[Investigating] Extra turn when casting Natureborn Warden

[CaptainBuckles]

Platform, device version and operating system:
Android on Samsung Galaxy S10

Screenshot or image:

What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:
I was expecting the AI to take a turn after casting Natureborn Warden, but instead I got an extra turn, with no “extra turn” banner displayed

How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?
It has been happening to me intermittently since the troop was released, in the Class Trial. Perhaps 1/10 times. I have not yet discovered a pattern. I may have gotten extra turns I wasn’t expecting in other situations, but this was the most obvious.

Steps to make it happen again
Cast Natureborn Warden in the Class Trial, with unknown other conditions. It pains me to report an issue that is helping the players for once, but I would really like this game to be close to bug-free.

[CaptainBuckles]

Whoops, I posted the two screenshots out of order.

[CaptainBuckles]

Now that I look again, I wonder if this has to do with the new elemental storm being active? That’s my best guess so far.

[Jonathan]

It’s due to the Gems created by “Born of…” traits forming a 4+ match before the start of your turn.

It’s essentially a resurfacing of this bug (free, extra turns due to either Potions of Explosion or ‘Omen’ traits):

@Sirrian

Omen Traits

These traits will now give mana to the correct team at the start of battle. They will also no longer cause 4+ Gem matches to give an extra turn at the start of battle.

• Inexplainable extra turn
• Enemy got mana from my omen trait and I got a free extra turn
• Extraturn on match 3 and skipping extraturns (I think the internal bug report may have been linked to this one)

@Jonathan

Extra, extra turns are possible from the new 'Born of…" traits when they lead to a 4+ match at the start of your turn, similar to the ones that occurred when Potions of Explosion and Omen traits were introduced.

I.e. You can make a match or cast a spell and not pass your turn (once).

I assume it works for the opponent, but haven’t checked or confirmed.

[CaptainBuckles]

Aha! That makes some sense. Now I can try to work around it until they “fix it.”

[Jonathan]

My video of the extra turn itself, not the “Born of…” Gems making a 4-match beforehand (I’m on mobile, so don’t have the ‘previous 30s’ capture feature, and cbf recording multiple battles to try catch it):

[Jonathan]

Update in related thread.

@Jonathan

Fwiw, I believe this has now been mostly fixed as of the last update (thread title can be updated?).

However , a small artifact remains, where the “Extra Turn” text doesn’t appear where the 4+ match was created until the next action occurs (which has the potential to be confusing).

This fix was not specifically mentioned in the patch notes, or would have fallen under:

@Jeto

We have fixed an assortment of smaller issues.

or could have been related to:

@Jeto

We have fixed an issue where the game would soft lock if the player tried to cast a board targeting spell when a gem creation trait caused a match at the start of turn.

Example 1

Enemy Fire Bomb finishes turn with a skull match.

Green Gem creation in middle-left of board results in Blue 4-match, however no “Extra Turn” text is displayed.

Text is then displayed after the resolution of the next match – 3-Green Gem match in the bottom-right corner.

Example 2

Green Gem creation at top of board results in 4-skull match, however no “Extra Turn” text is displayed.

After a brief wait, 3 Blue Gems are matched on the left-hand side, and the “Extra Turn” text pops up at the previous 4-match location as this new match is resolved, despite there being no new 4-match created.