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Right now im saving up on DE to get Archer Queen, but all I get is people just zapping it and not even putting troops down, which is extremly lazy and annoying.
Why not just have the Lighting Spell do 30✖(times) less damage to resoucses?
It would not remove the Lighting Spell from the game and people will still be able to get some DE from it, so there not taking 2,000 DE with 4 Lighting Spells.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK CLASHERS!
Maybe not 30x less. More like 10x. Because if you lose 2000 dark elixir per lightning raid, that equates to 200 at only 10x. That's hardly any at all, forget about 30x. However, my take on the dark elixir zapping is it's a game, and it's a strategy within the game. And while it doesn't use any skill, does an all drag or gowipe take skill? Not usually, unless you're facing a maxed th9 or 10.
Only TH 7s use lightning spells to steal DE because they don't have a DE drill yet. The most effective way to prevent this is to go up in trophies. Above 1800 trophies is where you should be safe and there should be a lot of DE loots up there as well (2 birds, one stone). TH 7 up in that trophy range doesn't want to lose their trophies, so they won't use lightning and then ditch; They also risk getting revenged by higher TH that would most likely 3 star even the toughest TH 7.
p.s. it's really rare if TH 8+ people use lightning spell to steal DE, it would be easier to just destroy your base and take all the DE.
No this isnt a good idea, alot of ppl, I MEAN ALOT of ppl use this strategy to get resources. Even i use it. This is how alot ppl raid.
If you read his post he's attacked by th9 (4 lightning spells)Quote:
Originally Posted by silentd916
My opinion is..... Revenge them.. Zap it back.... If it is lower level th.... Monitor them until they have good resources and revenge them.... I always do that :)
If someone is hitting you with four lightning spells they fail, period. That means they are at least town hall 9. A town hall 9 using DE lightning is a sad excuse for a Clash of Clans player. Good news is the chances of finding a good revenge on him is high - absolutely annihilate them on revenge.
As for the problem itself, it sucks; it really does. Every-time I get around 30k or more DE bolters come from everywhere for some cheap DE.
You suggestion to reduce it by 30x is crazy though. Even just a 2x reduction would substantially mitigate the problem. At worst I generally lose around 1,000de or less by lightning raiders [TH8 loot penalty doesn't hurt as much as TH9 & TH10 I understand].
If that was halved I think a lot of those lazy bolters would give up on the cheap tactic.
Lightning spell is a strategy... and the game requires strategy...
Ahhh a town hall 7 I see. It's a blight on the game that you can actually steal resources without using a single troop.Quote:
Originally Posted by G4M3R
I suck it up and deal with it - revenge if I can. Move on and get it back elsewhere if I cannot.
But this isn't the worst suggestion, and not one I've seen a million times [like lightning rod]. Suggestions to control the problem was worth been listened too.
Why not just change the description of the de storage adding in that it was made to withstand the elements and make the damage done by the lightning spell on the de storage nil. The lightning will still damage everything else normally but causes zero damage to the de storage.
If people want de they should have to attack and take it. Let them use their lightning spells on the drills still at least. We can't completely take away these sorry excuse for clashers way of getting de or they may cry.
I lightening DE storages only on revenge attacks, that way they can'y revenge me back.
I've surplus elixir so using 4 spells is no biggie plus you get 1000+ dark elixir.
If you're a TH8 or TH9 with max farming troops it's easier to just slap a 1-2 heals away and take 2k de from their core :)
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Originally Posted by silentd916
Why did you revive this thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by athancoreextreme
I saw the thread title. Is the answer to trophy up to crystal? Because zapping DE becomes increasingly rare the higher you move out of gold.
DE zapping is an art of war \m/
ok my patience is dwindling on this topic so apologies in advance, just give it up and zap some other poor sod.
Doubt that'll ever happen. And while we're on the subject what league do you think a th8 could stay without getting zapped. I'm asking this since most of the guys zapping me lately have been in gold 2Quote:
Originally Posted by ironagedave
well my th 8 account was in gold 3 and i have to say I rarely got zapped but i got more steamrolled by TH9s and the archer queen. If i made a loss I just made time for a mega sesh to either get the DE back or get enough for the upgrade and it seems to have worked, as I only have valks and walls to do I am thinking of upgrading and climbing to crystal to get DE loot bonus and better zapping potential ;-) time to make crystal no longer safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by skydive5674
Gold 1 may also be safer but clearly gold 2 and silver aren't safe jusging by previous posts. Bronze maybe even safer but then you'll just have to wait on your collectors/drills. Trouble is the new matchmaking system may have made the situation worse, in that you can't really hide in any league anymore.
Your 'aaaaahhh a TH7 I see' statement is invalid as this is not just a th7 viewpoint.Quote:
Originally Posted by daz258Ahhh a town hall 7 I see. It's a blight on the game that you can actually steal resources without using a single troop.Quote:
Originally Posted by G4M3R
I suck it up and deal with it - revenge if I can. Move on and get it back elsewhere if I cannot.
But this isn't the worst suggestion, and not one I've seen a million times [like lightning rod]. Suggestions to control the problem was worth been listened too.
I have a th10 and a th9 account and I will still second his statement. It is a valid strategy that needs to be part of the game for the purpose of maintaining balance. (explanation is long, some guys get it, some don't) So the OPs idea would upset game balance and that makes it a bad suggestion. He, like all others crying about this, needs to make his choice, either live with it (because the level he is at offers other advantages he might want), or make the trade off move to a different level where it does not happen to him so much.
I really don't zap DE myself because it is a stupid way to get DE (what you spend for the spells is too much for the little DE you get back) but am occasionally on the receiving end. In those cases I am simply relieved they did spells, not an army. The zap will get 3k or so of DE from me but if they had raided me for the same cost they could have gotten 5-6k So if these guys want to make bad choices for themselves that work out better for me then that's great.