I don't like this idea at all. Making someone actually enters orders actually keeps people involved in the game.

How often does one's position remain exactly the same? 3% of the time?

Dingleberry +1

Yes, but it can also make the end game very boring when you are waiting weeks for someone to accept a draw. It would also discourage people from abandoning games because they are losing and don't want to waste time putting in the orders. (Obviously those people shouldn't be playing anyway, but that is another matter.)

It would also be useful in situations where there is simply no better way to move your pieces for a turn, or where you are waiting a turn for an ally to get in to position to make a move.

Also, you could make it so that it sets all your pieces to the previous turn's orders and then allow you to change the few pieces you want to move, rather than change all of them.

"It would also discourage people from abandoning games because they are losing and don't want to waste time putting in the orders."

We don't want people relying on a feature to do their orders. They might miss something!

Would you rather they use the feature or just CD?

Just CD.

i do think that having the option of filling your orders with a copy of last year's would be nice (and then giving you the option to change each one) but still having to submit them (not perpetual orders so you don't have to log in to have your units always get the same orders...)

I'd rather not give the admins an extra thing to worry about. They do a lot of work around here. I think fairly useless features don't have a place. If it fixed meta-gaming then I'd give it's worth giving credence to. However, issuing orders is not a problem, never will be.

Really? I hate when people CD, either in the beginning where they give others an unfair advantage, or in the middle where they throw off the balance and strategy of the game. Even when the SCs benefit me I feel like it is a cheap win.

I agree with everything else you said. The feature I envisioned would require players to at least hit that button every phase.

If they don't care to come on for ten seconds do you think they'll come on for one second? This time-saving device seems hardly beneficial to people who would otherwise CD!

The above was to Orathaic.

Z -- I also don't want to give the mods extra work. Thats why I was wondering how hard it would be to set up. I have no clue how coding/programming works, so if one of the Mods said it wouldnt be worth it I'd understand. Just thought it was worth throwing out there.

This is a bad idea. Making mistakes filling out 17 orders is part of the game. Plus you loose all diplomacy aspects if you click a button and never check the game again. I would much prefer the mods and Kejtas focus on multi's and more variants (great work guys) then a (click me if your a lazy ass) button.

Thats why I originally said how useful it would be for situations where you are waiting for a stalemated draw to be realized.

"Thats why I originally said how useful it would be for situations where you are waiting for a stalemated draw to be realized."

I've always had the assumption that coding is a difficult task to learn and time-consuming. I've never taken any schooling on the subject or done any myself, so I have no idea. If it could be done in a decent amount of time, I'd say, "Alright, let's do it."

Just thought it worth throwing out there. Especially with the various discussions going on about what new maps to add. (Not to mention all the discussions on here that have nothing to do with the game).

"This time-saving device seems hardly beneficial to people who would otherwise CD! " - agreed, it would only ever be useful for stalemate positions that you don't want to change anything, and getting to that point is less than likely for people who Cd anyway.

I don't see this as being a useful tool from reducing Civil Disorders; though that doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice for other reasons.