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I have had a problem now with 2 adv already where there is multiple attacks to be done, I did a Ali woodcutter camp 5-7 block and sons off the veld adv camp 1-5 block and both times it failed, where the leader camps attack does not take place, it just get intercepted and it does not go, after the attack off the intercepted camp and attack to the leader and end off the leader, it just returns, with no damage done to the general at all. Is there a problem somewhere, or is it just me?
Wish I could help you, seeing as I majorly messed up my SLT center path block....but I send gens and afk...returned to a nightmare this time. I did have a bit of lag though (gambled on it, the sends did look fine before I jetted) but couldn't quite get the picture with the combat logs, seemed as if 1 of the camps didn't take it's aggro zone down, but I'm speculating at this point, my autopilot may have kicked in and did a wrong click alright....not that it hasn't happened about an aggro zone failing to disappear while the camp is engaged, though that very rarely happens imo.
Since I don't know how familiar you are with said adventures and blocks, I can only go back to basics and be like "double check your positions" and stuff. I usually tend to know the reason for my hiccups, but I doubt it has been a BB sided issue besides the occasional situation I mentioned above. Guessing it was either lag for you or misclicks/sends, but again, just guessing.
With that said, nobody can help you (besides checking numbers/positions) nor will BB do anything about it, if it "persists" then word will spread like wildfire if there is a BB ninja sided issue. Unfortunately, you will just have to suck it up and move on. Can only advice to triple check everything that you will do now (meaning to look at the notes and positions again and verify them despite having memorized them) and keep and eye on how it develops for you.
Thanks so much for your reply, i am so down about this, i just started Ali's so i double check the troops cause i don't know them, and the block, he got intercepted the 270 general, and the did not go for the leader at all, with no troops been lost. I really don't understand this.
My husband downloads in the background stuff, can that be a problem for the blocks to not work. And we don't have the best internet in the world.
Can but may not be an issue, I download/stream most of the time too and usually works just fine. Try to watch your blocks and figure out what the cause is, Woodcutter blocks are fairly save, so you may just delay your Major by 1 flag if need be.
As Ceruhe mentioned, there is a bug in adventures which very rarely happens, where the aggro zone doesn't go down on a blocked camp and it intercepts your other attacks. This has happened to me on Surprise Attack twice out of a LOT of runs. The second time it happened, I retreated the rest of the blocks/attacks, then quickly used another general to act as if I was attacking the leader camp and could see the aggro zone of the blocked camp, even with it engaged and the dust cloud raging on outside the walls.
I had the exact same error on Woodcutter (camps 5-7) 1 time out of dozens of runs. The attacking general was intercepted, even tho the blocked camp was engaged. I was sitting there watching it happen.
It's also possible that it actually was lag, or a mistake on your part, hard to figure out without instant replay, can only move forward from here. If it was a bug with the blocked camps aggro zone, it is very, very rare for that to happen. I'ts only happened to me a total of 3 times out of hundreds of adventures run, so don't be worried about running Woodcutters. Any other blocks that fail for me are always something dumb that I did :p
My guess on what went wrong on WC: sent first block to camp 5, sent second block to camp 6, sent attack to camp 6 (not 7 as intended). This results in no intercept alert, attacking gen following blocker to camp 6, blocker defeating camp 6, and then attacking general returning home as the camp he was to attack is no longer there.
Without seeing what you did live it's hard to say, but I think many players have done something like this at least once.
Best of luck with future blocking efforts.
KH
Thanks all for help, ill try sending it to camp 6, hope it works other wise will do it with no blocks, it makes u nervous to do blocks again, losing that important troop, heart breaking.
The one thing i forget to mention is that the major 270 gen did not had an attack on playback in my mail.
Send to camp 7 like you are supposed to per the guide. My example is what I think went wrong not the right way to do it.
Ok will do. Thanks again for all help.
If you're nervous about blocks, I'd practice it on something like Horseback or Outlaws where you won't lose anything of consequence.
I don't think I have had a problem with Wood Cutters and don't find any of the entry level Ali Baba blocks to be particularly problematic (though that big one in Second Thief looks scary), but I have messed up a couple times by not paying attention (76 cavalry doesn't mean 76 bows) or by inserting some MMAs to suicide and cutting the timing too close.
The test server is an awesome resource. I would goof around there. Working on blocks is easy there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gwalben
That is a super idea on test. Tend to forget about that.