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Marshal Game profile

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Sep 24th 2014, 19:37:37

4 of my countries got 3 bonus turns for being away bit over 6 hrs, 1st time i got that.
Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....

elvesrus

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Sep 24th 2014, 19:55:06

is normal. check somewhere on announcements

http://earthempires.com/...change-31871?t=1409691527

Edited By: elvesrus on Sep 24th 2014, 19:58:03. Reason: link
See Original Post
Originally posted by crest23:
Elves is a douche on every server.

Marshal Game profile

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Sep 24th 2014, 20:27:39

yeah but didn't get it on alliance and i already got 18hrs bonus today (7 hrs ago)~and haven't gotten it earlier.

weird day in ffa, bushels are bought but not money lost etc.
Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....

Xinhuan Game profile

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Sep 25th 2014, 2:51:17

You're probably confused. The 12 hour and 18 hour bonuses are now decoupled. This means they are on separate timers/clocks, exactly the same way the 3 bonus points websites work (separate timers). What time you get your 12 hour bonus does not affect when you next get your 18 hour one (and you can't easily tell which one you got since both bonuses are 3 turns).

Zorp Game profile

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Sep 25th 2014, 3:52:52

If I recall correctly, you only get 6 turns if you wait the full 18 hours or somewhere close. In fact, I'm sure I've logged into 166 turns on team. However, there are many instances where you will get 3 bonus, and then another 3 bonus on the next turn.

Marshal Game profile

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Sep 25th 2014, 13:35:21

apparently it is that i got 3 turns ~24 hrs ago cause last login wasn't 18hrs since last login on prev. day and then 3 turns 6hrs later.
Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....

h2orich Game profile

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Oct 7th 2014, 4:56:01

Dont really know how it works yet, but it seems alot to me.

1 days ago
You have been granted 3 bonus turns!
18.3 hours ago
You have been granted 3 bonus turns!
2.9 hours ago
You have been granted 3 bonus turns!
0.1 mins ago
You have been granted 3 bonus turns!

LATC Game profile

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Oct 7th 2014, 13:54:48

qz, why not just make it X turns every Y hours and have all these questions/bug reports go away?

Equiv. of the current 480 bonus turns over a reset:
1 every 3 hours
2 every 6
3 every 9
4 every 12
5 every 15
6 every 18
9 every 21
12 every 24

Or you know, make it NOT like the old E2025 and do whatever number of bonus turns every how ever many hours.
Originally posted by Xinhuan:
Are you guys stupid or what?

blid

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Oct 7th 2014, 14:05:05

Or make it LIKE the old e2025 and go back to firm 12/18hr bonuses.
Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:
Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Xinhuan Game profile

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Oct 7th 2014, 15:59:21

Originally posted by Xinhuan:
You're probably confused. The 12 hour and 18 hour bonuses are now decoupled. This means they are on separate timers/clocks, exactly the same way the 3 bonus points websites work (separate timers). What time you get your 12 hour bonus does not affect when you next get your 18 hour one (and you can't easily tell which one you got since both bonuses are 3 turns).

LATC Game profile

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Oct 7th 2014, 17:11:44

Originally posted by Xinhuan:
Originally posted by Xinhuan:
You're probably confused. The 12 hour and 18 hour bonuses are now decoupled. This means they are on separate timers/clocks, exactly the same way the 3 bonus points websites work (separate timers). What time you get your 12 hour bonus does not affect when you next get your 18 hour one (and you can't easily tell which one you got since both bonuses are 3 turns).


But when you get your 12 hr bonus could be dependent on the 18 hr one. When you get the 18 hr bonus both timers reset
Originally posted by Xinhuan:
Are you guys stupid or what?

Marshal Game profile

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Oct 7th 2014, 19:14:22

Originally posted by blid:
Or make it LIKE the old e2025 and go back to firm 12/18hr bonuses.


then it'd difficult to sell twice a day in alliance etc and get 18 hrs bonus or 2x 12 hrs bonus.
Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....

Xinhuan Game profile

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Oct 8th 2014, 18:55:24

Originally posted by LATC:
But when you get your 12 hr bonus could be dependent on the 18 hr one. When you get the 18 hr bonus both timers reset


No they don't. What you failed to understand that the 18 hour bonus is 3 turns, not 6 turns. If you got 6 turns, that means you actually got both bonuses, and slipped at least 6 hours on the 12 hour bonus.

Example: You just got 6 turns bonus. So both have just reset. You login 13 hours later (get 12 hour bonus). You login again 5 hours after that (get 18 hour bonus). This doesn't reset the 12 hour timer, you next get it 7 hours later.

LATC Game profile

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Oct 8th 2014, 19:40:03

Originally posted by Xinhuan:
Originally posted by LATC:
But when you get your 12 hr bonus could be dependent on the 18 hr one. When you get the 18 hr bonus both timers reset


No they don't. What you failed to understand that the 18 hour bonus is 3 turns, not 6 turns. If you got 6 turns, that means you actually got both bonuses, and slipped at least 6 hours on the 12 hour bonus.

Example: You just got 6 turns bonus. So both have just reset. You login 13 hours later (get 12 hour bonus). You login again 5 hours after that (get 18 hour bonus). This doesn't reset the 12 hour timer, you next get it 7 hours later.


I understand it's 3 and 3. But it does reset both, I thought it was the way you were saying too until I reread QZ's code example carefully. If 12 and 18 hour are completely decoupled you'd have 600 possible bonus turns vs what it is now and before which is 480.

IF(country gains a turn)
{
bonus_to_give = 0
IF(logout_timer_12 WAS SET more than 12 hours ago)
{
bonus_to_give = bonus_to_give + 3
SET logout_timer_12
}
if(logout_timer_18 WAS SET more than 18 hours ago){
bonus_to_give = bonus_to_give + 3
SET logout_timer_12
SET logout_timer_18
}
}


Line 9 to 12: if 18 hour bonus is reached, add 3 turns to existing bonus_to_give variable (existing variable can possibly 0 or 3 depending if 12 hour timer was reached or not on this login). Then reset BOTH timers.

Originally posted by qzjul:

Example:

Play turns at midnight. (no bonus)
Country play 18 hours later (gets 6 turns from 12h & 18h bonus)
Country plays 4 hours after that (gets no turns)
Country plays 8 hours after that (gets 3 turns from 12h bonus)
Country plays 6 hours after that (gets 3 turns from 18h bonus)
Country plays 8 hours after that (gets no turns)
Country plays 10 hours after that (gets 6 turns from 12h & 18h bonus)
Country plays 72 hours after that (gets 6 turns from 12h & 18h bonus)
Country plays every 2 hours for 24 hours, gets 3 turns at 12h and 3 turns at 18h.

Technically, if you play every 6 hours all set, you end up with an average of 8 turns per day, over a 72h cycle.


6th event of the example qz gave.. if they are completely decoupled there should be 3 bonus turns there since it's been 16 hrs since the 12 hr bonus was last awarded. Having them both reset after the 18 hr bonus is given is also what makes it 8 turns per day avg over 72 hr cycle.

Like I said, QZ should just simplify things to X bonus turns every Y hours.

Edited By: LATC on Oct 8th 2014, 19:46:02
Originally posted by Xinhuan:
Are you guys stupid or what?

Xinhuan Game profile

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Oct 8th 2014, 19:45:16

Hmmmmmmmmm. You're right! Woohoo, you earn 1 "Xinhuan is wrong" cookie!

Ok, if this is even confusing me, then it's probably too damn confusing for anyone. :/

LATC Game profile

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Oct 8th 2014, 19:46:28

<-- better than xinhuan

I can claim that now!!!
Originally posted by Xinhuan:
Are you guys stupid or what?

Xinhuan Game profile

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Oct 8th 2014, 19:49:16

Originally posted by LATC:
<-- better than xinhuan

I can claim that now!!!


Technically, you also have more rank 1 finishes than I have on Primary (2 vs 1). ;)

blid

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Oct 13th 2014, 20:16:39

Can you guys explain this for me?

Primary
Sep 5 00:00 - Nov 3 23:59
Play your Country
Last Played: 18h ago

so i log in.
0 mins ago
You have been granted 3 bonus turns!

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:
Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Marshal Game profile

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Oct 13th 2014, 20:21:08

you should been away 18.1 hrs.
Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....

Xinhuan Game profile

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Oct 14th 2014, 3:08:25

Did you get another 3 turns on the next turn tick over?

blid

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Oct 14th 2014, 16:27:40

Yeah, but why?
Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:
Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

LATC Game profile

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Oct 14th 2014, 18:34:31

You get the bonus turns when a turn is awarded (that's when it checks). So if you played at 00:01 you won't get the 3 bonus until the turn at 18:30 (primary) I assume
Originally posted by Xinhuan:
Are you guys stupid or what?

VicRattlehead Game profile

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Oct 14th 2014, 18:41:43

Seems to award bonus turns regardless of login habits.

Marshal Game profile

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Oct 14th 2014, 19:13:53

what latc said, qz or pang explained that long ago.

no idea how it was in mehul's game.
Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....