Propose to add an option in your preferences under attack settings which toggles your attack join settings. You would get an on or off option on whether you want to be able to join into a group attack, this is to prevent yourself from going into an attack if there is already someone fighting your target. This would not stop other players from joining in after you've initiated your 1v1 fight but it would inhibit you from going into anything other than a 1v1.
Purpose:
The purpose of this is that a lot of energy is wasted when chaining by every faction because of unintentional group attacks on the same target and not for a lack of awareness. There is a system to see who is in the fight before you join but many times multiple attackers join into a fight within a second of each other and no one sees each other about to initiate the fight until they are all in the fight.
The way it works:
If everyone has their group attack option disabled the first person to initiate the fight goes in and everyone else just gets a message that says "This target is already in a fight, modify your attack settings to allow group attacks if you would like to join in".
If everyone has their group attack option disabled the first person to initiate the fight goes in and everyone else just gets a message that says "This target is already in a fight, modify your attack settings to allow group attacks if you would like to join in".
I would change this in a way that it asks "Target already in fight.
Join anyways
Go back
Would make it easier for mobile users wanting to actually join a group fight without navigating away. Its already a tedious enough process while chaining without having to switch screens extra times to join a fight. Other than that R+
I think something just between these two would be perfect. Perhaps the attack button could send the text of the button when pressed (Start Fight or Join) and if the server sees it sent with "Start Fight" not "Join" then have a second confirmation. Would prevent accidental joins and avoid having another setting to toggle.
If the button moved, or had a double prompt, would be better. Several times I have hit 'started' and it was a join by the time torn loaded the attack screen. I haven't taken a turn but have lost e at this point..