Force quit and airplane mode is cheating.

"VonZant;c-1956082" wrote:

"Kyno;c-1956047" wrote:

"Rake6;d-213178" wrote:
Yeah it is. My team gained victory and TM so they should keep it. Force close and airplane mode is pure cheating. Remove that.

If someone's game crashes or the app hangs up, how are you claiming victory?

The only "fair" way to remove this would be to make it so that unless the battle is finished nothing counts. That would be a ridiculous change to implement.

I understand this point, but crashes are rare. Airplane mode is rampant. All games have a drawback when you disconnect. Many games give you a cool down timer from entering a new match. In many games if you had a number of disconnects in 1 day you will receive an hour or two ban. Does it stink for the rare player that gets a disconnect? Yes. Stop playing and go somewhere where there is a better connection.

Why don't people just use the forfeit button that is provided to us by the devs? Why do they use airplane? Because it gives an extra benefit.

This. Other online games that I played would immediately give me an error/disconnection screen if I turned on the airplane mode, as it should just not work in a pvp related game mode. But I also experienced the cooldown version where you can reenter the battle if relogging fast enough.

"VonZant;c-1955627" wrote:

"TVF;c-1955618" wrote:

"VonZant;c-1955616" wrote:

"TVF;c-1955581" wrote:
Why is there an option to retreat then?

I would guess that button was implemented long before TW and GA were released and was intended for Galactic War and perhaps raids.

The teams are AI controlled. I see no reason not to give them this successful defense reward.

Because as stated above, a signal loss or app crash would also result in TM load, when it's no fault of the user (usually).

TM loading is a pretty big penalty to begin with, when you think about it. And in fact, there's strategy involved in deciding when to post a result and when to not post it.

Finally, the devs have never said anything about it. No different than shard chats.

You can split crash from airplane mode and/or retreat. If it was intended to be in game they would have a "fight for no negative consequences" button.

I dont belive its cheating because the game allows it. But it penalizes strong defensive teams because you can "test" as much as you want against them.

You lose your characters though. You can't start a battle without an internet connection. No matter what happens next, your toons can't be used again.

This is a mobile game and mobile data can be spotty. Can you imagine the outrage if every connection hiccup and every crash caused preloaded TM? It's bad enough that your team is gone and you lose banners even if you win with another team. The devs apparently decided that a connection loss, regardless of the cause (which the app likely can't determine anyway), should be treated like a retreat. Good luck trying to change their minds.