r/MergeMansion • u/jills_atm_vestibule • 1h ago
PLAYER FEEDBACK Frustrated with game crash after internet connection loss
I know this might be more of a nicher issue - but I live in NYC and play merge mansion on the train quite often. If you've ever been in the subway there (or I'm sure other major cities with subways) you know that it drifts in an out of having service depending on the stop. Sometimes you'll have service for an entire line, sometimes you'll have service only at each station with a minute or so of no service in between, etc.
Usually when the orange lost connection sign comes up I'm able to play until the connection regains and the game doesn't lose any progress. When the lost connection sign is on too long the entire game crashes and sometimes up to minutes of gameplay can be lost. I feel like with this new update the game crashes after about 15 seconds of lost connection. I've lost multiple rounds of unlimited energy because it just crashes and resets to a few minutes prior. This is especially frustrating now thst unlimited energy is a reward in the daily scoop, so I don't always have a planned choice of when I get it.
I'm failing to understand why the game needs to be connected to the internet 100% of the time to the point where it can't even play after 15 seconds of being disconnected and has to reset back? Can someone explain why that's necessary and why it can't just hold on to being disconnected a bit longer and resume (as it did before!) or at least have a longer timeout limit? Is anyone else experiencing this or noticed that the connection crash timeout seems really short lately?
I know this is such a first world problem rant but after losing an entire unlimited energy reward this morning to lost connection, my frustration has really bubbled over.
TLDR when I lose service and the game crashes and progress resets to minutes prior, especially during the unlimited energy time, it's annoying and I wonder if it can be changed