For people playing on Android, and possibly IOS, you probably may have noticed this. Sometimes, if you try to use a power immediately after your opponent’s turn, you will get a help window instead telling you what the tile does, or saying “NOT A MATCH.” This effectively blocks you from activating the power until you close the power window.
This glitch is also more prevalent when a passive power activates just before you open the Power window and try to use a power. (Example, Healing Factor.)
Normally, you are NOT supposed to get the power window and the help window opening at the same time, as opening one is supposed to close the other.
This glitch is by no means game-breaking of course, but it is very irritating, and wastes quite a bit of your time, which matters a lot in that Lightning Round tourney. Not to mention the PC player already gets faster speed than the device players already, so we are being screwed twice.
As far as I know, this interface glitch has been present since the revamp of the power interface, since they removed tapping of tiles for powers. Months in later, nothing has been done, no indication of any possible change to this.
I remember that happening back when I used to play on my phone. If you’re even more unlucky on top of that, it keeps you from killing a key enemy, who in turn kills whoever just made that match.
I can confirm this same thing has been happening a lot on my android, and has actually screwed me a couple of times. Even times where I’ve had to force close the game because i couldn’t get it to respond.
Once, the opponents Psy had her blue countdown tile out with another turn left. They had just finished a move, I went to use a power - the issue happened and I didn’t realize it made a match below where I was clicking - then the countdown tile went off and stole all my green for Call to Storm. And that was before the ability screen even went away.
It happens to me all the time when I play with Patch, Daken, Hood, and any other character with a passive ability that insists on announcing itself when I just want to attack my enemy.
I know I should just learn to work around it but I still hold out hope for a fix.
It’s not a free turn. You can use abilities before making your match, well, with most abilities. However, when this happens, if it makes a match while you’re trying to use an ability…then you basically lost that turn.
For instance, if you were using OBW, and planned to steal ap on your turn as LT on the other side has just enough green to use Call to Storm. You go to use the ability, but there is a match directly below it that happens when you click…meaning you did not fire your power, it’s now their turn again…and their LT gets off Call to Storm.
I opened a ticket with CS for it, and the ticket was closed within 24 hours as resolved. That gives me the distinct impression that they have no intention of fixing it.
The weird thing about this is it almost never happens on my ipad, but I had one day about a week ago where I repeatedly couldn’t fire a skill without about ten taps to find the target instead of the tile behind it.
It reminded me of having to calibrate the touch screen on my very old PalmOS phone, something modern touchscreens never need.
It actually seems like it’s been doing it even more than usual today. I’ve had it happen in every match now at least 3-5 times it seems. Not sure if it’s just the system acting up, or something I’m doing differently or what. Just odd.
