[IDEA] Convert-able Barracks

Many people are converting to 6 barracks army builds with new strategies like BAM or GOWIPE ect ect. While this feature is great sometimes its still unusable when farming for a specific resource (DE). I think it would be a cool feature to allow people to convert a barracks into a dark barracks or vice versa. It would maybe require a builder and a 3 day wait. This would allow people to use 6 barracks even when DE farming, but not for free!

Each barracks could also have a memory of its barracks level. SO for example when you converted your level 3 DB to a regular barracks it would be level 1 and you would need to upgrade it to the desired level. If converted back it would be a level 3 dark barracks still. If converted again to a regular barracks it would retain the level you last upgraded it too.

I dont like the 3 day wait part, that might just be too long, but nice idea, I hate having only 4 barracks and only 2 dark barracks

This is one of the better ideas i like it
but what for converting it back? should that cost something?

This is a good idea, i like it but its kind of a bother to have to upgrade the barracks back up.

yes 3 days for any conversion and you would have to upgrade it up cause its a new barracks. you cant just convert all your regular barracks and have witches. these "setbacks" would actually make it a viably implementable feature without unbalancing the game.

That would make training 0.5x faster with regular troops and 3 times faster with theoretical dark army:)
whats not to like? I sure do would luv it.
I doubt SC will flow with it tho:/

Interesting idea, I would sure enjoy having more normal barracks to work with. I think the wait for conversion is fair.

I like the idea of being able to convert barracks like that. I do think it might cause some balancing issues though as it would make it more reasonable for non gemmer s to have mass dragon attacks or mass hog attacks. However, i dont think these issues outweigh the advantages this would provide.

I like the idea, and the wait period is more than fair. It should also cost a pretty penny to do, as the advantages to having 6 barracks all of one type far outweigh the high price. Doubt it will be put into the game though.

What if there were a timeframe and then the barracks reverted back to its normal purpose? For example, after 7 days the barracks went back to its original form. The player could then convert again during a three day process. In effect this would create a cool-down period and limit the prolonged use of the modified barracks.

thats a cool idea too onemore! do mods ever comment in here?

i thnk the 3 day conversion should cost elixir both ways... we need more elixir dumps

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i thnk the 3 day conversion should cost elixir both ways... we need more elixir dumps

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New building idea? The..... Wait for it..... 'Pump Dump'..... Automatically dumps the res you don't need XD genius right?

hmm i cant see why not, it could be a bit annoying if you suddenly needed DE troops for something and had them all elixir barracks at the moment though


also wouldnt it make it far to easy to build the otherwise time consuming troops like dragons witches and such? being able to throw out 6 dragons every 30 min or 6 witches every 20 or 6 pekka every 45th minute, would be a bit overpowered wouldnt it?

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thats a cool idea too onemore! do mods ever comment in here?

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Well, we read them all, and comment on a few, usually the ones that are somewhat doable. I can see maybe adding a barracks that could train either sets of troops as a viable suggestion, but transforming them back and forth I can not see going far with the devs.

(queue the transformers.... more than meets the eye music)

thanks for the reply twister. a flex barracks would be pretty sweet too.

On a fun factor level (which seems to be the goal here) I just think some people would really enjoy BAM build times for armies consisting of only DE or E troops. There are very few effective short build time armies atm (under 15 minutes for 220) and it would be cool to see some more styles emerge. I do understand it could be a little overpowered with high tier troops but im not sure what remedies there are for that flaw.

I think starting from level 1 when converted is a bit extreme. Perhaps the level of the barrack being converted could correspond with the level of the new barrack? ie
DE barrack L1=elix barrack L2
DE barrack L2= elix barrack L4
DE barrack L3=elix barrack L6
and so on

I like this idea alot thanks for link to thread this would reduce training time for those more powerful armies so you would be waiting like 1:30 mins for a gowipe or however long it would take as this would probaly make me use more powerful troops in my setup