The new Fighting Module vs. the old one by Eike

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The recent (most likely accidential) rollback of the new fight module gave me the opportunity to run some research about the acceptance of the module.

In the last weeks I've heard complaints about the new fight module from many people. Some just say it sucks, some say they've heard that it sucks and some just complain that Brawler is not working.

I've had it since a few days after it was released, so I had a lot of time to test it and have seen a lot of improvements and bugfixes that Zynga has made during that time. I have really learned to love it and cannot understand the complaints about it. Let me check the most-heard complaints:

- "Brawler does not work!!!!"

Give Arun some time to update it, or switch to the Assassin-a-nator. It does not yet have full functionality from Brawler, but we're fast in adapting, and this is going to be a great tool.

- "Its slow!!"

Actually it is not. I've tested it on two accounts, one with and one without. The first fight page (the so called "popup") takes exactly the same time to load like on the old Module (1.3s). But, and here comes the great part...Every subsequent call is much faster, because the whole page doesn't get reloaded, only the results. It's great!

- "But its a popup!! I hate popups!!"

Actually, it's not a popup at all. You can configure it to "dock", then its above the fight list just like the old module was. It is just a different layout than the old one.

- "I cannot see the used items"

Yes, you can. They hide below the enemy picture where it says "more info...".

- "But it is new, and I hate new stuff"

Don't worry, that is only human.

- "All the targets are iced!"

That is not a problem of the new fight module, in fact, both modules use the same fight list. It's a general problem, that has nothing to do with the fight module.

I'll stop here, I guess there are more complaints about the fighting module, but I guess it's nothing that Zynga could not work on. And they will, they really did a great job listening to the PAC and others who gave their  constructive criticism about the fighting module.

I have asked the players on the MWLL Fan Page who had the new module and were switched to the old one, which they liked better. And guess what, most of them love the new one (11 vs. 3 in my count). And the few who prefer the old one just had the above reasons: Too slow, not Brawler compatible. And on other places like the board I see the same. Also in my German MW-Family, 100% like it.

So, my shoutouts: 

To everyone who doesn't have the new fight module yet: Don't let yourself be influenced by the few people with the loud voices. There are enough people who like the module, although it's a change and most people consider changes as bad.

To those who have the new fight module and don't like it: You will get used to it, and it will become better. And better. Don't worry!

To Zynga: Thanks, you have done a great job. Please go on with that and don't despair. There are enough people who love your new module.

Article written by Eike from the Team Spockholm and co-writer to the MW Loot Lady Blog All material is protected by copyright law