha! This board censored out the word C R A P. Too funny.

I just realized that one thing that COULD be done is track "how many times they disconnect when they are GUARANTEED to lose on the next round". That would be very telling, and if the percentage/count gets too high, take some kind of action.

Again, it is a minor irritant, but I like playing people who are "policed" just a bit. At least make it known to them and others that "we see you are being a petulant punk loser".

:-P