# (Not a bug) When a troop is open while in a battle, the Battle slows down to a crawl

**URL:** 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
**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")
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### 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")

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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):
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> 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):
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> 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.

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