scibuff
Farmer
- Reason
- The current implementation of keyboard shortcuts in Guild Battlegrounds (GBG) has several overlapping functions that disrupt the battle flow and negatively impact the user experience. Some essential shortcuts are also missing, making the experience inconsistent and less efficient for players.
- Details
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The existing keyboard shortcuts in Guild Battlegrounds can lead to unintended actions due to overlapping functionality:
B Key Overlap:
Used for both displaying province/sector buildings and initiating auto-battle.
This overlap can result in accidentally brining up the province details/buildings even during the fights (i.e. before the battle result is shown)
ESC Key Overlap:
Used to confirm/close the battle result pop-up and to close the province pop-up.
However, it doesn’t work for the "Surrender" prompt, requiring players to manually click Cancel/Surrender, which breaks the flow.
A Key Overlap:
Used for both starting the battle (attack/defend) and entering a manual battle.
This can lead to players unintentionally entering manual battles wasting precious time.
R Key Overlap:
Intended to "replace units," but can occasionally trigger the "Research new technology"
The "Research" shortcut (R) should be restricted to the main city window to avoid conflicts in GBG. Please note this is very rare, it happened to me a few times over the last couple of months. I haven't been able to reproduce it today during screen capture.
- Balance
- There are no balance or abuse concerns with these changes, as they affect all players equally. These improvements aim solely to enhance user experience and streamline gameplay.
- Abuse Prevention
- There are no balance or abuse concerns with these changes, as they affect all players equally. These improvements aim solely to enhance user experience and streamline gameplay.
- Summary
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To improve the Guild Battlegrounds experience, the following changes and additions are suggested:
Assign unique keys for each action:
Separate keys for viewing province/sector buildings and initiating auto-battle.
Ensure the key for "Replace Units" (R) does not conflict with the "Research" screen.
Add a dedicated shortcut for reopening the last viewed province or sector pop-up.
This would be especially helpful when players accidentally close the province pop-up (wanting only to close the battle result pop-up)
Reevaluate the ESC key functionality:
Allow ESC to close the "Surrender" prompt and ensure it does not trigger conflicting actions (e.g., closing both the province pop-up and other pop-ups unintentionally).
These changes will significantly improve the flow and efficiency of battles in Guild Battlegrounds, enhancing the overall gameplay experience for PC players.
- Have you looked to see if this has already been suggested?
- I have read the DNSL and searched the forums for similar posts
Reason: The current implementation of keyboard shortcuts in Guild Battlegrounds (GBG) has several overlapping functions that disrupt the battle flow and negatively impact the user experience. Some essential shortcuts are also missing, making the experience inconsistent and less efficient for players.
Details: The existing keyboard shortcuts in Guild Battlegrounds can lead to unintended actions due to overlapping functionality:
Balance/Abuse Prevention: There are no balance or abuse concerns with these changes, as they affect all players equally. These improvements aim solely to enhance user experience and streamline gameplay.
Summary: To improve the Guild Battlegrounds experience, the following changes and additions are suggested:
Details: The existing keyboard shortcuts in Guild Battlegrounds can lead to unintended actions due to overlapping functionality:
- B Key Overlap:
- Used for both displaying province/sector buildings and initiating auto-battle.
- This overlap can result in accidentally brining up the province details/buildings even during the fights (i.e. before the battle result is shown)
- ESC Key Overlap:
- Used to confirm/close the battle result pop-up and to close the province pop-up.
- However, it doesn’t work for the "Surrender" prompt, requiring players to manually click Cancel/Surrender, which breaks the flow.
- A Key Overlap:
- Used for both starting the battle (attack/defend) and entering a manual battle.
- This can lead to players unintentionally entering manual battles wasting precious time.
- R Key Overlap:
- Intended to "replace units," but can occasionally trigger the "Research new technology"
- The "Research" shortcut (R) should be restricted to the main city window to avoid conflicts in GBG. Please note this is very rare, it happened to me a few times over the last couple of months. I haven't been able to reproduce it today during screen capture.
Balance/Abuse Prevention: There are no balance or abuse concerns with these changes, as they affect all players equally. These improvements aim solely to enhance user experience and streamline gameplay.
Summary: To improve the Guild Battlegrounds experience, the following changes and additions are suggested:
- Assign unique keysfor each action:
- Separate keys for viewing province/sector buildings and initiating auto-battle.
- Ensure the key for "Replace Units" (R) does not conflict with the "Research" screen.
- Add a dedicated shortcut for reopening the last viewed province or sector pop-up.
- This would be especially helpful when players accidentally close the province pop-up (wanting only to close the battle result pop-up)
- Reevaluate the ESC key functionality:
- Allow ESC to close the "Surrender" prompt and ensure it does not trigger conflicting actions (e.g., closing both the province pop-up and other pop-ups unintentionally).
. Not sure about the single click ... I mean, why not then just have auto-fight which does it all for all battles in a province, i.e. attack, refresh army, autobattle, confirm battle outcome and keep going, until you stop it (kinda like you can now auto aid FL, Guild, and the Hood)
