6x or 8x Speed Necessary

I still don't get how a timer that makes it faster would help. and now speeding it more up makes it last longer? I'm so confused.

"HK666;c-1628902" wrote:
He means that some teams (Bastila teams at the moment) take longer than 5 minutes to beat, even at times 4 speed.

Seems like a valid request, because time-out teams as far I know aren't supposed to really to exist.

Why not? Seems like a valid strategy.

"Monel;c-1628930" wrote:

"3pourr2;c-1628746" wrote:
A tie breaker would be nice

This! Whomever has the most characters left should be the default winner.

So I can run an EP lead with IPD, kill 1 character in the opposing team in the first 30 seconds then do nothing for the remaining 4 minutes and 30 seconds? No thank you.

"Gifafi;c-1628913" wrote:
I still don't get how a timer that makes it faster would help. and now speeding it more up makes it last longer? I'm so confused.

Not timer speed up. Animation speed. 1, 2 and 4x speed never impacts timer but having an option for faster character gameplay sounds good to me!

Not needed, . . Adapt and improvise to the situation,

I mean seriously, . . What’s next? Skip all animations cuz they take to long to move is what I figure will be next . . .

Removing animations entirely is another valid option. TM bar hits 100, damage and buffs appear. Most time saving, harder to track. Having the option doesn't take away from any player at all (unless CG makes a team where you must turn animations off in order to beat in a reasonable time frame)

@jhbuchholz

if you ran EP lead, blew up IPD, and timed out, you'd both be at four turns. You do make a valid point of just fighting till you have a numbers advantage and then waiting

I don't think time-out teams are what the devs had in mind when they release sustaining toons. I could be wrong, but its hard to believe they think having us lose to a clock winding town, especially if victory is possible. Sounds unfun

Not a valid option, at that point you might as well stop,playing . The po8nt was to highlight how ridiculous these threads are.

"Gifafi;c-1628913" wrote:
I still don't get how a timer that makes it faster would help. and now speeding it more up makes it last longer? I'm so confused.

Speeding up animations, while keeping the same 5 minutes duration, will make it possible to take more turns during the battle.

"HK666;c-1629092" wrote:
Removing animations entirely is another valid option. TM bar hits 100, damage and buffs appear. Most time saving, harder to track. Having the option doesn't take away from any player at all (unless CG makes a team where you must turn animations off in order to beat in a reasonable time frame)

@jhbuchholz

if you ran EP lead, blew up IPD, and timed out, you'd both be at four turns. You do make a valid point of just fighting till you have a numbers advantage and then waiting

I don't think time-out teams are what the devs had in mind when they release sustaining toons. I could be wrong, but its hard to believe they think having us lose to a clock winding town, especially if victory is possible. Sounds unfun

Thanks for understanding the EP/IPD point despite the clumsy example ;)

"GhostTruckin;c-1628979" wrote:
Not needed, . . Adapt and improvise to the situation,

I mean seriously, . . What’s next? Skip all animations cuz they take to long to move is what I figure will be next . . .

Well thought out response with lots of justifications. Reasoning at its best. Fine work here. Thanks for clarifying.

Timeout teams were an issue in the past which is why they introduced a 4x animation speed. They're becoming an issue again with all of the health/prot. regen in the latest wave of toons. The animations are cool, but not at the expense of losing a match, in my opinion. A lot of us don't have 3.9M GP to "adapt and improvise" with.

"Gifafi;c-1628913" wrote:
I still don't get how a timer that makes it faster would help. and now speeding it more up makes it last longer? I'm so confused.

Speeding up the timer simply means you take more actions in that 5 minute timer period. You aren't getting less time your moving faster. So instead of maybe doing two attacks in 5 seconds you are doing 3 attacks in 5 seconds. More moves in 5 minutes = less chance of running out of time before defeating the other team.