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#49402: "Create an auto pass button for bidding"
rejected: Developers think that it is not a good idea or that the cost/benefit ratio is too high
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Suggestion: in my opinion, the following would greatly improve the game implementation
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
I think it would be useful to create an auto pass button to speed up the game if you see the bid reach your maximum or if you've bid your max anyway. You would click this button when it wasn't your turn to pass when it comes back to your turn.
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28. Sep 2021 11:20 • Nattytom501 • This suggestion has not been analyzed by delopers yet:
Happy to answer any questions
1. Oct 2021 5:57 • WetDogIsHappy • Developers would like more information about this suggestion:
Good thought.
It would reduce the bidding cycle by one bidding event for every player who has reached their personal limit.
I am not sure how many times it would be used.
If you are playing a real time game, the bidding cycle is pretty quick, so most players would likely be to lazy or not have enough time to decide before it was their turn to bid again anyway.
In a turn a day game, you don't know if you have been over bid without checking fairly regularly. I personally don't usually have enough information to click 'Pass' until I have seen how fierce the competition is.
It would also require a solid amount of coding to change how the bidding data is collected, so it would require a considerable improvement in the time spent in bidding to be worth the change.
Do you have any metrics to show your expected time savings?
It would reduce the bidding cycle by one bidding event for every player who has reached their personal limit.
I am not sure how many times it would be used.
If you are playing a real time game, the bidding cycle is pretty quick, so most players would likely be to lazy or not have enough time to decide before it was their turn to bid again anyway.
In a turn a day game, you don't know if you have been over bid without checking fairly regularly. I personally don't usually have enough information to click 'Pass' until I have seen how fierce the competition is.
It would also require a solid amount of coding to change how the bidding data is collected, so it would require a considerable improvement in the time spent in bidding to be worth the change.
Do you have any metrics to show your expected time savings?
1. Oct 2021 11:20 • Nattytom501 • Developers would like more information about this suggestion:
I do not have any hard data; this request was just inspired by the current game I'm in where it is is reasonably slow and I didn't want to slow the game down more by everyone having to wait for me to log back in just to pass because I've figured out roughly how much money I need this turn and have already bid all I can.
For personal data the amount it would speed up the game is greatly influenced by a number of factors. If it is the middle of the night when it comes to my turn that could be six hours saved for example or for at work or out when it becomes my turn that is easily potentially more hours saved.
For personal data the amount it would speed up the game is greatly influenced by a number of factors. If it is the middle of the night when it comes to my turn that could be six hours saved for example or for at work or out when it becomes my turn that is easily potentially more hours saved.
6. Oct 2021 5:05 • WetDogIsHappy • Developers think that it is not a good idea or that the cost/benefit ratio is too high:
Sorry, to much effort to implement and not enough time saving.
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