More dark troop barracks and sooner....

As attack strategies develop, dark troops are being used more and more. Additionally, larger, more complex armies are being brewed for even basic, village raiding. The addition of another AD on TH7 means we now need to look at other attack strategies to successfully three star bases.

All of this increases prep time, the bane of this game. Armies are taking one, two, and three hours to train up. Players are using more dark troops, but we lack adequate barracks to make training times even approach reasonable.

Take TH7, for example. We have just one dark troop barracks and it holds only 50 troop units. To run a hog ride attack, you have to train ten at a time, four times. In other words, you cannot train a single attack at once. The same can be said for other dark troop attacks at later townhalls. Two just isn't enough. (Even the original game starts you out with two regular barracks at TH1.)

We need our second dark troop barracks at TH7 and at least a third (or potentially four) later in the game. This will help reduce training times and improve overall playability.

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It's all apart of having the game balanced, I carnt see why you need the lower lvl th having any more barracks dark or not, the idea is to use the troops you've got, they are more than capable of doing the job.
Also more barracks would mean more upgrading and more expense at lower lvls which isn't needed either.

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Originally Posted by Rue73

It's all apart of having the game balanced, I carnt see why you need the lower lvl th having any more barracks dark or not, the idea is to use the troops you've got, they are more than capable of doing the job.
Also more barracks would mean more upgrading and more expense at lower lvls which isn't needed either.

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Why do the early THs need more than one regular barracks? Most players won't even do any raids until TH3 or TH4, yet you start with two barracks and get your third at TH4 then a fourth at TH7. The number of barracks you have does not affect the types of troops you can access; it only affects the number of troops you can train simultaneously. In other words, how long it takes to train your army.

Why would dark troops be any different? The first dark troop barracks will allow us to train ten hog riders at a time. That means you have to back three more times to refill it just to complete your army of 40 hog riders. That is wholly inefficient and burdensome. Imagine if you only had one regular barracks until TH8 for a comparable experience.

The game has grown and there is now much greater reliance on dark troops either as a complete army or as half of an army's make up. This is the case for both regular raiding and clan wars. It takes entirely too long to train up armies right now; it's a major turn off and damaging to the overall gameplay. The new game needs bigger armies and encourages a much more active attack. This can be more fun, but we need the additional barracks to at least start to offset the extra time it takes to train up armies.

This came up again in the General forum.

I'm tellin' y'all...it's an overdue need....

no offense, but WHO USES 40 HOGS? you only need 20 and fill the rest with archers. but for that strategy we would still need a second DB at TH 7

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Originally Posted by ThatKlingonKid

no offense, but WHO USES 40 HOGS? you only need 20 and fill the rest with archers. but for that strategy we would still need a second DB at TH 7

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Either way you go, it just takes WAY too long to cook up an army; all DE or hybrid. When you first start the game, you get two barracks at TH1. Why would TH7, where players are really cooking up complex armies, larger armies, etc...why would that only have a single dark barracks? It just doesn't make any sense. Likewise, by the time you get to TH8 and especially TH9, you're incorporating more dark troops. Most TH8 raids include golems, TH9 uses the heck out of the lava hound. Both of these take an eternity to cook.

In another thread, someone suggested it might be worthwhile to add a fifth regular barracks at TH9. That might make sense as well. All of this comes back to the same thing - it just takes too long to cook up an army, regardless of whether it is for regular multiplayer or clan wars. That extra amount of time is bad for gameplay; I mean, seriously, who wants to wait 1-2 hours for their army so they can do a single attack? Adding more barracks or reducing cook time is the solution; I think more barracks makes the most sense, especially with dark troops.

And, BTW, don't knock 40 hogs until you try it. I have lots of fun on my maxed TH7 game, hitting bases with 40 hogs and three heal spells. :-P