ability to pause any upgrade for 2 hours (could cost gems)

Hello,

you could add a pause button after clicking at an upgrading building, activating it would cause that upgrade to pause for 2 hours.
This would be useful to:
- use upgrading heroes in war
- pause an inferno upgrade for trying to defend
- pause any upgrade to upgrade a wall (dump resources) or collect a gem box. You could allow only less-than-2-hours upgrades with that builder, so that we can use it.

this feature could cost some gems and/or have a cooldown period, so that people won't use it all the time. Most importantly, it could be a viable solution for using upgrading heroes in Wars or clan challenge events.

thanks for your time.

I like it. Cant think of any flaws so far

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Originally Posted by RagnarFurias

this feature could cost some gems and/or have a cooldown period, so that people won't use it all the time. Most importantly, it could be a viable solution for using upgrading heroes in Wars or clan challenge events.

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Yeah. 10 gem cost seems like a good deal. I already use the 2 hour guard feature quite a bit. This would be an equally used feature. It would turn more people towards "monthly gem buying".

Glad you like it, guys!

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Seems like a good idea, but SC wants you to gem the entire upgrade, not pause it. How would you deal with that?

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Originally Posted by SpearGobs

Seems like a good idea, but SC wants you to gem the entire upgrade, not pause it. How would you deal with that?

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Hello! Gemming the entire upgrade would still be better:
1) it won't be viable to pause heroes (all the time) for farming (would be too expensive in gems). However, you might still want to pause them to get that 10 trophies left to change your league, or that 400k gold left to max your inferno
2) you won't be able to use that builder for anything that takes more than 2 hours
3) every time you pause an upgrade, it will take 2 more hours to complete

In my opinion, gemming would still take place, although not as often as the new pause feature.

Thanks for your support!

One last bump! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by SpearGobs

Seems like a good idea, but SC wants you to gem the entire upgrade, not pause it. How would you deal with that?

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Maybe this can be lucrative for SC. 10 gems to stop the hero upgrade. In TH9 we have two herores. My clan do war every time without stop. I'll consume 20 gems in 2 days. If 10 members of my clan do that, we will spend 200 gems in 2 days.

Much more people will use this, but, i don't know how much SC sell gem because of this.

Yes, this is a great idea! 👍

I like it for heroes, but being realistic it would have to be a slightly higher price (say 25-50 gems per hero) and unless it was limited to one pause per upgrade, nobody would ever have a reason to gem a whole hero upgrade aside from levels that give you an upgraded hero ability.

2 hours may be a little short too, but being able to pause a hero upgrade for 12 to 24 hours to get both attacks in on war day would be pretty beneficial and I can see a lot of people being more inclined to purchase the 99cent gem pack to participate in an extra war than paying 10 bucks to gem the whole upgrade

Good idea! ;) This helps SC get even more greedier and player get and extra chance to defend their base. The price should be like 10 gems to pause the upgrade for an Hour and needs to have a one day cool down so that it cant be exploited. After all the builders need to rest sometimes, especially when working on an upgrade that takes 2 weeks!

This is a nice idea, but 10 gems might be a bit too less. This because SC's probably making much money on people who buy gems and use it on instantly finishing their heroes. With this new feature, SC's income will be less on that, it'd be reasonable if we pay a bit more on this.

Btw is it a 'pause everything' button, or a pause one upgrade. And the cooldown should depend on what the average is of how often people would want to use this, and then make is slightly longer.

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Originally Posted by kiddy0012

This is a nice idea, but 10 gems might be a bit too less. This because SC's probably making much money on people who buy gems and use it on instantly finishing their heroes. With this new feature, SC's income will be less on that, it'd be reasonable if we pay a bit more on this.

Btw is it a 'pause everything' button, or a pause one upgrade. And the cooldown should depend on what the average is of how often people would want to use this, and then make is slightly longer.

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Hello,

IMO there should be a pause button for each upgrade... I think 10 gems is fine if you have a cooldown period... being allowed to pause any upgrade just once is a nice idea as well...

Sometimes you are full of gold and just stop attacking until the builder finishes (happens to me)... it would be nice if I could pause a builder, dump some resources, then carry on with the upgrade. There are people who leave one builder idle for walls... that would not be necessary anymore...

If you could pause a hero upgrade just once, it would improve clan war participation a lot... larger wars are great, but I don't remember the last time we did a 25x25 war in my clan (due to upgrading heroes)

thank you for sharing you view on this!

how long is the cooldown?

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Originally Posted by kiddy0012

how long is the cooldown?

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I have some ideas:
1) you can pause any construction once every 24h (time-limited)
2) you can pause any construction only once before it finishes (per-usage limited)

Option 1 would be used more often, but would discourage people to gem their upgrades.

Option 2 would be a smaller change in the way people use their gems, but you would still have to miss some wars due to upgrading heroes

I prefer option 1, because I could even use my heroes for farming/pushing 2 hours/day. I really believe everybody would be able to go to war if it costed them 10 gems to pause their heroes and attack in war with full force.

Any suggestions for the cooldown, in case the pause feature gets implemented?

Thanks for you support!

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Originally Posted by RagnarFurias

I have some ideas:
1) you can pause any construction once every 24h (time-limited)
2) you can pause any construction only once before it finishes (per-usage limited)

Option 1 would be used more often, but would discourage people to gem their upgrades.

Option 2 would be a smaller change in the way people use their gems, but you would still have to miss some wars due to upgrading heroes

I prefer option 1, because I could even use my heroes for farming/pushing 2 hours/day. I really believe everybody would be able to go to war if it costed them 10 gems to pause their heroes and attack in war with full force.

Any suggestions for the cooldown, in case the pause feature gets implemented?

Thanks for you support!

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I'd say the second option then, but maybe let it depend on the duration of that specific upgrade. That if the upgrade's longer, you also will be able to use more pauses. This way people will actively use gems to pause things, but also don't use it too much?

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Originally Posted by kiddy0012

I'd say the second option then, but maybe let it depend on the duration of that specific upgrade. That if the upgrade's longer, you also will be able to use more pauses. This way people will actively use gems to pause things, but also don't use it too much?

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it makes sense... You mean like 1 pause for every 3 days, for example? This way only upgrades that take more than 3 days could be paused once, and 2 pause for a 6-day upgrade... It is not as intuitive as a 24h (or 48h) cooldown though. Maybe the second pause Of the same construction could cost more gems than the first to discourage people to use it too much.

we're working a lot here, it is really fun... I hope SC reads this some day, even if it is to say they'll never implement that... Hahahah

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Originally Posted by RagnarFurias

it makes sense... You mean like 1 pause for every 3 days, for example? This way only upgrades that take more than 3 days could be paused once, and 2 pause for a 6-day upgrade... It is not as intuitive as a 24h (or 48h) cooldown though. Maybe the second pause Of the same construction could cost more gems than the first to discourage people to use it too much.

we're working a lot here, it is really fun... I hope SC reads this some day, even if it is to say they'll never implement that... Hahahah

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Yeah :)
But maybe a 1-day upgrade can also have a pause, but then shorter?
I'd say 1 pause every 2 days, so that you can still participate in clan war continuously.
And yes, increasing the amount of gems needed to pause when using the pause more often is helpful, what about +3 per pause? starting at 10?

Sounds interesting .
:)

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Originally Posted by kiddy0012

Yeah :)
But maybe a 1-day upgrade can also have a pause, but then shorter?
I'd say 1 pause every 2 days, so that you can still participate in clan war continuously.
And yes, increasing the amount of gems needed to pause when using the pause more often is helpful, what about +3 per pause? starting at 10?

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yes, one pause every 2 days would be fine... I think the amount Of gems needed to pause the same construction more than once should grow exponentially, to inhibit people from using it all the time... It would be like 10, 20, 40, 80.... once the builder completes that construction, it goes back to 10...

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Originally Posted by RagnarFurias

yes, one pause every 2 days would be fine... I think the amount Of gems needed to pause the same construction more than once should grow exponentially, to inhibit people from using it all the time... It would be like 10, 20, 40, 80.... once the builder completes that construction, it goes back to 10...

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Wouldn't that be too much? Don't we want the player to use this opportunity. It should not be as less as you can easily gain in 2 days, but it should be attractive to buy, doesn't it?
I'd say then: start at 10, then 20, after increase by 5 every time, so 25, 30, 35, 40...

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Originally Posted by kiddy0012

Wouldn't that be too much? Don't we want the player to use this opportunity. It should not be as less as you can easily gain in 2 days, but it should be attractive to buy, doesn't it?
I'd say then: start at 10, then 20, after increase by 5 every time, so 25, 30, 35, 40...

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Ok then... Really hope SC implements that before I Max my heroes... Hahahhah

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Originally Posted by RagnarFurias

Ok then... Really hope SC implements that before I Max my heroes... Hahahhah

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Yeah me2, Though it probably still lasts a year or 2 before I'm done with them :p