We NEED a "go back" step

@djensen That would have been a great idea, as well as some communication with your players. I picked up up 4 auto forfeits, including two games that had been going on for 10 days. Totally done. I just want my time back.

Germany bought 4tran and a ac i have a low chance to fend off the invasion as he can bring it but can i stop Germany if i buy destroyer and subs

Germany amphibious assault force
4trans=4inf/4tanks
1ac
4planes

Britain defence force
33 ipc
2inf
1art
1tank
1aa
(Ive done the math buying a plane, 5 inf, 2art best defence but still gives Germany 60%-65% win chance )

If i buy a destroyer and a sub will that better my odds ?

@aardvarkpepper I play a lot of OTB and online chess… online chess never uses “touch” rules. Too much chance for miss clicks.

A&A online has two strikes against it. One there is often a day break between every single turn. Second, you can’t really see the whole board at once. There’s a lot of opportunity for errors.

Anyways, basically you just don’t want the back button active anytime it can “undo” a battle. In noncombat it should be off because going “back” would put you in the combat phase, etc.

I feel like the developers are likely to say that this would be impossible because I’m thinking they’re just updating the game state in the database rather than logging each move players make. The game would be much more robust if they did the latter, but I just threw out a rough data model for the former on the off chance a dev was reading this thread.

Change combat phase so first battle doesn’t auto-start Add “go back” from before any dice are rolled in combat phase to purchase phase Add “go back” from end turn (after mobilization) to beginning of noncombat.

This is on our eventual to-do list, just not a priority at the moment.

@Eqqman I didn’t say anything about a round 2 timing. It does not exist. Round 2 allies ideally take nordics. R3 is when allies pressure on France and northwest Europe europe is severe. It is Germany’s elective if they want to stack France R3. But realize that stacking requires about 20 units.

I think the issue here is less the being able to place units you buy, and more the exploits that become possible by buying a unit you never intend to place.

For example, if I buy a CV on a UK turn, I can hypothetically fly a FTR from Moscow to attack a German Navy in the Baltic Sea, even if Karelia/Norway/Germany/Poland/Baltic States are all German-owned, because I can hypothetically land those FTRs in the SZ adjacent to the Baltic Sea and UK during NCM. However, as is, I can carry out this attack even if it’s a blatant suicide mission, because as soon as the FTRs are dead I am no longer obligated to place the CV I bought earlier, meaning I can save placing it for next turn, effectively giving UK 14 free IPCs towards their next naval purchase and denying Germany a chance to pounce on a vulnerable CV for free value.

EDIT: Thanks for the clarification @JuliusBorisovBeamdog. Glad to see you and the team are still working hard at making improvements. The game has come a long way since launch quality-wise and I’m sure everyone here appreciates the continued dedication.

EDIT #2: I guess what I’m saying is that the purchase system should be left as-written in the rules. Players should be punished for bad tactical decision making. Otherwise all games would just come down to a combination of luck, basic knowledge of the map being played, and which side the map being played is biased towards. It’d be more of an exercise in optimization than an actual game.