Tap Faster! or Lose: The Broken Truth About Speed Ties in JWA

Speed Ties in Jurassic World Alive and How to Fix Them

In Jurassic World Alive, speed ties are broken by whoever taps fastest. But realistically, it comes down to device performance, screen responsiveness, and even internet connection, not strategy. This outdated system creates frustration in high-stakes matches, where a single tap can decide the outcome of an entire tournament or battle. For a game built on tactics and team composition, speed ties remain one of the last mechanics still favoring reflexes over actual planning, and it's time for that to change.

Why Speed Ties Hurt the Game

At its core, Jurassic World Alive is a game about strategy. Building a well-rounded team, predicting your opponent’s moves, and using the best counters. But all of that planning can fall apart in a speed tie. When two creatures with the same speed stat face off, battles are often decided by something completely outside the player’s control: how fast they can tap their screen, or worse, how fast their phone responds.

This issue affects all game modes, but it’s especially brutal in:

• Tournaments, where one lost tie can knock a player out of top rankings.

• Arena matches, not as prevalent here, but it's been happening more recently.

• Brawl mode, where ties often happen back-to-back and swing the entire outcome of a match.

  
  

The impact is felt most in Skilled Tournaments, where boosts are removed and creatures battle at their base stats. In these formats, speed becomes the only deciding stat, and there’s no way for players to avoid or address a tie. You can’t counter it, outplay it, or build around it. The outcome comes down entirely to reflexes and hardware.

It creates a competitive imbalance that favors players with:

• Faster phones

• Lower latency connections

• Better touchscreen responsiveness

  
  

That’s not skill. That’s hardware advantage, and it undermines the spirit of fair competition.

How to Fix Speed Ties in Jurassic World Alive

Fixing speed ties doesn’t require reinventing the game. Just rethinking what priority should actually represent. Here are a few clear and realistic solutions that could make speed ties fair, strategic, and be better for the health of the game:

1. Alternating Priority System

If two creatures tie in speed, priority alternates every turn. The first turn could be random or given to a player based on a coin flip at the start, and then it switches each time a tie occurs.

Why it works:

• Creates fairness over the course of a match.

• Encourages long-term planning, not just winning one tap war.

• Simple to understand and implement.

  
  

2. Randomized Priority on Speed Ties

When two creatures have the same speed, who moves first is randomly determined each turn.

Why it works:

• No player has a consistent advantage.

• Removes device and connection-based bias entirely.

• Already proven to work in other similar games.

  
  

3. Priority Based on HP or Status

Tie goes to the creature with the lower current HP, or to the creature not under a debuff (like vulnerability or distraction).

Why it works:

• Rewards tactical play and comeback potential.

• Adds another layer of decision-making, players might try to manipulate priority.

• Gives new purpose to managing HP thresholds mid-battle.

4: Built-In Priority Shuffle

Each battle starts with a randomized priority table for tied creatures, behind the scenes. In the case of a tie, it follows this internal order rather than tapping speed.

Why it works:

• Completely removes reflex/tap timing from the equation.

• Keeps speed relevant but makes ties deterministic and fair.

• Invisible to players but keeps results consistent.

Conclusion: Its Long Overdue

Any of these solutions would be a massive improvement over what we currently have in Jurassic World Alive. Speed ties have been a problem for years, and the fact that we’re still relying on the same outdated tap mechanic to decide some of the most important battles in the game is, frankly, absurd.

This fix doesn’t require a full battle rework. It just requires a willingness to prioritize fairness and gameplay balance. Whether it’s alternating turns, randomizing priority, or using a hidden priority shuffle, literally any of these systems would be fairer than the reflex-based system we have today.

Personally, I’d prefer a solution that isn’t random. The alternating priority system feels like the most balanced option: fair, predictable, and still strategic over multiple turns. It gives both players an equal chance and removes the frustration of losing to a faster tap.

It’s time to move beyond finger speed and give players a system that rewards actual strategy.