Crusader skill cancel bug

[VileoSufora]

So I'm playing in Trainer (Not sure if it's just trainer or both trainer and full game), I play a Crusader, etc
I think about copying my opponent's Pulvy, click Crusader to activate the skill, remember I don't even have quanta being generated anyway, I click cancel and decide to use a different card. ...After clicking cancel, it was like I'd casted the skill but didn't get anything out of it. My quanta didn't return. I figure this should be an easy fix. Though I've encountered this for a few other creatures, I can't remember them. I vaguely recall something in as well.

[rsnail]

Yeah that happens when I cancel using an Oyt and lose a gravity Quanta ;(

[tyranim]

its not a glitch.
if it is, zanz likes it so it stays.
this thing has been around since the very first release.
its sort of a way of teaching you not to click on cards you dont want to use at that time.

[Shantu]

Not a bug.

Players with slow CPU's managed to activate a creature skill, play a card and use the "cancel" button in a rapid sequence to re-use cards in an infinite loop.

In 1.25, after using a creature skill, a 1/10 of a second pause is added (same as the one used for playing a new card). It is the time required for the script to complete its function, during that time a new command (another creature skill, card, etc.) can not be used.

P.S. : this is also the reason why creature's skills do not have a "real" cancel option; giving back the cost of the skill would create a huge array of fast click combos and it would force me to make the UI much less fluid to keep control of all the possible exploits.
It is not because, as commonly believed, I am punishing the player for a bad choice. I said something similar once in the flash forum, but I was joking, and someone mistakenly left his sarcasm detector in the microwave while nuking a smurfberry pop tart.

[zombie0]

ok, theres a reason for the delay.  got it.

the issue i have is not being able to efficiently see the opponent (or my own) creatures.  when the only way to know quickly what oty can eat is clicking on it, thats a problem.


me - "hey osiris, whats that pharaoh/scarab thats frozen's health?"

osiris - "   not telling "

me - " "

[pikachufan2164]

the issue i have is not being able to efficiently see the opponent (or my own) creatures.  when the only way to know quickly what oty can eat is clicking on it, thats a problem.


me - "hey osiris, whats that pharaoh/scarab thats frozen's health?"

osiris - "   not telling "

me - " "

Nope, you can clearly see a frozen creature's HP. Way back in v1.15 or so, you couldn't, but now you can.

Observe (screenshot taken in v1.25):