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Markiss -> RE: Version 1.17.02 released and it is a trouble in PBEM started games (5/12/2020 7:46:04 PM)
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It is true, but here poor sad ham got caught mid-operation with a major rules change. It was just unfortunate timing.
It used to be the case that you could finish any started games before you updated, if I recall. But now, the server forces you to update to even get to the lobby. So, any ongoing games are forcibly updated to the new rules mid-game, you don't have any choice or control over it.
That is his complaint, and I can't argue with it. Instant automatic updates are a great leap forward from the old way, but there are unintended consequences. Although not the intent of the system developers, denying service, in effect holding someone's game "hostage", in order to force them to accept an unwanted update, is not a great way of doing things. It doesn't give players that warm, fuzzy feeling they get when they believe that the developers care about their experience. I think there is undeniably room to improve that methodology, and reduce the effects of updates on ongoing games.
Probably not a priority, but the issue should be acknowledged.
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