Builder Timing Bug? INFLATED - proof....

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Originally Posted by Benny101

I think in this case it has more to do with the alert being to early, then the barracks being late. The alerts are always a few minutes early.

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if for instance you play the same game on two devices, as one device might receive the notification, and the other one does not, or with delay.

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I wouldn't say they were early...I'd say the notification was on time...but the troops being ready is not accurate...because the training time has slowed / been delayed.

I'll try getting an actual stop-watch on my barracks training all Pekka's from empty camps at some point. That way at 45mins a pop with 200 spaces it should take 1½hrs to get 8 of them from my 4 barracks.
So I'll queue, check the clan (so it makes sure I'm online), log off and wait.
I'll prolly also be able to do it all under shield too.

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Originally Posted by Benny101

Btw, does anyone on this forum have connections in high places? Back in the day Jorge Yao would temporarily go into a separate clan to promote a new interview or whatever. Isn't there somebody who can do the same with a clan about builder lag? This way you'd get a lot of people's attention in game.

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It seems like the best way to get Supercell to care about anything.

Make the whales (people who spend thousands of dollars on games like these) care about something, and you better believe Supercell will start caring.

EDIT: You would have to actually get a decent number of them to stop buying gems until the problem got fixed, which I think is unlikely to happen, as it means they will likely lose many trophies, something they seem to value quite a lot.

any update on this issue? hoping that SC is doing something so solve this.

My last 'conversation' with support was with someone who claimed it only added a 'couple minutes' to builds. I sent them links to both of the threads in the forum that give detailed information on the issue.

If not all of support is aware of the full scope of the issue, it is clearly not a commonly talked about problem. If anyone reading this has not put in a support ticket (through the in-game link), then it would benefit all of us if you did. Continuing to talk among ourselves seems to be doing exactly nothing.

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Originally Posted by dougbiss

My last 'conversation' with support was with someone who claimed it only added a 'couple minutes' to builds. I sent them links to both of the threads in the forum that give detailed information on the issue.

If not all of support is aware of the full scope of the issue, it is clearly not a commonly talked about problem. If anyone reading this has not put in a support ticket (through the in-game link), then it would benefit all of us if you did. Continuing to talk among ourselves seems to be doing exactly nothing.

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gonna do , we need to start a petition like the one people made when they introduced lvl 12 walls

Bump.. Eagerly awaiting update! :p

Here is the latest from my 'chats' with support.

I asked...

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Are there any ‘hotfixes’ for this issue planned?
I.e. they could reduce the times for builds across the board by 30mins a day to cover the actual time lost…so all 24hr builds actually take 23hrs 30mins (plus what’s been randomly added on) instead of 24+ hours.
Or they could (granted not very likely) give away gems that would enable people to use them to finish their builds on time.
This would buy the team time to fix the problem properly…then the timings (or gem give-away) could revert to normal.
Either are very simple solutions, and wouldn’t take a lot of programming (the numbers for the builds are already there, they just need reducing a little), or they could make the 0-3 gem reward from obstacles a permanent figure (again changing the percentage figure).

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and Supports suprisingly positive (...which makes me even more sceptical, but then it's the same person replying and they're not bad tbf) response:

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Hello Icekool
Thanks for your answer! These are indeed great ideas - especially the one about reducing the time of upgrades a little bit. However, this might lead to a lot of discussion within the community of why this is being done.
The best way would still be to reduce the delay little by little. I will pass by some of the ideas today in the meeting and discuss them. Thanks for thinking so actively for solutions :) Yes, the team is always looking for some ways to improve current problems in the realm of the time and resources that we have available!

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So if you have any more 'solutions' be it hot-fixes or otherwise, please let me know and I'll forward the best ones on.

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However, this might lead to a lot of discussion within the community of why this is being done.

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I really hope they arent avoiding implementing fixes to offset the extra time because theyre worried people will...talk about it? It's already being talked about quite a bit, Not sure how providing a fix could be detrimental to them.

As far as solutions go (other than locating and fixing the bug altogether which would be the obvious solution) I think a new collector building that generated "x" amount of gems per day (perhaps it would scale with the number of builders or the number of buildings / upgrades active). This way people could use the gems to pay for the extra time from the bug so as not to throw off their schedule / playtime. Not sure how else to solve this bug other thn to..well, solve the actual problem haha.

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Originally Posted by Phal

I really hope they arent avoiding implementing fixes to offset the extra time because theyre worried people will...talk about it? It's already being talked about quite a bit, Not sure how providing a fix could be detrimental to them.

As far as solutions go (other than locating and fixing the bug altogether which would be the obvious solution) I think a new collector building that generated "x" amount of gems per day (perhaps it would scale with the number of builders or the number of buildings / upgrades active). This way people could use the gems to pay for the extra time from the bug so as not to throw off their schedule / playtime. Not sure how else to solve this bug other thn to..well, solve the actual problem haha.

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Agreed, it does seem a somewhat poor excuse for not trying a hotfix... there was me thinking positive talk of 'ooh, SC have reduced build times a little...great' is better than...'hmm, still having problems with my builders being lazy'.
I can't imagine they'll be ppl screaming...'but why have they reduced them...I'm want them increased!'...but I guess that must just be me.

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Agreed, it does seem a somewhat poor excuse for not trying a hotfix... there was me thinking positive talk of 'ooh, SC have reduced build times a little...great' is better than...'hmm, still having problems with my builders being lazy'.
I can't imagine they'll be ppl screaming...'but why have they reduced them...I'm want them increased!'...but I guess that must just be me.

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The only thing I can think of is that while forum goers only make up a small portion of the CoC community, SC may run in to trouble if the majority of the playerbase knew this issue existed in the first place. So by not addressing or discussing the bug even existing they are keeping most players blissfully ignorant.

So basically the latest excuse they've fed you is that if they implement a solution that suggests there was a long standing bug before, they could lose ratings / money / etc.

Thats why I tried to come up with a solution that didn't specifically refer to what problem it was actully fixing haha (gem collector drill or pump or w/e). SC could say it was a new way to earn steady gems; forum people would be happy for being compensated, while other players would be happy that they were getting "free" gems.

Not at all a perfect solution, but it's difficulty to think of solutions when fixing the actual problem or even admitting / suggesting the problem ever existed are clearly unacceptable to SC...