Training/Testing/Exploration Battles

[Baby_Sam 614]

Hi,

 

I am not sure this is a new question, but things changed since the custom battle names were taken out and the private battle mode has been taken away from the mob and restricted to the elite. Test servers are not always open, and sometimes you can't test something without creating a new account if your original account had upgrades, etc.

 

I sometimes want to explore a map I had never been in or test a turret or hull I have little experience with without having people shooting at me. I used to create a private battle and call it "Training, not a battle" or whatever. I no longer can do that.

 

Last night, I wanted to measure the smoky reloading time, which is not listed in the turret specs, so I created a Rio CP with 1 player max team, and went there to test it. By the way, it turned out to be 2 seconds. A poor soul joined the battle, thinking it was a real battle, and started capturing points. I was not paying attention to that since I had something else on my mind. In the end, he destroyed my tank, but I had already achieved my goal. I had to apologize to him and explain what I was doing. I still feel bad about that though.

 

What is the proper way to do that?

 

If some nice moderator decides this is not the right place to ask this question, can he/she first answer my question and clearly tell me where to ask such questions before closing the thread please?

 

Thank you.

[EpicTroll99 572]

Don't feel bad about it, there is nothing you can do.

[JJ410 221]

Try going to a quiet server to try out your game. Also try making your game length very long so it won't attract as many people, especially on a quiet server. Hope this helps.

[Baby_Sam 614]

I sometimes think that the only way for everything never to be able to be perfect is to improve some part of it and screw up another. If you keep doing that forever, you'll never reach perfection, but if you keep improving you'll get very close to perfection.

[Promissory 569]

I sometimes think that the only way for everything never to be able to be perfect is to improve some part of it and screw up another. If you keep doing that forever, you'll never reach perfection, but if you keep improving you'll get very close to perfection.

"Being good means changing. Being perfect, means changing very often". Without messing with the good things of course :P

[lordmostafa 3,821]

Private battles are still there. Just enable the Pro-battle option and you'll see a Private battle option.

 

Moreover, all specifications for turrets and hulls can be found in the Wiki. Turrets & Hulls.

 

This is the full specifications for Smoky:

 

[Maf 32,300]

The best way to create an open battle and stop people entering it is to compress the rank limit so that players with only your rank can enter (therefore there will be less candidates), so you'll have more time alone.

[Maf 32,300]

Private battles are still there. Just enable the Pro-battle option and you'll see a Private battle option.

This isn't fair to low rank players, who just want to create private battle to test something. Unless they play PRO battles every day, paying 5000 crystals to enter ONE battle for yourself is extremely expensive and pointless, so low ranks are just forced to deal with testing in open battles.

[lordmostafa 3,821]

This isn't fair to low rank players, who just want to create private battle to test something. Unless they play PRO battles every day, paying 5000 crystals to enter ONE battle for yourself is extremely expensive and pointless, so low ranks are just forced to deal with testing in open battles.

They can go to the last server, do

 

The best way to create an open battle and stop people entering it is to compress the rank limit so that players with only your rank can enter (therefore there will be less candidates), so you'll have more time alone.

with long times. they will probably be safe from getting and intruder.

[Maf 32,300]

With a short rank range they will be even safer  ;)

[Baby_Sam 614]

They can go to the last server, do

 

with long times. they will probably be safe from getting and intruder.

I did that. I went to a server that had only one battle. I created a one hour battle capture the flag in a medkum size map with 1 max team size, and someone joined my battle and started shooting at me. When I left the battle, the other battle was gone, so there was only my battle on that server, but I could not be there alone.

 

However, I have not tried Mafioza121 suggestion of compressing the rank although I think the person who joined my battle was my same rank.

 

I think the best way is to pair up with a friend and go testing in a 2-plauer match. Maybe we should ask for enabling a DM with 1 player.

 

Today, I have a PRO pass, so maybe I can create a private battle and meditate! :)

Edited December 17, 2014 by Baby_Sam