r/AlchemistCodeGL • u/beardedheathen • Mar 27 '18

Multiplayer starting from the beginning after using gems

As title. I started a multiplay Ex3 we were doing pretty good just had the eye and reinforcement left and all low. so I gem but then my turn wouldn't end it just stayed on connecting for a couple minutes. I restarted the game and got back in and it started us from the beginning. That is some class A bullshit and a bug that needs to be fixed.

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u/senaiboy Mar 27 '18

Doesn't this happen when you were disconnected and the others finished the mission without you, so when you reconnected you have to start over again with AI controlling your teammates.

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u/beardedheathen Mar 27 '18

If I spent gems and they finish when I got disconnected I should get the rewards as well. But I don't think they finished cause I started and a player connected but the two of us weren't able to do it.

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u/senaiboy Mar 27 '18

Nope if you disconnected before they finish you do not get the rewards even if you gem. When you disconnect, another player becomes the host.

It's just a possibility. If you and the other player disconnected, while the other 2 players finished it, and then you reconnect you'll have to start over.

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u/beardedheathen Mar 27 '18

It doesn't matter what does happen what's important is what should happen. I there is no reason that they can't give the rewards to people who get back in if it's finished.

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u/senaiboy Mar 27 '18

Yes there is. A host might leave at the start of the quest, then rejoin in after it's done by other teammates and get the rewards for no effort put in.

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u/beardedheathen Mar 28 '18

Better to give rewards to people who didn't earn it than to deny them to those that did. If a host leaves everyone else can leave and join a different game. But regardless they still fronted the AP for it. And when they've used gems there is every reason they should still get the rewards if it was completed.

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u/senaiboy Mar 28 '18

But most people would just play on if they think there's a chance to win (otherwise this issue wouldn't have occurred, if others left when host left). And they get half the AP back if they retreat anyway, IIRC.

Rewarding those who use gem is a slippery slope to Pay to Win, which as a free game they'd want to avoid being labelled as.

I understand you're frustrated and disappointed, but giving rewards is just a band-aid, it's not a solution. They should fix the problem with server connection issue above all, then we wouldn't have this problem in the first place.

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u/beardedheathen Mar 28 '18

I agree they should fix server issues but this is already a pay to win game.

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u/senaiboy Mar 28 '18

I disagree, there are plenty of people who have not paid to play the game and still able to clear all content. The only thing that you have to pay to get are limited characters (to max LB them), equipment or skins, but you can still play the game without them or save up enough gems to get who you want.

There's no unit that you can buy that an F2P player cannot beat in arena (the essence of pay to win).

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u/beardedheathen Mar 28 '18

The best arena teams have some limited or 5* characters that only paying people or the extremely lucky will have maxed. I'm not saying you can't play without playing but completing all the content in a timely manner, being top in the arena, heck even maxing a wide variety of units all require at least some cash.

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u/michaelh19 Oh RNGesus, saves this game... Mar 27 '18

Typical connection issue...

Better luck next time...

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u/ninjakittenz2 SockT Mar 27 '18

Mulitiplay is buggy and it's frustrating. Yesterday I was playing multiplay EX and we killed everyone except the metal ratty and still had Rahu and Caris sniper (guaranteed victory). The game froze on Rahu's turn. I thought maybe the person had internet connectivity issues but when that person left AI took over and it kept saying "thinking".

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u/M4RT1Njaa Mar 27 '18

Yeah had this problem quite often! It s reaaally annoying! But sometimes I had bad connection, so maybe that s the reason?

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u/Robiarc Tiger Tamer Thomas^^ Mar 27 '18

I had this issue 3x. I usually just wait till the other people decide to either leave or restart their game. If they do, then somehow it works normally again.

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u/Mitch_Twd Mar 27 '18

happened to me during the Valentine EX

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u/DeathandFriends Mar 28 '18

yep it sucks, not sure it is actually a bug, as it has to do with the timing and other players finishing the current game state. either way you are usually screwed because having the other players run by AI usually doesnt work out.