Any word on pushing back the war season start date?

Dukenpuke

As it stands, the new season starts in 48 hours and we've barely have had a chance to test the changes in the off-season. The only war we had so far resulted in a mostly empty defender map. Would like to have confirmation one way or the other so we know what we're dealing with.

Lovejoy72

Agreed. I would actually like another full week of players testing in pre-season before firing this off.

Pikolu

I will admit, I'm also disappointed with the response given to us. They are talking about it and don't want to tell us until they've made a decision. However, they say it is very likely the season will be delayed.

Savage123456789

Incidentally, if they delayed it for a week then AW and BG season would line up perfectly. Make it easier for people to leave and join new alliances when seasons ends

Drago_von_Drago

Pikolu said:

I will admit, I'm also disappointed with the response given to us. They are talking about it and don't want to tell us until they've made a decision. However, they say it is very likely the season will be delayed.

I don’t understand what they could even be talking about. Nobody seems ready for the new system. If the season starts they’re going to have a ton of people upset about losing war rating and dropping tiers because they didn’t understand it. Can anyone come up with any valid reason for starting a season and not staying in pre-season indefinitely until the many kinks are worked out of the new system?

Fuskie

Yeah it's a bit ridiculous that they said there would be more information Monday and it's now 7pm EST on Monday and there has been absolutely NO word from Kabam on what's going on? So I guess another bugged start to an AW season is what we are in store for in under 48 hours now.

Pikolu

Drago_von_Drago said:

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Pikolu said:

I will admit, I'm also disappointed with the response given to us. They are talking about it and don't want to tell us until they've made a decision. However, they say it is very likely the season will be delayed.

I don’t understand what they could even be talking about. Nobody seems ready for the new system. If the season starts they’re going to have a ton of people upset about losing war rating and dropping tiers because they didn’t understand it. Can anyone come up with any valid reason for starting a season and not staying in pre-season indefinitely until the many kinks are worked out of the new system?

I think 90% of it is they don't want to say it'll be delayed to next week and then if they still can't fix the issues, they would have to delay even further. They also might be talking about compensation too.

Kabam Jax

Hey Summoners,

Season 43 has been pushed to August 9th to allow for more time with the pre-season.

Check this post here.

Kabam Jax

Apologies, Summoners.

It appears we're not concrete on the 9th start date. What we know for sure is we're further delaying the season. We are hopeful for August 9th, but want to make sure we have wiggle room if we need it. We'll circle back with a solid date when we have it.

Again, apologies for the confusion.

CrazyBunnyZoy

Kabam Jax said:

Apologies, Summoners.

It appears we're not concrete on the 9th start date. What we know for sure is we're further delaying the season. We are hopeful for August 9th, but want to make sure we have wiggle room if we need it. We'll circle back with a solid date when we have it.

Again, apologies for the confusion.

Time to fix things seems needed, also because of summer vacations I suppose.

Is there any word from the dev team about the issues with masteries and placement and the consequences that the current 4 hours time-window will cause to European, Asian, Australian players?

QuikPik

I wouldn't mind if you guys ran another BG season like last one and take the extra time to make sure war is working properly.

ShiroMikazuki

Kabam Jax said:

Apologies, Summoners.

It appears we're not concrete on the 9th start date. What we know for sure is we're further delaying the season. We are hopeful for August 9th, but want to make sure we have wiggle room if we need it. We'll circle back with a solid date when we have it.

Again, apologies for the confusion.

Would our champs be free to use in AQ while its being further delayed?

FunnyDude

Kabam Jax said:

Apologies, Summoners.

It appears we're not concrete on the 9th start date. What we know for sure is we're further delaying the season. We are hopeful for August 9th, but want to make sure we have wiggle room if we need it. We'll circle back with a solid date when we have it.

Again, apologies for the confusion.

To be honest, from perspective of a player, the system is far away from stable, so many corner cases should be fixed. Instead of keeping pushing this to later, why don't you just feed players with other contents, and officially ask players to test the system for a few more weeks and help you.

If you push it to 9th or 16th, war season will overlap with BG season, players cannot change alliance and will complain again.

really, you guys should take your time and make it official, instead of doing all these firefighting.

Valmez

Is there anything on the Trello board? Won't someone please think of the Trello board!

FiiNCH

*Sigh* - looks like a dull 2 weeks in the game

FunnyDude

For example, giving the same BG season rewards as previous one, would be a good way to keep players happy and busy, you can have more time to test and fix war.

Fixing the economy system is another low hanging fruit.

I like war very much, but I wouldn't dislike the game or complain if no war for 3 months, because it's exhausting even when it's stable, unstable war system will just frustrate officers. I can enjoy other contents w/o wars, if these contents are well designed.

FunnyDude said:

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Kabam Jax said:

Apologies, Summoners.

It appears we're not concrete on the 9th start date. What we know for sure is we're further delaying the season. We are hopeful for August 9th, but want to make sure we have wiggle room if we need it. We'll circle back with a solid date when we have it.

Again, apologies for the confusion.

To be honest, from perspective of a player, the system is far away from stable, so many corner cases should be fixed. Instead of keeping pushing this to later, why don't you just feed players with other contents, and officially ask players to test the system for a few more weeks and help you.

If you push it to 9th or 16th, war season will overlap with BG season, players cannot change alliance and will complain again.

really, you guys should take your time and make it official, instead of doing all these firefighting.

RyanStecken2204

FiiNCH said:

*Sigh* - looks like a dull 2 weeks in the game

Wdym? You get time to clear some content…ah wait there isnt any content for endgame players to do, mb. Game will be dead for some weeks I agree.

TyEdge

Kabam Jax said:

Apologies, Summoners.

It appears we're not concrete on the 9th start date. What we know for sure is we're further delaying the season. We are hopeful for August 9th, but want to make sure we have wiggle room if we need it. We'll circle back with a solid date when we have it.

Again, apologies for the confusion.

Even assuming for the sake of argument that we could wave a magic wand and know war 100% worked, between adjusted tactics and the new placement phase, a one week offseason isn’t ideal.

I’m sure there’s some drive to keep it in line with the BG season, but I’d rather have a war mini-season (2-3 weeks) and a real offseason.

Pikolu

TyEdge said:

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Kabam Jax said:

Apologies, Summoners.

It appears we're not concrete on the 9th start date. What we know for sure is we're further delaying the season. We are hopeful for August 9th, but want to make sure we have wiggle room if we need it. We'll circle back with a solid date when we have it.

Again, apologies for the confusion.

Even assuming for the sake of argument that we could wave a magic wand and know war 100% worked, between adjusted tactics and the new placement phase, a one week offseason isn’t ideal.

I’m sure there’s some drive to keep it in line with the BG season, but I’d rather have a war mini-season (2-3 weeks) and a real offseason.

On the bright side, another week of off-season means war and BGs would have the same timeframes and people won't have to choose between the rewards of them if they want to move alliances.

TyEdge

Pikolu said:

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TyEdge said:

Kabam Jax said:

Apologies, Summoners.

It appears we're not concrete on the 9th start date. What we know for sure is we're further delaying the season. We are hopeful for August 9th, but want to make sure we have wiggle room if we need it. We'll circle back with a solid date when we have it.

Again, apologies for the confusion.

Even assuming for the sake of argument that we could wave a magic wand and know war 100% worked, between adjusted tactics and the new placement phase, a one week offseason isn’t ideal.

I’m sure there’s some drive to keep it in line with the BG season, but I’d rather have a war mini-season (2-3 weeks) and a real offseason.

On the bright side, another week of off-season means war and BGs would have the same timeframes and people won't have to choose between the rewards of them if they want to move alliances.

This could be accomplished with a 2-week offseason and 3-week season as well.