Request troops BUG

[Nyborjar]

Hello, this is my first post here so sorry if I miss something.

I checked in "known issue" before posting here.

For maybe 2 or 3 weeks now, when I request troops, my allies can only send me 6 units. No matter how many requests I make, there will always and only be 1 displayed. And it's the same for others members.
i.e my portal is 27 units big, but they can send me either 6 "archers" or 2 canons + 4 archers... after the 6 units are sent, no more request will ever be available.
And so same issue goes for other members of the clan. When they request (as many requests as they can), I will too only see 1 request. And then I can only send few units...

By the way, I often had a problem before which was that one request disappeared after sending 2 archers... but I got used to it and then I used remaining requests to complete the portal. But now, even that doesn't work...


I don't know if I'm clear... but I hope.

I have contacted support by mail, I got twice the first answer but then nothing else, and I'm still waiting.... and I'm wondering what is the point of a 27-units-big portal if I can barely have 6 units.....

Waiting for your answers,

Nybo

 

[yemen]

The space in your alliance gate is troop space, not #of units. So 27 troop space is 27 shooters(1 space each), or 3 howitzers (9 space each), or 2 tanks, 2 raiders and 1 shooter (10+2*3+1), or any subcombination. The space the units take up matters.

Each member has always been limited to sending 6 units per request. So if the request has 30 space, someone can fill it with three tanks, or three howitzers and three shooters, or if they donate 6 shooters that is all that THEY can donate, but there will be 24 troop space left for someone else to fill.

I'm not clear if you are describing a bug, or misunderstanding how the alliance gate works. If it doesn't work as I described above, can you clarify what it is doing?

 

[Nyborjar]

Hello, thank you for answering me.

So if I get you right, you mean that, no matter how big my portal gate is, ONE member can only send a maximum of 6 units (with the limit being set by the portal gate of course), is that it ?

 

[yemen]

That is correct. One member can send a maximum of 6 units. No limit to how many different members can send you units, so you can always get the request filled up even if it takes multiple people donating.

 

[melheor]

I'm confused, how did you get to 27 troop space (Industrial Age) without realizing this? That's like 6-12 months of playing the game.

 

[shukra]

yep, each person can only send 6 .. but you can have multiple people donate per request.
it does seem a bit arbitrary; i'm not sure why this limit.

there is a troop-request bug that trips sometimes that limits how much you request, if your request was not completely filled the previous 20m request window,
and another exploit that lets you have a large amount of troops in the gate; i'm sure these are being attended to.

but yeah, the 6 troop limit per alliance member is an arbitrary limit; if it has a purpose i don't see it.
how would it be exploited? you want to send a person 27 infantry... why not?

i thought you were saying that only one person could donate to you; that would be a bug.

 

[melheor]

It's not completely arbitrary. It encourages you to donate units that take up more space rather than crap you don't want, especially if you want a high donation score.

 

[Nyborjar]

Ok thank you guys for your answers.
To be clear, I'm at "Mondial" age ( ??? french version...).

We are a small alliance and I can guarantee that for a very long time, if I made 10 requests in a row, then other members (like my gf or else) could send for instance 6 archers, + on another request another 6 archers and so on until i'm filled with the maximum of 27.
But now this works no more, that's why I posted this topic.

Besides, I'm aware that you can not send more than the portal limit (of course), like 3 canons = 27 then even if it s not more than 6 units the maximum is reached then the request becomes full. Of course.
But when I want to send units to a member, I can only view one request, and when I click on it, it disappears after sending 2 archers only... that I don't understand cause I'm 100% sure that there are no units in the member's portal....
How come ?

 

[shukra]

that might be (i think it is) a silent/undocumented change... it wouldn't be noticed because most players use the alliance gate in multiplayer before requesting again. your playstyle exposed it.

regarding 'disappears after sending 2 archers only..' .. i confirm this is happening to me too when the requestor is trying to build a gate full of foot troops (for the 'blood is thicker' goal) ..

my experience is different from yours though .. if i request only when the gate is empty... i think that fixes all the problems.
this does limit possible gate configurations, you can't try and build a large archer force if you don't have enough donators.
i've been using tank/bazooka/infantry combinations in there and it works well.

 

[shukra]

ok what you are describing just happened again, my alliance-mate has had the same request up for several hours for infantry (for bloodisthicker), i have already donated 6 infantry. now in my interface it again allows me to donate ... it 'accepted' one troop, and then grayed out. i'm not sure if the troop made it or not, probably not.

 

[Nyborjar]

it's weird. To me it never changed whether i requested toally empty or just partially

See ? sometimes you have many requests of the same player... well, "used to" cause it doesn t happen to me any more


But to be clear, if you are in a 3-members alliance and you have a 30 big portal, then it means you will never be able to be full ?

 

[yemen]

It is easy to fill a size 30 portal. 3 howitzers and 3 shooters are 6 units that take 30 space. Or just 3 tanks. One player can easily fill the entire request.

 

[shukra]

if you are in a 3 member alliance *and you can only donate foot troops* then you will never be able to be full, yes.
you could only get 12 slots filled. practically though, you could just give 3 tanks.... so this isn't a game-breaker.
it's more a curious design decision, why to disallow the same person to give again on a subsequent request if there is space.

 

[Nyborjar]

Yemen : i know you can fill with 3 tanks or 3 howitzers + 3 shooters, but maybe that s not the best reinforcement that someone likes. My gf likes to have only shooters :/

exactly shukra.I don't understand this rule