AQ Timeout

Is no one talking about this yet? Or are the post getting deleted too quick?

MOD EDIT: This has been responded to in this thread, and also in this announcement post here: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/198788/alliance-quest-timeout-penalty-accidental-change

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PeacockJazz

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Some of us understand coding and when we say it is a "bug" what we mean is it is an unintended consequence to an interaction in the code of the game.

ItsDamien

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You've never worked as a developer have you? Let alone in games development.

Here let me tell you from my 8 years of Games Testing, bugs can occur out of nowhere for no apparent reason. It's not just the game client that is installed on the device that can have an issue, but also server sided issues that aren't installed on your device.

So for one who touts about talking out of one's rear end, you sure do it a lot yourself.

DarthPhal

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This is the dumbest thing I’ve read all day, but then it’s early and I haven’t gotten to the comment section of the opinion columns yet.

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AlphA101

It’s funny some people will still react to statements even when not called out directly , guess people know what they are !

They were trying to change something and instead the aq ruleset changed ? Lmao , you guys mean someone was working with the gearbox and the brakes started misbehaving?

I need to stop coming to the forums , complete waste of time , full of id**ts and uninspiring just like this game !

ItsDamien

It’s funny some people will still react to statements even when not called out directly , guess people know what they are !

They were trying to change something and instead the aq ruleset changed ? Lmao , you guys mean someone was working with the gearbox and the brakes started misbehaving?

I need to stop coming to the forums , complete waste of time , full of id**ts and uninspiring just like this game !

Then leave already. You bring nothing to the forums except looking like a clown.

StevieManWonder

Jesus you all are over reacting.
If you are not, it is because you have no idea what has happened
Jesus you all are over reacting.
If you are not, it is because you have no idea what has happened
Well I don't use the timeout method and I play both map 6 and 7 and I use corvus as my primary attacker.

I'm saying you are over reacting by calling it a silent nerf and saying Kabam is doing it on purpose to get more money blah, blah, blah. Report it, submit a support ticket but stop acting like they are changing the game in the middle of an AQ cycle which wouldn't happen.
If you play the game long enough, then you should know this is exactly the process of nerf. Try it w/o notification, if you don't shout, they just leave it there.

Kabam really like players like you, suck everything they give.
I've played since 1 week after release and what you said complete BS. You clearly have zero clue how bugs work. Please name 1 time where what you said happens?

They left Howard the Duck bugged with starting with only 7 Armor UPS instead of 8 for months even though I made several posts about it. They only recently fixed it after I continued to badger them about it on the Morningstar Nerf Thread

Demonzfyre

It’s funny some people will still react to statements even when not called out directly , guess people know what they are !

They were trying to change something and instead the aq ruleset changed ? Lmao , you guys mean someone was working with the gearbox and the brakes started misbehaving?

I need to stop coming to the forums , complete waste of time , full of id**ts and uninspiring just like this game !

Live look @AlphA101 trying to drop his .exe file onto the mainframe source code.

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StevieManWonder

Wait what even is the Timeout method? I’ve never heard of it and even when I was running Map 6 with Corvus, I was finishing fights in under a minute.

TheTalents

Wait what even is the Timeout method? I’ve never heard of it and even when I was running Map 6 with Corvus, I was finishing fights in under a minute.

It is a known map 7 tactic than can be done by Corvus anywhere. Where you keep him at 1% maximize your damage through charges and timeout, rinse, repeat. This is how majority of the map 7 guys handled Annihilus boss when no one knew how to accurately beat him for example.

StevieManWonder

Wait what even is the Timeout method? I’ve never heard of it and even when I was running Map 6 with Corvus, I was finishing fights in under a minute.
It is a known map 7 tactic than can be done by Corvus anywhere. Where you keep him at 1% maximize your damage through charges and timeout, rinse, repeat. This is how majority of the map 7 guys handled Annihilus boss when no one knew how to accurately beat him for example.

Timeout by closing the game or timeout by dodging
Annihilus for two minutes or so?

ItsDamien

It’s funny some people will still react to statements even when not called out directly , guess people know what they are !

They were trying to change something and instead the aq ruleset changed ? Lmao , you guys mean someone was working with the gearbox and the brakes started misbehaving?

I need to stop coming to the forums , complete waste of time , full of id**ts and uninspiring just like this game !

Live look @AlphA101 trying to drop his .exe file onto the mainframe source code.

Hacking into the hash code of the server, splicing the lines and infiltrating the motherlode!

Demonzfyre

Wait what even is the Timeout method? I’ve never heard of it and even when I was running Map 6 with Corvus, I was finishing fights in under a minute.

It's more popular in map 7. When you are 1% you can pause and let time run out. Timing out takes half your life but saves the defenders health where it was when paused. Shouldn't be needed on map 6 unless you are playing above your level.

It saves on item use as well which is why people are leaping off the deep end so quickly.

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StevieManWonder

Wait what even is the Timeout method? I’ve never heard of it and even when I was running Map 6 with Corvus, I was finishing fights in under a minute.
It's more popular in map 7. When you are 1% you can pause and let time run out. Timing out takes half your life but saves the defenders health where it was when paused. Shouldn't be needed on map 6 unless you are playing above your level.

It saves on item use as well which is why people are leaping off the deep end so quickly.

Ah, thanks

Demonzfyre

It’s funny some people will still react to statements even when not called out directly , guess people know what they are !

They were trying to change something and instead the aq ruleset changed ? Lmao , you guys mean someone was working with the gearbox and the brakes started misbehaving?

I need to stop coming to the forums , complete waste of time , full of id**ts and uninspiring just like this game !

Live look @AlphA101 trying to drop his .exe file onto the mainframe source code.
Hacking into the hash code of the server, splicing the lines and infiltrating the motherlode!

Uploading the .exe into sever for the mainframe to defrag and config the data ports so the source code can batch the protocols into floppy drive.

ItsDamien

It’s funny some people will still react to statements even when not called out directly , guess people know what they are !

They were trying to change something and instead the aq ruleset changed ? Lmao , you guys mean someone was working with the gearbox and the brakes started misbehaving?

I need to stop coming to the forums , complete waste of time , full of id**ts and uninspiring just like this game !

Live look @AlphA101 trying to drop his .exe file onto the mainframe source code.
Hacking into the hash code of the server, splicing the lines and infiltrating the motherlode!

Uploading the .exe into sever for the mainframe to defrag and config the data ports so the source code can batch the protocols into floppy drive.

Damn it, there's a password! Wait. It's Swordfish It's always Swordfish!

Demonzfyre

It’s funny some people will still react to statements even when not called out directly , guess people know what they are !

They were trying to change something and instead the aq ruleset changed ? Lmao , you guys mean someone was working with the gearbox and the brakes started misbehaving?

I need to stop coming to the forums , complete waste of time , full of id**ts and uninspiring just like this game !

Live look @AlphA101 trying to drop his .exe file onto the mainframe source code.
Hacking into the hash code of the server, splicing the lines and infiltrating the motherlode!

Uploading the .exe into sever for the mainframe to defrag and config the data ports so the source code can batch the protocols into floppy drive.

Damn it, there's a password! Wait. It's Swordfish It's always Swordfish!

Gamer

Hasn’t happened for me im fine with the fix for couvs but sinst this efte ever champion in the game the only real way to shot down this for good is no more tim in either game mode

Xygon

If this was intentional, there are plenty of other ways to handle the situation that are less destructive. Round down the end health. Increase the timeout value to 15 minutes so it's less of a method and more of a rare occurrence. But because the reports are saying this is happening across champs, it seems more like an unintentional bug in the ".exe" (lol) than anything.

Xygon

But killing on timeout completely is horrible. They need to remove champs like King Groot in that case, and lower the health pool of bosses and minis. That's why I err on the "this is a bug" side of the guesses coming out.

Seraph

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You've never worked as a developer have you? Let alone in games development.

Here let me tell you from my 8 years of Games Testing, bugs can occur out of nowhere for no apparent reason. It's not just the game client that is installed on the device that can have an issue, but also server sided issues that aren't installed on your device.

So for one who touts about talking out of one's rear end, you sure do it a lot yourself.

You must have spent those 8 years working for Kabam if you think that's normal.....

ItsDamien

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You've never worked as a developer have you? Let alone in games development.

Here let me tell you from my 8 years of Games Testing, bugs can occur out of nowhere for no apparent reason. It's not just the game client that is installed on the device that can have an issue, but also server sided issues that aren't installed on your device.

So for one who touts about talking out of one's rear end, you sure do it a lot yourself.
You must have spent those 8 years working for Kabam if you think that's normal.....

It happens in ALL games companies, and in ALL games. You also have never worked as a developer or in the games industry either have you?

Feeney234

SILENT CORVUS NERF IS AMONGST US

Frosty

I use this method somedays in map 6 but it does seem like a cheat. I can understand why kabam would change it but it should not have happened without notice.

A better way to fix the corvus cheat is to remove the timer all together. It serves no purpose and removing it would prevent the infinite corvus timeouts

Demonzfyre

I use this method somedays in map 6 but it does seem like a cheat. I can understand why kabam would change it but it should not have happened without notice.

A better way to fix the corvus cheat is to remove the timer all together. It serves no purpose and removing it would prevent the infinite corvus timeouts

They aren't going to change it. It's a bug.

mydnight

It's firstly a bug and then it's a nerf. Don't y'all know this game?

Seraph

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You've never worked as a developer have you? Let alone in games development.

Here let me tell you from my 8 years of Games Testing, bugs can occur out of nowhere for no apparent reason. It's not just the game client that is installed on the device that can have an issue, but also server sided issues that aren't installed on your device.

So for one who touts about talking out of one's rear end, you sure do it a lot yourself.
You must have spent those 8 years working for Kabam if you think that's normal.....
It happens in ALL games companies, and in ALL games. You also have never worked as a developer or in the games industry either have you?

Simply using caps doesn't validate your comments and you certainly don't have enough experience to make that sort of statement. I can however tell you that in my company, code that is tested and released doesn't simply change behaviour when run in the same set of scenarios as has been described in this thread.

DarthPhal

Complaining that the bug is hindering the Corvus exploit is like complaining that your unemployment check should be higher because you haven’t been declaring all your income.

It may be true but probably not something you’d want to bring up openly. 🤷‍♂️