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 | | 12/12/2006 3:37 PM |
| Heya guys,
anyone have any problems with the mini game? Any suggestions? | |
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Charninja
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1 Posts
| | 12/12/2006 9:03 PM |
| I know somebody mentioned a simimlar problem before, but it seems to me that the system REALLY likes rolling 1s. Maybe it was just bad luck, but for everybody to get it so often... I don't know man.
Also, I'm having some problems staying connected. Pretty sure the problem isn't on my end, so something to look into.
As for a real suggestion: Please, have a favorites list. Lots of pieces are used very often, so if we could save warbands and edit them over time, it would be awesome. It gets REALLY tedious hunting for every figure again and again and again. A search function would also be nice.
Also, I heard there was a way to do random "sealed" matches. Maybe I'm just blind and stupid (heck, I know I'm at least literally half-blind) but I can't seem to find it. | | | |
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| | 12/13/2006 12:46 PM |
| The dice system was recently changed to a system where the rolls are generated using atmospheric noise instead of the computer-- now the rolls are 100% random instead of pseudorandom. Was it recently that you felt it rolled too many ones?
Up next is the ability to save warbands over time. Hope to have this implemented in the next 2 months.
to do sealed matches, the host simply enters how many packs of each set they want to include in the game. When you get in the game, press the sealed button and a pile of pieces will appear at your spawn point randomly selected from the packs.
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Boyet
Sneak
63 Posts
Neutral Grounds philippines
| | 12/13/2006 8:55 PM |
| | i just observed a game of dreamblade mini just now. im going to read the rules further and try the mini game.
i think its cool!
im into dreamblade now. i like the concept of the game and its simpler and a diverse on the starwars and DnD i play. | |
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| | 01/04/2007 6:38 PM |
| | bump!! anymore feedback? | |
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fried
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10 Posts
| | 01/05/2007 12:09 PM |
| Hello!
Just finished my fifth game here and I like it!
Here's my feedback:
1. After rolling a dice you have to click on the text input to start typing again. This cause a lot of double or triple rolls. Especially if the player is not watching as he types.
Annoying and could be troublesome if your opponent is itchy with the rules. Could this be changed so that if you type some text and press enter -> another roll won't be caused.
2. When rolls happen it would be great that the sum of the damage would also be counted. I know it's a bit lazy but it would in most circumstances be helpful.
Example Change:
Old text example:
fried rolled 7 Attack dice: Blade, Miss, 3, 3, Miss, Blade, 2
New text suggestion:
fried rolled 7 Attack dice: Blade, Miss, 3, 3, Miss, Blade, 2
Damage sum: 8 Blades sum: 1
Remember this is just a suggestion! 
3. I have a widescreen. It could be cool that there would be link to dreamcatcher on the right. For quick checks.
4. Saving your warband, must be an option.
Remember this is atleast supposed to be constructive, I really like this application!
Thanks very much!
It looks great!
Cheers,
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Boyet
Sneak
63 Posts
Neutral Grounds philippines
| | 01/10/2007 7:24 PM |
| | when i played the online dreamblade last year. sometimes my text input is not entering properly after hitting the enter button, but if i move a piece, that would be the time the text would register. also, the initiative dice would roll 3-4 times after clicking the roll button. hope this helps. | |
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dtothev
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4 Posts
| | 01/11/2007 12:11 AM |
| | In Firefox, the mini-game has a tendency to freeze the screen. Sometimes the problem resolves within a matter of seconds or minutes, and sometimes it crashes Firefox completely. I'm not certain if it's java-related or what have you, but I think it's solely a Firefox issue. | | | |
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Blacksnake Whip
Sneak
53 Posts
Stillwater, Oklahoma
| | 01/14/2007 2:20 PM |
| | Is there any way to make it so the board will rotate to accomodate perspective (so one player doesn't have to play from the top)? | | | |
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Scud-O
Sneak
117 Posts
| | 01/18/2007 7:19 AM |
| When can we expect the Chrysotic Plague minis to be added to the minigame?
And, more importantly, is there any way I can help get such a task done? I don't know coding, but I can make spreadsheets/input environments like a champ. Let me know if you need someone to cut'n'paste data or anything... | | | |
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stckcrsh
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5 Posts
| | 01/21/2007 11:30 PM |
| There are a couple of problems i have found with chrysotic plague
just so you know im not ripping on your work i love max minis and its the only place i play now but these are just some errors i caught with crysotic plague
1) in whispering imps abilities the mutation 6 says that you can spawn a 10 cost creature. this should be changed to a six cost creature
2) the akiza guardian says that it is a twin of akiza guardian when it should be twin of akiza champion
3) some of the venom points abilities will say venom 3 or 4 but will in the description of the ability say put 2 venom points on target creature. if you are using one description for abilities like venom you could just put assign a number of venom points that would work
4)when you right click a piece and look at the description under location every piece says yes
5) i dont know if its my browser (i use both internet explorer and firefox) but when i exit a game i can never return to that game. I just get a small picture of the creature list in the top left and nothing else will come up
thanks for making it possible to play dreamblade 24 hours a day i love your site.
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603 Posts
| | 01/22/2007 10:13 PM |
| | 1) fixed
2) fixed
3) fixed
4) and 5) we will look into it on next round of modifications to the minigame... | |
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| | 01/22/2007 10:14 PM |
| Posted By dtothev on 01/11/2007 12:11 AM
In Firefox, the mini-game has a tendency to freeze the screen. Sometimes the problem resolves within a matter of seconds or minutes, and sometimes it crashes Firefox completely. I'm not certain if it's java-related or what have you, but I think it's solely a Firefox issue.
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| | 01/22/2007 10:14 PM |
| Posted By Blacksnake Whip on 01/14/2007 2:20 PM
Is there any way to make it so the board will rotate to accomodate perspective (so one player doesn't have to play from the top)?
does this bother a lot of people? | |
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603 Posts
| | 01/22/2007 10:15 PM |
| Posted By Boyet on 01/10/2007 7:24 PM
when i played the online dreamblade last year. sometimes my text input is not entering properly after hitting the enter button, but if i move a piece, that would be the time the text would register. also, the initiative dice would roll 3-4 times after clicking the roll button. hope this helps.
have you tried recently? we keep updating it... | |
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Ragnaroque
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36 Posts
| | 01/24/2007 7:49 PM |
| | I don't know what's causing it but the past couple of nights my opponents have been having trouble staying fully connected. The "left the game" message appears for them in the chat window and their name is greyed out on the scoring log. Though they are still in the minigame window, and have access to the chat pane, the dreamscape pane is locked for the them, if they can even see the minis. As I have said I don't know what's causing it as i have no problems at all. | |
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| | 01/25/2007 8:34 AM |
| Posted By Ragnaroque on 01/24/2007 7:49 PM
I don't know what's causing it but the past couple of nights my opponents have been having trouble staying fully connected. The "left the game" message appears for them in the chat window and their name is greyed out on the scoring log. Though they are still in the minigame window, and have access to the chat pane, the dreamscape pane is locked for the them, if they can even see the minis. As I have said I don't know what's causing it as i have no problems at all.
what browser and browser version are they using?
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Heartless_
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9 Posts
| | 01/26/2007 7:14 PM |
| It seems like whenever you join a server to observe or play and freeze in the process it crashes everyone else also. It happened this evening when I left my empty game to go observe another game. I froze and had to Ctrl Alt Del the window at which point when I got back everyone had crashed out.
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duelking
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16 Posts
| | 04/02/2007 10:54 AM |
| | Some people are complainging about how uneven the dice rolls are, they arent as random as people would like, they always roll so good or terrible its amazing, is it possible to get a dice generator like vassals? | | | |
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Aztecblue
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35 Posts
| | 04/20/2007 7:20 PM |
| This is a great website I like it alot It is really fun there are alot of post I hope this is out a long time=)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ridureyu
Underboss
1622 Posts
| | 04/20/2007 9:24 PM |
| Sometimes there are dice issues, but not always.
Of course, now we're waiting for Anvilborn to be added. | |
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Blacksnake Whip
Sneak
53 Posts
Stillwater, Oklahoma
| | 04/20/2007 10:07 PM |
| | Yes, sometimes I get freaky rolls from the dice, but then I get some freaky rolls from real dice, too. The important thing is that the dice rolls on here are both possible and equitable. It sucks to roll 14 dice and get 13 misses and a blade, but you won't hear me complaining about getting 30 damage and 4 blades. | | | |
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Djinni
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| | 04/21/2007 8:16 AM |
| Posted By duelking on 04/02/2007 10:54 AM
Some people are complainging about how uneven the dice rolls are, they arent as random as people would like, they always roll so good or terrible its amazing, is it possible to get a dice generator like vassals? its the same as if you shuffle a deck of cards and when someone gets a pair they claim you didn't shuffle the deck right. the dice generator is as random as real dice, and you only notice the effects that make you think it isn't. | | | |
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Thespian
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442 Posts
Lethbridge, Alberta
| | 04/21/2007 9:22 AM |
| Posted By Djinni on 04/21/2007 8:16 AM Posted By duelking on 04/02/2007 10:54 AM
Some people are complainging about how uneven the dice rolls are, they arent as random as people would like, they always roll so good or terrible its amazing, is it possible to get a dice generator like vassals? its the same as if you shuffle a deck of cards and when someone gets a pair they claim you didn't shuffle the deck right. the dice generator is as random as real dice, and you only notice the effects that make you think it isn't.
There is NO way to create a random number using electronics. The method does not exist. The numbers are based on wack-o patterns that rely on the previously rolled number, which initially starts with a "seed" number. Even in Las Vegas, they use this technology - but their patterns only allow only so many payouts.....In essence, there is absolutely nothing random about them.Â
I teach high school math, and my students are always amazed when I ask them to take out their calculator's batteries and put them back in (resetting the electronics in the calculator) and use the random number feature. They all get the same number. They do it again, and they all get a different number that is common to them all. Their faith in all things random is immediately challenged! Heck, there are people out there who practice rolling dice to get a deisred result as well - so calling dice rolling random has its flaws as well. In cards, they say that you need to shuffle the cards at least SEVEN times to get a truly randomized deck.... Â
That said, I doubt that Vassal's random number generator is any more "reliable in its randomness" than the one used in the Maxminis minigame. To compare how "fair" they are is silly. It sucks when then dice go cold on you - but then again, maybe someone has programmed it (unintentionally) that way!!!
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James P
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20 Posts
| | 05/18/2007 10:31 PM |
| Anvilborn pieces do not have all the abilities on them. Dice are rolling way too extreme, either great or horrible. Way more than real dice seem to roll.
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titomane
Skirmisher
17 Posts
| | 05/19/2007 8:08 AM |
| hi !
yesterday on vassal, i had an horrible session of dices : me rolling really bad dices and my opponent really good one (no blade when you need, no hit to kill a f****n seraph even with 5 to 9 dices, no init when you need or init but no spawn, blue dragon killed by an 8 dice roll...) well it happens sometimes... that's the law of "hazard" and it is quite the same here. I don't see it like a feature of bad hazard generator (they are quite resilient now). The truth is that sometimes dices are not with us ! and sometimes it is not with our opponent (but then we don't notice it or we are really pleased about it). That's why i love this game instead of chess, sometimes you need to force chance, to take risk and see what happen... like in poker ! like in real life !
this mini game is a great stuff, and i'm really pleased to play here and on vassal to tune my play,
gratz !
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King Atlantis
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12 Posts
| | 05/20/2007 10:52 AM |
| i get a TON of no spawns.
NEVER in a real game do you get 4/5 no spawns in a game >.> | | | |
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DMG
Sneak
107 Posts
Dallas
| | 05/21/2007 8:19 AM |
| Yazreal, Dreadfiend does not have his abilities listed when you right click. My biggest issue with this interface is that after I move my pieces and then begin typing -  rerolls appear, like extra init rolls or even attack rolls. The only way to avoid it is to click back into the text field everytime before you type anything. Its often a very difficult thing to try and remember to do and the rerolls often cause confusion with your opponent.
Also an "UNDO MOVE" feature would be handy. | | | |
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titomane
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| | 05/21/2007 9:42 AM |
| never 4/5 no spawn in a game ?
i would not say that ! i admit that it it is not frequently happening to me but as i'm usually playing aggro band and i don't play a lot of turn ! but no spawn happens somthing like 1/3 of the time !so in 12 turns it can happen 3 to 4 times...
in my experience, the stat of no spawn is quite the same. I admit that in some games you have pikes of strange effect (lots of bad rolls, lots of good rolls => always for vilain ^^ ...) but in 50+ games it's not that significant.
tomtom
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Jarrett
Sneak
51 Posts
Langley British Columbia
| | 05/26/2007 3:45 PM |
| Whats the issue that causing this site to crash on a regular bases. I hate playing on vassel ......
Please fix
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603 Posts
| | 05/31/2007 1:05 PM |
| Posted By James P on 05/18/2007 10:31 PM
Anvilborn pieces do not have all the abilities on them. Dice are rolling way too extreme, either great or horrible. Way more than real dice seem to roll.
Can you or anyone else point out which pieces in particular are missing their abilities or any other such errors? They are easy to correct if you just tell me what they are.
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Scud-O
Sneak
117 Posts
| | 05/31/2007 1:14 PM |
| Bast's Handmaid is missing her ability.
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Thespian
Sergeant
442 Posts
Lethbridge, Alberta
| | 05/31/2007 2:38 PM |
| | Infernal Screamer is Missing ability | |
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James P
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20 Posts
| | 05/31/2007 2:56 PM |
| | The Unsated Ragedrake should have an aspect cost of 2, not 1. | | | |
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Ragnaroque
Skirmisher
36 Posts
| | 05/31/2007 4:04 PM |
| Just having a quick glance over the mini list and compiling everything I've noticed:
All Anvilborn Madness minis need the aspect costs altering from Us to Ms (as I presume then they'll parse correctly and display the aspect cost symbols on right click).
Minis missing abilities:
Bast's Handmaid - Blade: Mighty Stride - If you control the creature with the highest power, you may move that creature one cell.
Dreamscape Prophet - Blade: Mind Crit 4 - If you have more miniatures in your reserves than your opponent, deal +4 damage this combat.
Blade: Raise - Put target creature from your graveyard into your reserves
Infernal Screamer - (6): Summon Hellbred 9 - Gain +9 spawn points. These spawn points can be spent only on spawning a single Hellbred miniature.
Yazrael, Dreadfiend - Unique Yazrael
Soul Harrow - Enemy miniatures can't be spawned in this column.
Blade : Scare -You may push target unengaged enemy one cell. ("Pushing" means moving a creature away.)
And the Crypt Worm is missing Hellbred lineage.
And what James said about the Ragedrake's aspect cost.
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Lenneth
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19 Posts
| | 06/01/2007 7:33 AM |
| Thank you for the minigame it works great for the most part except sometimes it has some minor issues.Â
1. Occasionally it just crashes out of firefox like closes firefox with some error.  Usually I can rejoin the game so its not that big a deal but once I could not.
2.  Sometimes it does not register when you push the roll button or it lags and takes up to 20 seconds to display your roll after you push the roll button. Not a big thing just sometimes I roll multiple times because of this.
3. Some missing text like on Yazrael others mentioned before.
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Thespian
Sergeant
442 Posts
Lethbridge, Alberta
| | 06/01/2007 1:27 PM |
| Considering the nature fo some of these (mostly) minor issues and complaints, I have to say that it is wodnerful to have this application. Thank you so much for creating it and keeping it going. Would it be possible to create a little Icon that people could use to show others that they are just making a warband instead of looking to play? Just anything to let others know whether you are looking to play a game or not. | |
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Lenneth
Skirmisher
19 Posts
| | 06/01/2007 9:35 PM |
| Found another issue that the roll didn't apear for me but it appeared for my opponent. Was pretty odd.
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Bitmaster
Skirmisher
3 Posts
| | 06/27/2007 7:43 AM |
| I like playing here vice on Vassal, but there are several things that I've noticed during play:
1) Seems to be too frequent of a loss of connection to the game server. One minute, you're playing with someone; next minute, it says that "X Player" has left and you have to wait until they reconnect, which at some times can be up to five minutes. This has happened to me several times when my Internet connection is just fine and I've had opponents lose connection also during a match.
2) There's a lot of complaints about dice results - I don't know if its justified or not; they seem to be pretty random to me, but you never know...
3) Too many minis with missing or incorrect stats - earlier in the thread, it was stated that Unsated Ragedrake was 2 Passion aspect vice 1 Passion... That still hasn't been fixed (to my knowledge) and there's many other minis that don't have proper stats. One of the main reasons I like this site over Vassal is that you can quick reference mini abilities with a right-click instead of having to refer to printed Dreamblade encyclopedias for stats.
4) I'll also throw my hat into the ring regarding the lag with clicking both the INIT and ATTACK buttons. There is a real lag there and sometimes you don't even get a reply at all. It is very frustrating when you roll and have to wait 30 seconds or so sometimes to get a result - even worse if you don't see a response but your opponent does and its a crappy roll. You don't want to call your opponent a cheater or liar, but at the same time you want to see your roll for yourself...
5) A suggestion - could there be some sort of quick reference FAQ that you can open up? Some of the basics in the FAQ would be great like "where can I spawn a mini" or spawn phase timing rules, etc. would be a really good thing... I've run into several issues with players that I've had to correct because of rules misunderstandings. If there were a copy of the FAQ from Wizards or something, it would help out tremendously...
6) A suggestion - could we get buttons for sealed boosters for all three current booster sets? With GENCON coming up, the booster draft format is being practiced heavily on Vassal and I'd like to see that available here also...
Overall, a great job! Keep up the good work! I'd give it a rating of 9 out of 10 (10 being true perfection!) Also, Kudos to whoever thought of the ability to save warbands - that idea was awesome & definitely needed! | | | |
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Sergeant
603 Posts
| | 07/03/2007 9:42 AM |
| All missing abilities and lineages have been fixed, will look into the other issues this month
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