🧪 The Beta Beat (v22.1) – August, September & October HOTM, Bug Fixes

[Camerom11w]

Where do I watch for this? I can’t seem to find out where to apply either. Thanks again.

[zephyr1]

Yes, they post it in #news-announcements.

Here’s the one from last time: Empires & Puzzles Beta Program is Accepting New Testers (February 2019) [CLOSED]

And here are instructions on how to turn on notifications for new posts: [Subscribe] Subscribing to the #news-announcements section - update with Beta applications

[StephenNap89]

Yeah, I want to be in both but know it most likely won’t happen. We’ll see.

[zephyr1]

Beta Update

Miki has received a third rebalancing update in Beta, details here:

Early Information on the August 2019 HOTM (Miki)

Beta Update Miki has received a rebalancing update in Beta, increasing his attack buff from +110% to +130%, and his stackable attack cap from +160% to +170%. This is the third time Miki has been rebalanced in Beta. I’ve updated the top post of this thread accordingly.

[DaveCozy]

@zephyr1

Ranvir’s passive skill “Resist Poison” works also against Poison Mist.

LOL

I can’t help but laugh at this.

“Yeah Ranvir, he is immune to poison therefore poison mist, gotta give those players that”

“Oh but those atlantean heroes you have? Yeah they’re gonna keep drowning under water”

[Gryphonknight]

@DaveCozy

Oh but those atlantean heroes you have? Yeah they’re gonna keep drowning under water”

They are probably like porpoises and whales, air breathing.

[BarryWuzHere]

@StephenNap89

Grazul/Nadnog: I don’t know why they needed to change his name, but whatever. The increase to heal is nice. I have a ton of mystic rings and might pull for him.

Uhm, it is her, and people were already calling her “Nads” … which seems like a good reason for a new name

[StephenNap89]

I didn’t realize it was a her, oops!

[jinbatsu]

I already update my EP to 22.1.1 on my iOS, is there any info about this update? only minor fix or any buff/nerf heroes info please? Latest news from forum and the web is 22.1 not 22.1.1.

https://support.smallgiantgames.com/hc/en-us/sections/115000895233-Update-News

Thank you

[Benn]

Yeah, I was thinking through this. If they don’t take damage during underwater stages, I guess they would take damage during every non-underwater stage!

[StephenNap89]

Still doesn’t make sense that Poseidon, ruler of the seas, takes damage underwater

[MD-DC]

@StephenNap89

Poseidon, ruler of the seas, takes damage underwater

I’m imagining a human walking on the street then suddenly clutching his chest. “GASP! AIR! MY ONE WEAKNESS.”

proceeds to melt into the sidewalk

[Banana006]

I think he is more like a beach god who never went to swim

[ChrisLamb]

Hi zephyr1

Just want to see the attributes of the Oct and Nov HOTMs but don’t see it in your threads… could you please assist. Thanks

On another note, i see in some alliances that players have been inactive for more than 600 days… would it be possible to deactivate these players and make room for real players? Thanks

[zephyr1]

@ChrisLamb

Just want to see the attributes of the Oct and Nov HOTMs but don’t see it in your threads… could you please assist. Thanks

Their info and stats are in the threads about them:

• 🧪 Early Information on the October 2019 HOTM (Kingston)

• 🧪 Early Information on the November 2019 HOTM (Neith)

@ChrisLamb

On another note, i see in some alliances that players have been inactive for more than 600 days… would it be possible to deactivate these players and make room for real players? Thanks

I don’t think Small Giant ever typically removes inactive players from alliances, but depending on their roles in the alliance, Elders, Co-Leaders, or the Leader can remove them.

[ChrisLamb]

Thank you as always. Didn’t realise I needed to expand the arrow… seeing ‘useless’

For the inactive players I think it would help if any player inactive for more than two years - and who has not injected any $ in the game be kicked out… will create space in your database hey? Thanks again.

[bhushan]

That’s unfair. Some people play games in intervals. You can’t just take all their time and money investment away by kicking them from the game.

[zephyr1]

@ChrisLamb

Thank you as always. Didn’t realise I needed to expand the arrow… seeing ‘useless’

You’ve gotta want it and work for it.

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@ChrisLamb

For the inactive players I think it would help if any player inactive for more than two years - and who has not injected any $ in the game be kicked out… will create space in your database hey? Thanks again.

To be clear, I don’t work for Small Giant, so I have no say on that, and can’t speak to how they choose to manage their player databases.

I do know that the Terms of Service say they can delete inactive accounts, I just don’t think they actually tend to do that in practice.

Typically the main complaint people have is that alliance leaders who stop playing aren’t automatically kicked or demoted. That makes for a zombie alliance that’ll never be able to have new Leader or new Co-Leaders promoted, or have a full team roster of active players — and the only way to fix it is to create a new alliance and have everyone migrate. There are many, many threads about that in Ideas & Feature Requests.

There’s also at least one thread about removing inactive alliances: Remove inactive Alliances

I also found this one small thread that’s more generically about automatic removal of inactive players, though there are probably others too: Auto remove player from alliance after 30 days last time in game

[ChrisLamb]

Thanks… I’m precising… for players who did not put money and have not played for more than 2 years.

[ChrisLamb]

Thank you again… the last point does make sense.