# (Not a bug) When a troop is open while in a battle, the Battle slows down to a crawl **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [November 19, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081 "2018-11-19T23:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Megalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Megalex](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Megalex)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/1 "2018-11-19T23:58:40Z")
**Platform, device version and operating system:** All **What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:** Go in a battle and take your turn, then click a unit. While the unit screen is open, the battle in the background becomes extremely slow. **How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?** All of the time. **Steps to make it happen again** Go in a battle and take your turn, then click a unit. While the unit screen is open, the battle in the background becomes extremely slow. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/2 "2018-11-20T00:11:10Z")
As far as I’m aware, this is intended and not a bug, but may be worth putting in the Feature Requests section. I’m actually in support of having the option to turn it off. ---
**Author:** ![Megalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Megalex](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Megalex)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/3 "2018-11-20T00:11:58Z")
That would be a weird design decision. We’ll see what infinite plus two says. They would know if it’s by design ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/4 "2018-11-20T00:33:06Z")
I don’t know if its by design or not. I think there are good reasons for it to be on as well as off, might be worth having a switch in place. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/5 "2018-11-20T01:06:45Z")
I couldn’t find a Dev reply, but I swear I’ve seen one - maybe it was in a stream (the Halloween one, I think). Here’s another thread on the issue: > [@Faster pace while having troops selected in battle](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/faster-pace-while-having-troops-selected-in-battle/43000): > > So I am usually playing on x4 speed, because I want stuff to be done quick. Especially Explore is something you need to do about 250-300 times just to trait one legendary and 600-700 times to trait one mythic troop. And I really have no complains about that. The problem lies with how the game handles the speed when I click on a troop to prepare for using a spell. Going down to 1x speed while the spell is shown is really annoying. Espcially when the opponent gets a cascade in the background, as … And it was noted in [Update 4.0 Suggestions and feedback](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-4-0-suggestions-and-feedback/45142) under ‘Other notable feedback’. > [@Update 4.0 Suggestions and feedback](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-4-0-suggestions-and-feedback/45142/82): > > Please get rid of the slow down to basic speed when you have a spell selected. This has been talked about already for some time now, and i think Devs even reacted to it, but it is still in the game, that would really be a welcome small qol change, thanks. Also un-nerf Worldbreaker please, that is all. ---
**Author:** ![Megalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Megalex](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Megalex)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/6 "2018-11-20T01:53:42Z")
What reason could you think of where you’d want it to override your battle speed setting? ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/7 "2018-11-20T02:02:09Z")
I can imagine looking at something and turning around and being down a troop or two for no reason, that’d just be confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/8 "2018-11-20T02:11:29Z")
Liking because we reported this two versions ago, it was acknowledged as “weird”, then nothing was done. ---
**Author:** ![Cyrup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cyrup/32/50181_2.png) [@Cyrup](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cyrup)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/9 "2018-11-20T05:09:16Z")
Hey there, this is working as intended and is not a bug 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Neritar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/neritar/32/39263_2.png) [@Neritar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Neritar)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 8:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/10 "2018-11-20T08:35:17Z")
@Cyrup Please, consider to change it if this is intended behaviour. GoW is a great game but I hate 3 things in this game: class change mechanic, weapon “upgrades” which cripple my weapon, and this 1x speed when selecting troop. I just cannot handle 1x speed, like many others. I’m playing 9 months, from the first day on 4x speed. And I looked into this game a few years back but I was unable to handle 1x speed, it was so painfully slow that I gave up almost immediately. Please allow me to play on my selected speed. ---
**Author:** ![Megalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Megalex](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Megalex)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/11 "2018-11-20T17:32:25Z")
I put in a post for a feature quest: [https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/request-dont-slow-down-the-game-to-1x-when-a-troop-is-open/](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/request-dont-slow-down-the-game-to-1x-when-a-troop-is-open/) Please comment there if you want it! ---
**Author:** ![Cyrup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cyrup/32/50181_2.png) [@Cyrup](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cyrup)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/12 "2018-11-21T02:33:16Z")
I’ll close this thread as @Megalex left a link to the thread for your request/suggestion and this is a bug report 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Cyrup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cyrup/32/50181_2.png) [@Cyrup](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cyrup)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-when-a-troop-is-open-while-in-a-battle-the-battle-slows-down-to-a-crawl/49081/13 "2018-11-21T02:33:20Z")