Doubling your lightning ! [Bug]

I don't doubt some people will resent this post, oh well ! I'm going to talk about this bug because it could be giving players an unfair advantage..

Basically we already know that the lightning refresh rate is every hour on the hour (give or take 40s). But here's the thing, if you're in the middle of grinding a level while the reset happens, your energy just refills. If you use repeat until you deplete your lightning without going back to the airship, then return once you reach 0 lightning, the game will refill your lightning a second time. Essentially, if you time this properly, you can get 27 lightning per hour instead of just 14!

Also, please don't ban me Sean. Rip.

Posted Aug 14, 2017, 2:28 PM UTC

312
A_Besuga•

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

3
AbyssionQC•

It's a bug. The timer is off by roughly a minute or so (inconsistent) but in reality the reset is on time (you'll get your energy by going to the bazaar since it automatically checks for the energy refill). If you're on the airship when the timer reaches 0, you get a refill that the server doesn't "see" and if you use your lightning afterwards it will only check for the energy refill once you go back to the airship, effectively doubling your energy. You can't call a positive bug a feature, whether or not it's good doesn't change the fact that it's a bug.

2
OoidalOP•

And this is a guide on how to use said feature because it's so ambiguous! :p

2
Puskeentio•

Actually it has been already been discussed in the proper bug report thread, so this is a bit redundant.

1
OoidalOP•

Aside from everybody who doesn't know about it. In that sense, this is more of a PSA than anything else (hence the pls don't ban me bit).

1
Somedays92Developer/Sean Young•

This will be fixed soon so abuse it while u can

3
719matmat•

so we have your word we can abuse this?

1
Destrotant•

He didn't give you permission, he gave you a command. Obey.

2
Zubinator117•

I resent this post :( ^^^^^^^/s

1
Somedays92Developer/Sean Young•

can u still do it

1
[deleted]•

[deleted]

1
[deleted]•

[deleted]

1
[deleted]•

[deleted]

1
OoidalOP•

I'll check in the next couple of hours!

Edit: so I did what normally caused it on droth, and it didn't do the second refresh when I returned to the ship. But it did refresh between battles on the hour. Just noticed the above comment. I can test for chaos tower tomorrow.

1
OoidalOP•

So idk if this was your doing or just an issue on my end, but every time I've tried the "main" method destrotant mentioned, my game has essentially stalled out.

Energy resets > select level from airship > "Connecting to server" > ... > "Connecting to server" > ...

Might be a separate bug altogether.

1