Arena Switch Warning

[MachFly]

This is what we currently have to warn us when the arenas switch:

AUTO: Locking arena in 5 minutes. New arenas are now available.
AUTO: Locking arena in 4 minutes. New arenas are now available.
AUTO: Locking arena in 3 minutes. New arenas are now available.
AUTO: Locking arena in 2 minutes. New arenas are now available.
AUTO: Locking arena in 1 minutes. New arenas are now available.
AUTO: Locking arena in 35 seconds. New arenas are now available.
AUTO: This arena is now locked.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 10 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 9 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 8 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 7 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 6 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 5 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 4 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 3 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 2 minutes.
AUTO: Arena Will be shutting down in 1 minutes.

So I'm trying to figure out; what is the point of that 35 second warning when the arena gets locked? It will be a lot more useful to have that 35 second warning before the arena shuts down.

[Chalenge]

Is so someone asks what its for. 

[hitech]

It is because the arena lock message is not 100% precise, I.E. 1 min can really be 1.3 mins. Each is simply trunkated when show I.E. 1.4 becomes 1.


So if a warning is less than 1 min, it displays it in seconds instead so players would not squeak saying. It said one min, but it closed in 45 secs.

HiTech

[MachFly]

I see

thanks for explaining

[kvuo75]

i saw it say closing in 1 or 2 seconds before.. then it finally closed maybe a minute later. 

[guncrasher]

first time i saw the 1 minute warning, i went in for landing, i swear it was 10 seconds when I got dumped.  now when i see the 1 min I bail if i have any points, forget the landing.  last night we had buffs over the city, i bailed and withing 15 seconds the connection dissapeared.

semp

[DERK13]

hitech, can there be a warning that says the arena will close in 30mins. Often i find myself at 30k ib for a base deep in rook territory and then the auto message pops up. Really bugs me. Or could you please post a schdule in the arena message or open lobby (just somewhere) saying what times the arena switch. Thanks salute RedTail

[kvuo75]

hitech, can there be a warning that says the arena will close in 30mins. Often i find myself at 30k ib for a base deep in rook territory and then the auto message pops up. Really bugs me. Or could you please post a schdule in the arena message or open lobby (just somewhere) saying what times the arena switch. Thanks salute RedTail

it's always the same time. 2am eastern and 5pm eastern

[james]

Doesn't matter what time the arena switches, the bigger problem is, AUTO is a spy