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But it would be logical for the feature of dynamic turn timer extension if the player is still attacking. It doesn't make sense when the same turn timer of say 90 secs applies to a player who attacks 1 territory compared to a player who is on a chain attacking 20 territories. Both players has the same amount of turn time but one use it for one attack/one dice-roll, another one needs 20 attacks/20 dice-rolls. It is also nerve wracking to see the timer getting towards the end but I am still in the process of attacking. And then suddenly the timer ends and I got no time to complete my chain-attack and fortified my troops. The game is stupid when its like you get penalised for attacking too many territories, because you have only the same amount of turn time to attack, be it one territory or 30 territories. I love the suggestion of freezing the timer during attacking, meaning the timer clocks only for planning and not for attacking and dice-roll. Whats the point of adding the manual dice-roll in global gameplay when no one is using it? Everyone else is using blitzed dice-roll especially when you needs to attack a number of territories. Either a dynamic turn timer which varies on the number of consecutive attacks or freezing the turn timer during attack would really helps. This needs to be seriously look into. :)

I quite like the old system where if you're playing a game with a 60 second timer you only get 60 seconds to complete your go. I don't like that players now get extra time. The whole point of a 60 second game is to keep the game flowing quickly and to make people think on their feet. If you're playing against 5 people you potentially have 5 lots of 60 seconds to plan your move. It's a bit like chess, you should be planning many turns in advance and multiple strategies/contingencies in your head of what you would do depending on the variables and possibilities. Part of the fun is contemplating "do I have enough time to kill an enemy and then fortify to protect my continent". Part of the game is luck as to whose turn it will be at the point at which the weakest opponent is in a position of A. (in an area not surrounded by other armies), B. (has a low enough number of armies to attack), C. (has enough cards to make the kill worthwhile). Really other than doing the maths of "is it worthwhile" the only skill involved is being able to do it against the timer. Being given a large chunk of extra time really puts finishing off an opponent down to positional luck. I guess you can sometimes block others so they have to go through you to take out the weak player but that's not always possible and quite risky. I do however quite like the idea of having an extra 30 seconds to deploy the armies from your new territory cards, but not to then go on attacking. It's too powerful an update which is based mostly on luck of who gets it.