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LordBeric wrote: ↑07 April 2022, 19:50

Joe wrote: ↑07 April 2022, 16:08 Alright, let me add a proposal - if the defending player does not have a relevant card, the "reaction" to an Attack could be skipped by the system, or? Does save a bit of back-and-forth (without any action, having no card)...

Or do I remember the rules incorrectly and there is a way to react to an attack other than with a card?
And/or is this a preparation for any effects in an expansion? Do not remember if any special units/assets allow for reactions on an Attack...

You cannot react to attack.
Exception: if you have Ambush card. In the Online game you can (secretly) set Ambush card to active mode, in which case AI decides in which attack will be activated. Or you can - not set active mode of the card, in which case you activate it manually before the attack of your choice (but you've got to be quick).
Dont think that any expansion change this.

ViolentSilence wrote: ↑08 April 2022, 16:05 I don't like the idea of completely passing over control of when the card fires to an AI, but I can see it has problems in the turn based game especially as it would add lots of turns if it asks about every attack (also tipping off the other player that you have it in your hand)

ViolentSilence wrote: ↑08 April 2022, 16:05

LordBeric wrote: ↑07 April 2022, 19:50

Joe wrote: ↑07 April 2022, 16:08 Alright, let me add a proposal - if the defending player does not have a relevant card, the "reaction" to an Attack could be skipped by the system, or? Does save a bit of back-and-forth (without any action, having no card)...

Or do I remember the rules incorrectly and there is a way to react to an attack other than with a card?
And/or is this a preparation for any effects in an expansion? Do not remember if any special units/assets allow for reactions on an Attack...

You cannot react to attack.
Exception: if you have Ambush card. In the Online game you can (secretly) set Ambush card to active mode, in which case AI decides in which attack will be activated. Or you can - not set active mode of the card, in which case you activate it manually before the attack of your choice (but you've got to be quick).
Dont think that any expansion change this.

I suspect they're confusing it with other iterations of the C&C engine - In Napoleonics and Battle Lore you 'battle back' against close assaults, and in Ancients you do the same if you don't chose to evade an attack (which you can only do with certain light troops). As for the Ambush card, I wonder if it would be better if you could specify units that you want to be asked about? I don't like the idea of completely passing over control of when the card fires to an AI, but I can see it has problems in the turn based game especially as it would add lots of turns if it asks about every attack (also tipping off the other player that you have it in your hand)

Gabrielino77 wrote: ↑08 April 2022, 20:18 I have a simple suggestion for improvement.
When someone has a table open, could you make it so that the scenario name is visible to people thinking about joining the table? Right now I can only see a scenario number, which many people (myself included) have no idea what number is assigned to each scenario.

Tisaac wrote: ↑08 April 2022, 06:28

TexArcher wrote: ↑08 April 2022, 01:17 Yes, please add Napoleonics and/or Ancients as soon as possible!

And thanks for this one. It's a pretty good gateway wargame and a nice fit for a site like this.

No, nothing else is in the work and this kind of greedy comments is not helping at all to make it happen. This topic is not about a early access to the game, it's about helping testing the game so please don't apply if your only goal is "I want to play the game ASAP!!!"