Spell factory upgrade makes the game close to unplayable

Many people have strong feelings about hero upgrade and usage but I am of the notion that the more crucial upgrade is the spell factory. Although some people are friggin wizards and can get decent high level attacks in without spells (or really just without always using all of them..but it's still impressive) I am not one of those cats. The spells I take into each attack aren't there for backup they are a crucial part of the strategy. Having to go days without spells makes the game basically unplayable for me. The ways certain things become usable and unusable during upgrade is a pretty confusing mess and as anyone who reads the forum knows...is a huge source of contention surrounding hero upgrades. Why do they mystically wake up for war defense only? Same type of questions arise for me regarding other aspects. Why am I allowed to even play the game when my TH is upgrading? Shouldn't my entire village shut down for a few weeks? Why does an army barracks become unusable when its undergoing upgrade but an army camp still works fine? Shouldn't I have to attack with one friggin arm behind my back with 60 less troop space? Because it totally wrecks my attacking ability, you might say? Well how does suddenly not having the use of spells for days at a time not wreck my attacking/warring ability. On top of the much maligned hero usage being changed, SC ought to consider making the spell factory usable at the lower level while upgrading because taking my spells away is just as devastating as taking away one of my heroes, if not more.

Really. Their are like what 5-6 spell factory upgrades and 100 hero upgrades. Spell factory is not the problem lol.

Heroes are awake for defense in war because Supercell is taking a snapshot of your base at its current level and making everything active. Any defenses that are upgrading on your home base also show as active.

And yes...losing your spell factory is tougher than losing a hero, but as stryker points out, your spell factory is only down for upgrades 4 times in the entire game for a total of 17 days. Yeah it sucks...but you just have to sit out of war and not try to trophy push during that time.

Supercell has a solution to your problem! Thank them for making such a great game by buying some gems to finish the spell factory construction.

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Originally Posted by Xjstryker

Really. Their are like what 5-6 spell factory upgrades and 100 hero upgrades. Spell factory is not the problem lol.

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I agree with you that hero upgrades are the more prevalent issue and if it were a contest between the two I would lean toward heroes, for sure. But since it isn't a contest between the two and they could possibly both change, my opinion is still that it would be nice to brew spells while the factory is updating.

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Originally Posted by awesomness2016

Heroes are awake for defense in war because Supercell is taking a snapshot of your base at its current level and making everything active. Any defenses that are upgrading on your home base also show as active.

And yes...losing your spell factory is tougher than losing a hero, but as stryker points out, your spell factory is only down for upgrades 4 times in the entire game for a total of 17 days. Yeah it sucks...but you just have to sit out of war and not try to trophy push during that time.

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Yes, you do have to sit out of war and try to trophy push in the current system...but I think it shouldn't be that way..hence the idea/request. I am not saying something crazy like all defenses should work during an upgrade, but for the same reason you don't have to attack with 60 less troop space during an army camp upgrade, you should be able to brew spells during a factory upgrade...

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Originally Posted by JohnnyPC

Supercell has a solution to your problem! Thank them for making such a great game by buying some gems to finish the spell factory construction.

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SC chose to give me a free game and I intend to keep it that way!:smirk:

use gems to complete faster upgrade :)

***i did barch while my SF is under construction :D

I agree with the OP here. It makes little to no sense to have aspects of the game that clearly prevent you from playing the game in most of its most useful aspects.

The hero restrictions on war have been beaten to death. But obviously having to sit out of war for 75+ weeks is just complete stupidity on SCs part.

And while I understand there are far more upgrades to heros, the spell factory is in fact worse. If you have a hero down you can still do raids and look for bases where that hero isnt so critical. But when you have no spells there is almost nothing you can do but mass spam, which is not effective unless its a dead base.

Just gem it if you find it to be an issue. You only have to do it a few times and be done with it. Better yet - upgrade it while your queen is upgrading, and take a week off from the game.

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Originally Posted by gamul1

I agree with the OP here. It makes little to no sense to have aspects of the game that clearly prevent you from playing the game in most of its most useful aspects.

The hero restrictions on war have been beaten to death. But obviously having to sit out of war for 75+ weeks is just complete stupidity on SCs part.

And while I understand there are far more upgrades to heros, the spell factory is in fact worse. If you have a hero down you can still do raids and look for bases where that hero isnt so critical. But when you have no spells there is almost nothing you can do but mass spam, which is not effective unless its a dead base.

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From a business aspect, it's actually quite smart. You're just butthurt because you don't wanna pay. I'm not a supercell shill by no means, nor have I invested more than $20 into this game, but you're not obligated to spend money, so I have no issue with it.

To be honest, I'm SHOCKED supercell hasn't implemented clan tourneys yet. Under this current system they would make an absolute FORTUNE. Just imagine, you have to win 4 or 5 wars to win a tourney, and let's say each tourney lasts 1 day plus the initial cc donation day (I'll assume they keep same cc for every war). That's 5 to 6 days you have to keep heroes going without upgrading. People will be gemming non stop. Why hasn't supercell thought of this?!? It's win win!

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Originally Posted by Pyrodox1

Just gem it if you find it to be an issue. You only have to do it a few times and be done with it. Better yet - upgrade it while your queen is upgrading, and take a week off from the game.

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Why not just make it available during update...