Bat Raiding

Comments: 13

• 21 Jun, '22
  RisingShield

  I agree it really feels bad, just like an exploit... Bat shouldn't be able to land right next to a claimed square. Or give us the possibility to claim these corners, and give a little bit more claim amount for each castle tier to compensate. It is just hurting the game right now.

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  30 Jun, '22
  Nerzgul Merged

  Hi There!
  
  Thank you for making such a great game! I need help regarding an issue that could make the game unplayable for many people looking to protect their castle. For example I have 20+ doors on the outside part of the hill but someone with a bat form can easily skip all of them on a spot where I cannot build. I'll explain what exactly the issue is, send screenshots and how can easily be fixed.
  
  1. Bug: Bats can land in spots where I cannot buy those fields because of "locked by environment". Either forbid them to land or allow me to build on these fields. This is game breaking exploit.
  2. Stairs don't have roof which allows Toad form to jump on them from outside from spaces entered from bat form.
  3. In order for someone to skip all defenses of my castle all he need to do is damage 1 outside door, go Bat form and land right next to my heart and damage that wall manually, skipping 20+ doors.
  
  Please see these screenshots to better understand what I am saying, please consider

• 30 Jun, '22
  Rooibos / C.M. Admin

  "Exploit: Bat form can land on any triangle that can't be bought" (suggested by Nerzgul on 2022-06-30), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 01 Jul, '22
  Luch

  Partial temporary solution: you can place explosives which block bats from landing.

• 02 Jul, '22
  Nerzgul

  Until this is fixed, there is a quick workaround. Place TNT on all of those spots, even the minor bombs work

• 11 Aug, '22
  Vex

  This literally breaks the game, fix it soon.

• 15 Aug, '22
  Ghost

  The community has found the competitive answer to this "exploit" with small explosives or by putting your heart and valuables on map edges (where bats can't land). The only reason people are so vocal about this is because they get taken advantage of without knowing this is possible and are bitter or are unwilling to take the steps necessary to properly defend themselves. This is in the same mechanic pool as "base blocking" but farther into and encouraging progression, as well as forcing you to consciously allocate your time to proper base defense as people level and have these tools become available. Frog and bat allow for creative exploration of people's bases in a pvp environment and offer a source of dynamic endgame content. Nerzgul, the question isn't when will this be fixed, but does it need to be, or even should it be

• 15 Aug, '22
  RisingShield

  Yes in fact TNT works well, I don't think this needs a fix anymore. It is just part of the meta/knowledge to have ^^

• 24 Aug, '22
  Bliske

  This doesn't need a fix.. This is common knowledge now - Play around it

• 01 Sep, '22
  Sir Bruno

  This is what kept me away after trying pvp servers. the lame ''solution'' of explosives is not really a ''solution'' for bad game design, i found one plateau corner that you could walk fine there but could not place explosives.
  
  this is a serious exploit and needs fixing.

• 20 Oct, '22
  Sparkie Bios

  > Yes in fact TNT works well
  
  Negative, there's a few spells that can jump ledges and the crossbow Q to blow up any explosives you have on a ledge (unless it's on the very edge of the map)
  
  So having a base that is NOT on the edge of a map, means your explosives are pointless, because someone could walk around your base blowing up your carefully placed explosives with a crossbow/spells.
  
  Rather than disabling bats from landing on unclaimed corners, a better solution might be to remove all unclaimable corners on all base platforms.

• 12 Nov, '22
  Benoxiid

  I definitly think this needs a fix, It doesn't makes sense from a game design pov, It breaks consitency.
  Plus, TNT is really ugly, and I'm spending most of my time trying to have a pretty castle.
  
  My suggestion is to prevent a landing if there is no available adjacent square for landing. This way it won't break landing that is currently legit.

• 25 Nov, '22
  Ronnie P.

  So off to put a "TNT" solution to block a known exploit. Clearly TNT was not meant to recover from this development programmed error bug, unless there is an even bigger issue at hand. Does stunlock want your base to be easily raided. If so, then the 4 hour window Monday - Sunday is to much. We have lives and the everyday even on Xmas raids are available for this bat raid construct is to much. 2 hrs tops. Or continue seeing your community of active members dwindle down. ** Also please put in official G-Portal servers that allow for no castle raiding at all. Siege Golems are not available. If blood is not put in castle then can break down walls period but can still allow for PVP on open world. EASY