MMC v0.1.7 is rolling out (Google Play and Apple App Store Simultaneous Release) Phase 2.5: Profile Testable WIP

[Mini Militia Classic Alpha Force]

Welcome to Alpha Phase 2.5 testing! (v0.1.7 Profiles)

It's the end of the day Tuesday here in the Pacific Northwest (recall that the end of my day is the start of most of Asia's Wednesday. So keep that in mind when I say any day something will happen (and it's always a best guess and I won't always update you constantly if I slip cause I am probably stupid busy trying to get something done asap.) We're coming off a holiday weekend that we mostly observed. I had to turn off my phone after a while (too many pings coming in.) So I rushed and  released the app without notice (this notice) So if this catches some of you by surprise, please know that that can happen. Thank you for your patience. The struggle is real!

It's really just a 'half' release (i.e., Phase 2.5) and you'll see little placeholders here and there while we prep to get points figured out, experience (the new model) and rank, etc. Next dev update from the trenches I will endeavor to post an updated roadmap. We got loadouts to do still and several other server side changes. That I suppose might not require client changes, but probably will.

Profiles are **starting** to show data. This is WIP data. i.e., It is incomplete, not likely final, and only shows ranked Quick Play game data. Rank and Experience are still missing, etc. Many of you have data. We updated the servers days ago and were testing your games. This started us recording data. Surprise. It's not everything. And we will all start over at the end of alpha and beta. so screencap your scores for prosperity sake if it matters to you. When we relaunch MMC we will all be at zero.

Most of you won't have an empty profile like this chump. If you play Quick Play you will get stats... but if you get this after a game or two... you need to check out our known issues!

Known issues abound, but know that these ones we know of and we are working on them now. This will tell me who actually reads and understands. Please share these with our non-english brothers and sisters if you do:

Stats don't update like they should. You HAVE to restart the app to see updated stats. It's annoying and it WILL be fixed.

Stats posting to profiles is NOT immediate. It CAN take a minute or so for the servers to report and register a game so have patience. We'll improve this experience as we go forward. But for now it is what is. Thank you for your patience.

Some (very few) people who quit games are not getting their scores counted correctly. The system thinks you're playing multiple games at the same time (not allowed) Yes. I see you all doing this. What will happen is the first game to register will be counted (you have little control over that ordering), there is no overlap allowed. Those scores will be ejected/tossed/booted/ignored. If your sharing devices and that matters to you then consider creating another account.

Apple iOS testers: players please write testingfeedback [at]  appsomniacs.com (email address; we're getting spammed hard. so the harm is probably done, but you are all smart.) This is a manual process, expect 3-7 day turnarounds on this.. Its manual its insanely stupid to enter this all by hand one at a time, but Apple really doesn't make it easy.

Website and news page not updates yet: I will update the website tomorrow with a bulleted detailed list (aka NEWS button in app) https://appsomniacs.com/static/games/doodlearmy2/news.html
Sadly there is only so much time in one day and more work than we have time. Thanks for your patience!

Comms Officer M is not writing these notes so it's gonna be short, terse and not great editing. You guys are lucky we got them on hand. I pay them in blood debts.

Thank you all for helping us to continue testing,

-Hunter (and Chad)