Mounting Hidden Teslas on walls

The Hidden Tesla's ingame description refers to it as "sneaky," an attribute that the tower lacks quite a bit due to its telltale 2x2 grassy foundation. From experience, I can say that the Tesla is mostly regarded as a 2x2 archer tower, which I think is unfortunate. The space it occupies, although relatively small, is very conspicuous--even more so to experienced players--and really waters down the defense structure's vitality as it completely nullifies its element of surprise.

I'm pretty sure the developers intended it to serve the role of a trump card--something slightly devious and cunningly emplaced as the potent trick up your sleeve; I feel that it is meant to be the secret weapon only you know about. The Tesla really has potential as a truly exciting component of the game, but in its current state, it is quite invisible but shockingly (pun-intended) easy to locate. I understand that maybe the Tesla's unique 2x2 square allows for the "empty castle ploy," but that's really inconsequential to the game holistically and is just overlapping with the petty mindgames bombs and traps can achieve.

That being said, I would like to propose what's already imparted in the title: allowing an individual wall unit to support the tesla, effectively eliminating the Tesla's obvious landmark. This doesn't require too much visual design adjustment as the developers can just scale it down and use the clever illusion they created for the spell factory's spoon--applying it to the wooden trapdoor-ish opening. With a wall as a pedestal, the Tesla can then be placed with newfound freedom and truly be a "sneaky tower" with "electrickery" that actually tricks. This is just how I think this issue needs to be addressed and feedback is very much welcome. Thanks for reading!

Great idea.

Even more relevant given the new defences and resources that now require walls with the latest update.

Interesting idea!

I'm thinking in terms of hidden zapping tesla that only zap troops that uses the jumping spells LOL

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Originally Posted by simontay78

Interesting idea!

I'm thinking in terms of hidden zapping tesla that only zap troops that uses the jumping spells LOL

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Oh eh, it's Simon Tay. Fan of yours. Nice idea.

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Originally Posted by simontay78

Interesting idea!

I'm thinking in terms of hidden zapping tesla that only zap troops that uses the jumping spells LOL

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Yeah, something like an electric fence wouldn't be a bad idea either. I just feel that the tesla is something that integrates very well with walls. And as you've shared, the walls themselves can definitely be more diversified--with various add-ons--to create an even more dynamic game. The direction Supercell is heading seems very promising to me, and enhancing the roles of walls might just be what Clash of Clans needs to become a wholesome and well-rounded gameplay experience.

If you only have as many 2x2 spaces in your base as teslas, then you are wasting them, make fakeout spaces so they have to guess where tesals are

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Originally Posted by Mikazzi

If you only have as many 2x2 spaces in your base as teslas, then you are wasting them, make fakeout spaces so they have to guess where tesals are

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Yes, that is what I was referring to as the "empty castle ploy," and in addressing it, mentioned that it's inconsequential because bombs and traps already allow for the same type of mind games; players percieve random empty spaces with a cautious mindset regardless of whether or not it potentially hosts a tesla. The empty castle ploy is also logstically wasteful--from what I've observed of the top 50 villages--and doesn't proved optimal solvency to the tesla's inadequate element of surprise. Basically, the ploy is gambling on the attacker's caution while requiring the player to accommodate random 2x2 areas.

Furthermore, the ploy as a solution to the tesla's circumstances waters down on the players' creativity in conceiving optimal defenses. This is the case with almost any setup-based solution to a unit's inadequacy or imabalance. For instance, if players did not have storages and could only store their resources in the collectors themselves, then the players must configure their village defenses to best accommodate all 14 collectors, which is clearly not optimal and forces players into creating a certain model of defense just to address the absence of storages--there would be less creativity; the optimal solution to this hypothetical predicament would be for the developers to add storages into the game. The empty castle ploy is the corresponding subject of our hypothetical scenario; it is setup-based mitigation for the tesla's inadequacy as a building unit. As such, it is not as optimal as tweaking the tesla's current state. Thank you for your input, though.

Just a thought: I think it would make sense to visually simplify the mounted Tesla into just the electrode springing from the top of the wall when activated, as opposed to the whole pylon jutting out--nothing crucial; trying to give a better picture of how it can work out.

Agreed, the Tesla needs to be truly sneaky!
Mark

That is a great idea. But i think you have totally discounted the effectiveness of the tesla. Even though attackers can guess where it is to a certain degree of accuracy due to the 2x2 give away, you have not taken into account of the randomness of attackers. Which targets they would strike, which way they go. I think a good defender can build a base as such that it still able to surprise troops and maximise its effectiveness. Also the randomness of attackers would not ensure total failure in their part.

However with all that said i would like to say that the wall defence is a brilliant idea, heaps of new defence types for sure can and would be able to spawn from this alone. Already previous posts have added to it with electric fences etc.