Playing time and Real Life

Well what I heard is, in the final of the Alliance World Cup (the top tournament of the game), the players spent 96h straight with only small naps in between and otherwise continuously playing... so there's extremes to get to later on!

As for me, it varies wildly. I have only one game running simultaneously (or zero, actually), and the demands of it can vary from maybe an hour a day in the eraly game or in lulls between battles and preparing/repositioning stuff, to extremes of 10-12h a day when a big battle is being fought. On average, maybe like 4h?

Wow! that 10/12h day are impressive.

When I am attacking I usually log both mobile and PC

For sure sleeping time is an optional when in the middle of battles

Useful tips in this thread (link below) if you can't be active:

How to Play if You Can't be Active

Everyone deserve some rest

Sadly, it's almost impossible for me to log in for more than 2 hours every day .

Mark Dethief wrote:

Useful tips in this thread (link below) if you can't be active:

How to Play if You Can't be Active

Everyone deserve some rest

If I’m really focused on a game, and it’s on a weekend, maybe 3-4 hours. Normally, I can only play for an hour, maybe 2 if I’m lucky. I spend too much time on it though. I’m ready to quit for a while3

K.Rokossovski wrote:

Well what I heard is, in the final of the Alliance World Cup (the top tournament of the game), the players spent 96h straight with only small naps in between and otherwise continuously playing... so there's extremes to get to later on!

K.Rokossovski wrote:

Well what I heard is, in the final of the Alliance World Cup (the top tournament of the game), the players spent 96h straight with only small naps in between and otherwise continuously playing... so there's extremes to get to later on!

As for me, it varies wildly. I have only one game running simultaneously (or zero, actually), and the demands of it can vary from maybe an hour a day in the eraly game or in lulls between battles and preparing/repositioning stuff, to extremes of 10-12h a day when a big battle is being fought. On average, maybe like 4h?

Honestly I can understand constantly checking the game when your active and working. but losing sleep and risking your own health over a game, that REALLY blurs the line between extremely dedicated and extremely Stupid

Most of the day, IN GAME!!?

Claudio NVKP wrote:

Sadly, it's almost impossible for me to log in for more than 2 hours every day .

6thDragon wrote:

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The 96 hours straight with only small naps was me when I played a speed round about a month ago. Otherwise, yeah at least 12-16 hours a day. I wouldn't say I'm actively playing that much but I work from home and can just put my personal computer next to my work computer during the day and keep the game open pretty constantly at least monitoring it. I even check in several times in the middle of the night to make sure there are no surprises, start the next research, and monitor movement and mop up operations.

Tablet or PC no difference. Huge amount of time spent on CoW

Hope they can find a way to make it a P2E game then I will stay awake 24/7

BrutusTrump wrote:

Mark Dethief wrote:

Useful tips in this thread (link below) if you can't be active:

How to Play if You Can't be Active

Everyone deserve some rest

The guy who wrote that guide is very handsome.

I spend a bunch of time just watching everything move because I think its cool, but I just pull it up at various times during the day, maybe on a slow spell at work, or on the bus, or whatever. Probably about 2-4 hours total screen time a day with this game.

Mark Dethief wrote:

Hope they can find a way to make it a P2E game then I will stay awake 24/7

Just watched BmFox's Youtube Video.

He said he was going to sleep on the couch to check his army overnight.

At least I haven't done that already

AMG Morgan wrote:

Honestly I can understand constantly checking the game when your active and working. but losing sleep and risking your own health over a game, that REALLY blurs the line between extremely dedicated and extremely Stupid

I'll speculate I'm probably one of the more active players.

Sleep has always been elusive for me. It wasn't that long ago my daughters were waking me up multiple times at night. I also have a service related disability that makes it more difficult to fall asleep, I've lived with it now for almost 20 years. I vary wildly from trying to protect my sleep to being willing to sacrifice a little more. If I'm lying awake in bed, yes, I'll grab my phone and check in on the game. If I'm in the middle of a consequential battle, I'll stay up for a few more hours. It's no big deal to me.

I used to gold rush a research if it was within an hour or so of being finished by the time I went to bed. Now, I just stay up or check in on my phone in the middle of the night. I've decided to take a no first usage approach to gold in games, and that applies to research.

I do get a little sleep deprived by the end of a game. Which is exactly why I delayed "graduating" to the 100 player map for a while, I was intimidated by how long I perceived the games to last. I take a few days or weeks off between games to catch up on sleep or wait for my schedule to accommodate spending so much time on the game before starting the next one. Once I tried the 100 player map, I realized it's not that much longer because of the larger coalition sizes.

Once you've already invested so much time in a game, are you really willing to lose it for a couple hours of sleep?

6thDragon wrote:

Once you've already invested so much time in a game, are you really willing to lose it for a couple hours of sleep?

Interesting side note btw: alot of players in this game seem to be former veterans

( that is of course to be expected but i wonder how many they are in terms of percentage?)

6thDragon wrote:

Once you've already invested so much time in a game, are you really willing to lose it for a couple hours of sleep?

As my main goal as a noob is to achieve the end of the game and the reward, I often spend that 2-3 more hours micromanaging things.

And this leads to sleep less or delay other tasks

I have 9 hours free time INCLUDING 5 hours of sleep... So it's simply not possible to play for 12-20 hours.

AMG Morgan wrote:

Interesting side note btw: alot of players in this game seem to be former veterans

( that is of course to be expected but i wonder how many they are in terms of percentage?)

It will be interesting also to know average age of players.

I don't like playing vs teenagers... they are crazy and have more time than me