No timer on the Lightning Rounds window

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  • DevpoolMPQ_BCS
    DevpoolMPQ_BCS ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 136 Tile Toppler

    UPDATE: Latest data push fixes joining LR's for subsequent joins. As per usual, you can expect some shiny missed rewards and then some, so stay tuned :D Thanks for the patience everyone!

  • jeffsterz
    jeffsterz Posts: 52 Match Maker

    Looking forward to it!

  • bigjojo04
    bigjojo04 Posts: 414 Mover and Shaker

    Nice appreciate the quick fix. I was about to say, i had just got back on and saw the red dot no longer taunting me but saw lightning rounds still in progress with a time remaining listed now but still no way for me to join. Then returned to the main screen and the dot returned to haunt my soul again but going back into it, it allowed me to join this time so that was certainly nice. Always thankful for any free stuff too! Thanks again.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Gracktbnarkt said:
    My guess is that if you did not “join” by doing them all in order you can’t get in to the others

    Great - so they have turned Lightning Rounds into a chain offer!

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards

    Seems fixed as I was able to round in a lightning way, so yay!

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited May 2023

    Thoroughly tested.
    I imagine it worked like this:
    "OK, I can join LRs, put it into production."
    "Shouldn't we test if you can join the next one Too?"
    "That's two extra hours of testing, are you insane? I said put it into production!"

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited May 2023

    I have to say the lightning Rounds UI change doesn't work for me and seems far more confusing. Lightning Rounds are not part of an ongoing event, I see no logical reason why they are being treated as if they need to be unlocked one at a time. Please change this back.

    Edit: Or at least have the ones that are finished be removed, it gives the impression they might be unlockable again for some reason. It is just bizarre.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    Yeah it's a case of "we have a new functionality, let's use it on everything possible " regardless of usability.
    They really need to hire a dedicated UI person.
    Or, if they have one, get a new one.

  • WilliamK1983
    WilliamK1983 Posts: 978 Critical Contributor

    I'm locked out again.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards

    I'm in but I completed the first one. It has to be this locking mechanic they have introduced which is completely unnecessary.

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,365 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:
    I have to say the lightning Rounds UI change doesn't work for me and seems far more confusing. Lightning Rounds are not part of an ongoing event, I see no logical reason why they are being treated as if they need to be unlocked one at a time. Please change this back.

    Edit: Or at least have the ones that are finished be removed, it gives the impression they might be unlockable again for some reason. It is just bizarre.

    I've never paid any attention to LRs so I don't know how many there are in a series, what the pattern of characters is etc. So seeing it laid out as a series is pretty helpful for me.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,275 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited May 2023

    They are independent. Just mini PvP that you do in a short time. There is no interconnection between them.

    Edit: I suppose the best way I can compare it would be if they have the weeks worth of DDQ up but the day before locks instead of just no longer being there. It makes no sense to have ones that have finished still viewable - you can't do anything with them and the locking mechanic might be the culprit here for stopping playing the next ones.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited May 2023

    @Scofie said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    I have to say the lightning Rounds UI change doesn't work for me and seems far more confusing. Lightning Rounds are not part of an ongoing event, I see no logical reason why they are being treated as if they need to be unlocked one at a time. Please change this back.

    Edit: Or at least have the ones that are finished be removed, it gives the impression they might be unlockable again for some reason. It is just bizarre.

    I've never paid any attention to LRs so I don't know how many there are in a series, what the pattern of characters is etc. So seeing it laid out as a series is pretty helpful for me.

    Why?
    You join and do your thing.
    There's zero value in knowing the pattern of characters.

  • Alfje17
    Alfje17 Posts: 3,813 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Bowgentle said:

    @Scofie said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    I have to say the lightning Rounds UI change doesn't work for me and seems far more confusing. Lightning Rounds are not part of an ongoing event, I see no logical reason why they are being treated as if they need to be unlocked one at a time. Please change this back.

    Edit: Or at least have the ones that are finished be removed, it gives the impression they might be unlockable again for some reason. It is just bizarre.

    I've never paid any attention to LRs so I don't know how many there are in a series, what the pattern of characters is etc. So seeing it laid out as a series is pretty helpful for me.

    Why?
    You join and do your thing.
    There's zero value in knowing the pattern of characters.

    Having tracked DDQ for almost 7 years now, I can see the value of knowing which 3* will be needed/loaned in the upcoming LR. For most of the people on this forum it is not useful, but there are players out there who don't have all the 3*.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited May 2023

    I... ok.
    So you really think there are people who are going to use this info to roster someone instead of using the loaner, because they think that will help them.
    But they don't know that the event will disappear on Thursday, so still I ask - what good does this info do?
    I mean of all the things they could have spent dev time on, was THIS really a priority?

  • qandols
    qandols Posts: 1,178 Chairperson of the Boards

    Maybe old news but if you click on the Smash Hit event the LT opens up.

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