# \[Reported\] Can't pause on enemy turn
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [July 3, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059 "2025-07-03T05:55:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Zuul-Emo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zuul-Emo)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/1 "2025-07-03T05:55:55Z")
**Platform, device version and operating system:**
PS5
**Screenshot or image:**
Not possible
**What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:**
Expect to still be able to pause during enemy turns, to quit battles if there’s a bug or the game is looping.
**How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?**
Seems to be since the last update. Saw it being discussed in alliance chat and tested it, to confirm. Not sure exactly when it started.
**Steps to make it happen again**
Play a battle. Finish your turn. Try to pause.
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### Author:  [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/2 "2025-07-03T05:59:32Z")
last night, i set up an ai test using web/no immunities on my team vs lv 2 hind and 3 archdruid blackwood. didnt realize I couldn’t quit out on the AI’s turn.
that took awhile watching a targeting system that didn’t seem super logical.
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### Author:  [@333DRAGON](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/333DRAGON)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/3 "2025-07-03T10:31:16Z")
Yes it’s true, it’s been about 2 weeks since this new bug appeared, I hadn’t reported it as the list is already so long. It’s especially funny when you want to leave a PvP fight with potions, you put the controller down and wait for the AI to finish its 30 turns 😁😁😁
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### Author:  [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/4 "2025-07-03T11:52:42Z")
I’m on PS4, and the same thing seems to be applying to me. The “Options” button works perfectly fine for me in every other context, inside Gems of War and outside of it alike, but it won’t pull up the information screen and the option to retreat during combat regardless of whose turn it is.
I’d like to be able to retreat from a hopeless PvP match, especially one in which the AI is playing with itself and I’m helpless to watch it casting the Prismatic Orb over and over again instead of whatever spell would mercifully end the fight.
Or like tomorrow, when I’d want to retreat from an Explore-1 battle at the conclusion of a Gnome-a-Palooza rather than fight my way through the rest of that cycle.
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### Author:  [@Zuul-Emo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zuul-Emo)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/5 "2025-07-03T20:37:34Z")
Sometimes if I lose internet connection and get it back, it won’t let me pause or open the battle/chat menu (allowing turning on/off autoplay) or chat itself. Generally, though, I can do everything correctly until the AI starts taking it’s turn and then I can’t pause at all.
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### Author:  [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/6 "2025-07-03T23:09:44Z")
Reported to the team and ill add it to the known issues
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### Author:  [@winnie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/winnie)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/7 "2025-07-02T09:45:46Z")
Using NS. The “+” button does not work in combat,Unable to summon Settings. This bug was discovered in TV mode.
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### Author:  [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/8 "2025-07-04T02:35:01Z")
This is all one in the same issue, related to controllers.
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### Author:  [@ESR77](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ESR77)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/9 "2025-07-04T02:43:38Z")
Same for me on PS4 since last update.
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### Author:  [@Slayer213](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slayer213)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/10 "2025-07-04T05:48:10Z")
i already reported this long time back - it seems to impact all platforms:
> [@\[Investigating\] Unable to retreat when animation is playing in the match](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/investigating-unable-to-retreat-when-animation-is-playing-in-the-match/87820):
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> Platform, device version and operating system: Steam (PC) Screenshot or image: What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened: Start any match such as PVP Let AI start its turn Try to retreat while AI animation is playing Issue: You cannot retreat & you have to sit there & watch till AI animation ends before you can. How often does this happen? When did it begin happening? Every single time Steps to make it happen again Start any match such as PVP Let AI start its turn T…
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### Author:  [@Theoden25](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theoden25)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/11 "2025-07-05T22:56:29Z")
Just had this happen to me recently. I was getting skull bombed (and getting pissed off to the point of almost throwing my controller out the window, JK) and spell-bombed by looping goblin enemies, and I couldn’t use the retreat option. Really maddening. I knew I would lose and was ok taking the loss but I DON’T appreciate watching my team get decimated by an enemy team and being forced to watch the enemies looping their spells (by four-gem matches, and being goblins), getting extra turns all the time, and waiting until my whole team is dead. Unacceptable. I’d rather just quit with the tail between my legs, and then pick up the pieces and move on to another battle.
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### Author:  [@Zuul-Emo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zuul-Emo)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/12 "2025-07-05T23:01:13Z")
Just to add something I just realised. Basically, the only way out of a looping battle like that is to quit the game and restart. Probably better than sitting watching a screen for minutes, but it’s up to you.
They still need to fix this, though.
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### Author:  [@PXSausage](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PXSausage)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/13 "2025-07-15T06:37:34Z")
Any updates on this? This has been driving me nuts for what feels like over three weeks now. I don’t know about others, but this is probably one of the most annoying bugs I’ve experienced in my many years of playing this game.
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### Author:  [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/14 "2025-07-15T21:45:54Z")
No update, it has been reported to the team but I am waiting for a follow up on an expected fix ETA.
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### Author:  [@PXSausage](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PXSausage)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/15 "2025-07-28T12:07:42Z")
Has any progress been made on this?
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### Author:  [@Vold](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vold)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/16 "2025-07-28T19:49:48Z")
Yeah, still can’t pause during the enemy turn on Xbox. Figured this was intentional and was part of the last update to prevent players from retreating out of a losing battle during the AIs turn in PvP.
It’s annoying to say the least to know you are going to lose, but can’t just forfeit or back during the AI turn as the enemy team just keeps looping with no end in sight.
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### Author:  [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/17 "2025-07-28T21:55:28Z")
Some of us still can’t pause and retreat during our own turns, let alone during the AI’s move.
I’ve gotten very close to throwing my controller and my console through a window (or through the television) a couple of times when I’ve watched the AI loop itself endlessly with PvP potion battles and/or fights with Goblins and/or casting the Radiant Jewel _endlessly_ – because something else in the code seems to make that last a very high priority instead of casting the spell that would (mercifully) finish the fight.
FIX THIS. This should be a **very high** priority above and beyond all the petty little stuff that we’d like but doesn’t have as large an impact on gameplay.
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### Author:  [@333DRAGON](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/333DRAGON)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/18 "2025-08-12T17:02:05Z")
Jeto, is the repair planned for 8.8? because it’s still broken
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### Author:  [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/19 "2025-08-12T22:25:41Z")
I am not too sure, as we have been having a bit of a rough QA time this update. I’ll see if I can find out.
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### Author:  [@hiruma9702](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/hiruma9702)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-cant-pause-on-enemy-turn/88059/20 "2025-08-13T23:07:31Z")
When I saw thisn I first wondered if this bug was a real one or if it was meant to be like this …
It could seem fair to devs that if you want to retreat you have to wait for your turn. It’s like this in every turn based RPG so why not here after all ?
But I do agree it’s annoying as hell
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