Event: The Test of Humanity

[Dire Wolf Digital]

The Test of Humanity event runs from 10 am MST (1700 UTC) on Friday, December 15th to 10 pm MST (500 UTC) on Saturday, December 16th.

Sharpen your crysknives and get ready for a whole new level of Dune: Imperium play!

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1689500/announcements/detail/3879352076959168972?snr=2___

[Khoodos]

Just got disconnected from the game. A player dropped out and was replaced by an AI, so the same thing might have happened to them. I brought up the player info tab and when I clicked "close", the game closed and showed me a "Dune Imperium" title card loading screen. After several seconds of nothing happening, I ctrl-alt-deleted and re-opened the app. But there doesn't seem to be reconnect functionality - I couldn't find any way to reconnect to the game.

[Khoodos]

I started a new game, and several turns into it I'm prompted that my current game is ready and I need to switch to it immediately or resign. So I click to go there and it's my first game that I originally disconnected from. But shortly after taking my turn, I get the same prompt to return to my 2nd game. I had no idea you could play 2 games simultaneously. And I don't see a way to switch between them voluntarily?

[Dire Wolf CS]

Originally posted by Khoodos:

Just got disconnected from the game. A player dropped out and was replaced by an AI, so the same thing might have happened to them. I brought up the player info tab and when I clicked "close", the game closed and showed me a "Dune Imperium" title card loading screen. After several seconds of nothing happening, I ctrl-alt-deleted and re-opened the app. But there doesn't seem to be reconnect functionality - I couldn't find any way to reconnect to the game.

Did this happen more than once? Is your connection stable?

[Khoodos]

Connection is stable. I didn't disconnect again after that. Kept switching between the two games for a while, then got prompted to switch to one game while in the middle of my turn with the other one. After that I wasn't prompted to return to the first game, but I finished the 2nd without further incident. Upon finishing I got a screen that said I was disconnected from the game due to inactivity, presumably referring to the first game.

[Dire Wolf CS]

Originally posted by Khoodos:

Connection is stable. I didn't disconnect again after that. Kept switching between the two games for a while, then got prompted to switch to one game while in the middle of my turn with the other one. After that I wasn't prompted to return to the first game, but I finished the 2nd without further incident. Upon finishing I got a screen that said I was disconnected from the game due to inactivity, presumably referring to the first game.

Thanks for letting us know. Feel free to send your screen name to [e-mail] so we can check on what the issue was.

[Khoodos]

Thanks. Also, someone just played a 2nd copy of Guild Authorization (there should only be 1 in the deck). I'm guessing that our starting Intrigue cards are extra copies, not drawn from the deck? I don't think that was clear in the precis.

[fleshskies]

Originally posted by Khoodos:

Connection is stable. I didn't disconnect again after that. Kept switching between the two games for a while, then got prompted to switch to one game while in the middle of my turn with the other one. After that I wasn't prompted to return to the first game, but I finished the 2nd without further incident. Upon finishing I got a screen that said I was disconnected from the game due to inactivity, presumably referring to the first game.

Could you send a summary of this and player log to [e-mail]?

[Khoodos]

Yep, I just sent the email. But I'm not sure how to send the player log for a game that's long over?

[V1Pa12]

Absolutely love the format and 100% am looking foward to more events. Finally we have a digital and amazingly looking version of this fantastic game :D

I would request though, to extend the time frame or make less games a part of the events and challenges. One game takes 75-90 minutes on average for me. Needing to play 2x4 games for the best chances at succeeding at an event will be at least 10 hours, more likely 12-15. In a time frame of 48 hours, deducting time for sleep, maybe also participating in an active season additionally, this leaves barely any time for anything else and encourages 100% focused grind, without the chance of doing much else.

My proposal:
1. Extend the time frame to 72 hours for events, as it is with the seasons already.
2. Maybe decrease the necessary amount to 2x3 games?
3. For everyone who enjoys the event: once they finished their valid attempts, they can still participate, but will no longer earn points (maybe even creating lobbys for all the grinders, who finished their attempts, so they are independent of the active participants).

I really hope that you @DireWolf see and react to this, as I absolutely love this game. I am the first in line for any changes and additions coming up.
This kind of encouraging grind will separate people into to parties in my opinion:
1. casual participants, who are enjoying a game once in a while, but a not coming back for every event.
2. Grinders, who are putting an unhealthy amount into this game and might even suffer from this experience and burn out at some point.

In the future I would really love to see options for every kind of player. Encouraging the core community to invest time deliberately on special events. Different modes and challenges for casual Dune players and beginners (which you are doing already and I love it :D). And a balanced option for those people in between. Players who are generally invested, but do not have the time to play the game on a daily basis, but want to keep up with some level of competitiveness.

Thank you for reading and I hope this helps :)