i always flag the planets that i intend to purge. then i purge a bunch at a time.

since i have no reason to flag alerted planets, the flagged planet filter means that i don't purge anything that i have not scanned.

alerted planets ARE in your database, even if only temporarily. if you waste a purger on them due to carelessness then that is your fault, not the game's.

Exactly! Don't ever change the game! Every feature is always perfect, it's your fault if things go wrong! The fact that the planet isn't actually in your database, and using a purger can't possibly affect it, and most games will always stop you from using things to no effect (mostly in terms of stopping you from healing when you're at full health, things like that) is completely irrelevant.

it's called learning from your mistakes.

example: i had alerted a planet to a legion member then purged it. some weeks later the legion member alerted it to the legion for a medal ... i recognized the name ... thought to myself, "didn't i purge that already" and burned another purger on it before noticing the legion member's alert on my news feed.

so, i changed how i purged planets.

if you want to be stuck playing a game for 5 year olds ... go play angry birds. this game has higher expectations ...

This situation wasn't (or at least shouldn't have been) an issue before the quickbox. If you went to the Actions tab, then Use Planet Artifacts to purge a shared planet, a case could be made for you being an idiot. The Alert button is replaced by the "This planet's location was shared to you" message. Sorta can't miss it. Now, with the quickbox, you don't need to go to the Actions tab and hence won't see the been-shared message. I agree, a failbox notice should be added for this instance.

@SenH... Why in God's name would you waste the time to flag all your planets to be purged?? There's 3 types of planets. Mine, someone else's that I want to steal, and purgefodder. If it's not mine or something I want, it needs to be purged.

He does it because he's not an idiot like you guys; as you could see from my example, if GL stopped you from using things when you shouldn't be able to it'd be on par with kids' games like Bioshock. Just check the Actions tab every time, the quick-bar is for children who are so stupid that they actually try to avoid wasting time on incredibly tedious tasks.

@SenH... Why in God's name would you waste the time to flag all your planets to be purged?? There's 3 types of planets. Mine, someone else's that I want to steal, and purgefodder. If it's not mine or something I want, it needs to be purged.

He does it because he's not an idiot like you guys; as you could see from my example, if GL stopped you from using things when you shouldn't be able to it'd be on par with kids' games like Bioshock. Just check the Actions tab every time, the quick-bar is for children who are so stupid that they actually try to avoid wasting time on incredibly tedious tasks.

unlike some of the posters in this topic, i do not get a wealth of purgers each day from my AP pull, hence some of the planets from my scan runs can not be purged immediately. however, i can flag them so that i don't have to hunt them down again.

i only use the quickbar for flux probes ... i've had about a dozen eaten up due to lag, but hey, they are only flux probes. having the same thing happen with purgers would be painful painful (or even worse, purging a planet instead of flux probing due to a misclick) so i choose to exercise more control while purging.

for me, this is not a priority issue, but please feel free to continue to advocate for improvements to the quickbar. just don't give me grief for using a more effective way to avoid these kinds of mishaps ... it only makes you sound like crybabies.