Did they fix the Oak exploit? The one where you can buy/resummon troops past the limit you are allowed to buy.

I dont power mash either, never have. When I play tb I may be in fireform and hit 2 then 3 then 4 but with timing not mashing, then followed up with 2/3 in iceform instantly. Most of the time this works, but it still stops sometimes and im starting to add move commands more frequently during chains to prevent this from happening. Shifting doesnt seem to cause an issue so far. If I launch a fireball and go to ice RIGHT when it gets done casting I can still cast blizzard as soon as its up - probably because of the ability lock out after shifting...although this could be different for someone else.

I think your engineer will figure out a good solution pretty soon.

Thanks for the GPG update both Frogboy and Servo. I really like to hear from the dev side of things too! Keep up the good work. I'm really looking forward to this update. SVoyager, thank you for taking the time to make some movies of the movement bug. It shows that you really have a love for the game to be even better. 

Question: Will this update still include the peer-proxy implementation of the P2P system as stated in an earlier journal? So that if a player loses connection it will filter the data through a high-bandwidth player to reach the disconnected player?

Not to complain since the game is going great but I am pretty sure I still can't use sounds.. I can either have everything on high with AAx4 getting 50 FPS or everything on low and geta choppy 20FPS

Surely a new GPG build would include replays?

What is the point of having a multiplayer game which is missing something every RTS for the last 5 years has had. Is there any ETA on which build replays are going to be introduced?

I'll try and get more specific details, but I also get the casting bug constantly when playing QoT.  The only thing I've noticed for sure that seems to increase the chance of it not working is if I have not moved in some time before I cast (e.g. sitting at a flag) and my target is in range (i.e. I don't have to move either).  I would say 30-40% of the time in those conditions, bramble shield will not cast on a friendly target - it's bad enough that if I want to shield someone now, I issue a move order immediately followed by a cast order.

I also do not spam/power-mash abilities, and have this issue very, very consistently.  It's definitely the number one thing I'd like to see fixed, as I'd guess one in two games I end up letting a teammate (or myself) die because of it.

after reading this thread, i decided to do some testing myself, so here is what i found:

first thing might be unrelated, but if i issue a move command (right clicking on empty space) and tell my QoT to change forms (pressing the fourth ability key) at the same time, she often does not move at all and change forms  or she moves and instantly is in the other form (the animation is not played and i think it is only the animation).

second and more important i tried to reproduce what other people said. and i did it with success. ill try to describe it with as much detail as possible:

if my QoT stands still while her ally is behind her, inside her casting range, she has to turn around before casting. this takes a noticable amount of time (thats absolutely ok and intended). but if her ally is moving parallel to ger position (he does not run away nor towards her), she turns to the direction where he was when she started casting. but because of his movement he no longer is at that direction, so the casting fails. if it failed once she does no longer try to turn towards him so she can not cast shield on him at all. it seems that she starts casting if the ally runs back so that my QoT is now looking in his directions (this seems to be the you have to wait 'solution' someone mentioned, but i could not effectively try at as the AI only run back once)

i tested this in singleplayer skirmish mode (so this should not be lag or some lost packages).

i hope this helps fixing

This 35% less bandwith will REALLY help when there will be people with +200pin in-game,

Nice update and work guys, Cant wait to be home/healthy to try it

Now that's what I'm talking about.

In addition to the "chaining abilities" cause, I have noticed that the ability bug is also likely to occur during periods of "stutter" - if you click the ability when your screen is frozen (even if just for a few ms) it doesn't do anything. The game has to be actively updating to read commands? Not 100% sure about this.

I have the bug a lot playing as TB.  It's most noticeable when I'm trying to drop a 1050dam fireball on a retreating god who has less than 1050 health.  The result is it takes me a second to realize my attack is not going and he is out of range before I can pull the trigger again.

What about the heart of life inconsistencies?  Sometimes when I'm retreating back to base I can click HOL and it heals me while my guy continues to move.  However, if I'm being chased by something and I use HOL on a retreat, my guy actually STOPS and starts to fight, thus ending in a death as I lose my distance advantage.  What's the deal?

I think definitely the biggest issue for me at the moment is targetting. Some of the smaller Demigods like Erebus, the biggest obstacle to killing the fucker is finding him in the melee.