Faster speed settings

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Pipcelot
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Faster speed settings

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Would it be possible to have a faster speed setting for wingspan. I have so far put thumbs down on 20% of my opponents because they are too slow, but within the time limit allotted for fast speed. A good game players use between 8 to 12 minutes, a rare 14 minutes, but the speed settings for wingspan are not in sync with how fast a regular player plays. It would be very nice if these could be shortened with 30%, too actually ensure a fast game.
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Re: Faster speed settings

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For Wingspan's specific time speed settings, see my response in a previous thread here: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... 44#p128344

It could be worth asking BGA for a "very fast" table speed setting, which would be available for all games. There is an open suggestion report to the entire site to do just that: https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=43351
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Re: Faster speed settings

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As suggested I have voted for speed settings and read your other post. So is this time setting flexible?.. meaning in the beginning you set it to 30 secs, will we ever get there again if we all play fast?
I report almost any player that goes over time and use the expel button to speed them up, once it's obvious it's not a connection issue and I personally block any player that plays 18 min or slower, but they just keep coming :-(
Maybe it's a sign to start playing something else than wingspan :D

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Re: Faster speed settings

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Pipcelot wrote: 09 February 2023, 11:59 I report almost any player that goes over time
I don't think going over time is a reportable offense (expulsion, penalties and red marks are already enough). If you systematically report every player that goes over time, you could get a moderation penalty for "abusing" the report system.
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I haven't gotten a warning for doing it and they did play slow and go over time (I am not reporting people for going over time once or twice, stuff happens - thus I did write ALMOST :) ) we are talking about repeated slow play, ignoring the fact that it's a timed event.
It would help if we could disallow UNDO, like when playing AZUL
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For me, I think adding a timer on confirm moves would help immensely. Most of the time I forget it doesn’t have a timer like most games and that makes the game go by way slower
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Pipcelot wrote: 09 February 2023, 14:54 I haven't gotten a warning for doing it and they did play slow and go over time (I am not reporting people for going over time once or twice, stuff happens - thus I did write ALMOST :) ) we are talking about repeated slow play, ignoring the fact that it's a timed event.
It would help if we could disallow UNDO, like when playing AZUL
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Haven't yet doesn't mean you won't. Theres a penalty for time. Generally there's no report system for something that is already punished automatically. Also there's been hate in here on just taking time as well and not just going over. Taking time/going slow in itself isn't an issue. If they run out of time you are within your right to try and get then an abandon and move on.
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Pipcelot wrote: 05 February 2023, 16:54 Would it be possible to have a faster speed setting for wingspan. I have so far put thumbs down on 20% of my opponents because they are too slow, but within the time limit allotted for fast speed. A good game players use between 8 to 12 minutes, a rare 14 minutes, but the speed settings for wingspan are not in sync with how fast a regular player plays. It would be very nice if these could be shortened with 30%, too actually ensure a fast game.
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This is needed so much. So many people are multitasking and go away to do other things when it's not their turn and then come back to the game when they feel like it. It's also exasperating when they pay attention for a few turns and gain so much time back and then space out again. I'm so sick of slow pokes, but it seem impossible to find players for fast mode anymore because people want to click around and have a game going in the background. People should really be playing turn based if they want to do this.
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I'm with all of you who want a faster speed setting beyond the one that exists. I have my Arena preferences set to fast-turn games only, and it's always a gamble as to whether the other player adheres to the recommended turn-time...

"Real-time • Fast paced = 0:41 seconds per turn (maximum 3:00)"

...or not. I mean, yes, using the red thumbs down will weed people out over time, but far too slowly, and it's just not enough. I agree that multitasking does often seem to be a culprit, since many a time I've offered a food or an egg via a sharing card like one of the Hummingbirds, and nothing happens for many many seconds, implying that they aren't actively watching the game when it's not their turn.

One of the things I loved about the old mobile Agricola app is that when you created a new game, you chose a fixed total game rather than turn times... so that, say, you chose 30 minutes: each player has a total of 30 minutes for all their turns, and that's it. So folks that go too slowly are simply forfeited at the end of their 30 minutes if they aren't keeping up. Way more effective.
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