TH8 with full skull walls or TH9 with working builders

I don't know what to do. I've heard people say its better to go to TH9 and not have your builders sitting around, but I've also heard people say its better to stay at TH8 and live with the consequences of idle builders. Obviously, first I would try get 6 million gold/elixir and 40-80k DE for AQ. I have the troops to farm with balloonion. I'm a maxed TH8 except I have 90/225 skull walls. The only troop upgrades I haven't done are lv 3 Dragons, lv 3 Pekkas, and all the DE troops except Minions, which are lv 4.

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Originally Posted by Vandslaux

I don't know what to do. I've heard people say its better to go to TH9 and not have your builders sitting around, but I've also heard people say its better to stay at TH8 and live with the consequences of idle builders. Obviously, first I would try get 6 million gold/elixir and 40-80k DE for AQ. I have the troops to farm with balloonion. I'm a maxed TH8 except I have 90/225 skull walls. The only troop upgrades I haven't done are lv 3 Dragons, lv 3 Pekkas, and all the DE troops except Minions, which are lv 4.

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See rhymquimghyf's thread on why it is better to become a premmie TH9.
Around 40% better attacking at the cost of some walls?
Surely go to Th9.

I'm in the same boat OP. Maxed TH8 except I have about 100 skull walls left to farm. My OCD won't let me go until I finish em, but everyone I talk with says to make the jump to TH9.

Haha I'm in the same condition but i think farming for the walls will be well worth it

I don't see why you would ever let builders sleep. If you didn't do the walls in the 2-3 months of TH 8, why would you be able to do them now?

the reason people unanimously say spend gems on builders first is to keep more upgrades going. People will be really split between maxing th8 and jumping up to 9 but my advice is to go to th 9 to get those elixir updates going, so your not wasting farmed elixir during the days that it takes to get all that gold. just go to th 9, spend the 10 days farming walls, and finish the rest the first few days of th 9 when all ur upgrades cost elixir and not gold. but everyone has their own play style so do what suits you!

max it out.
It is always the best thing to do.
Because
1. search cost increase from 580 to 750. 170 gold doenst look a lot, but if you pile up, it may save you a ton.
2. loot penalty makes you hardly able to raid th-7, you have more option to attack, you even can have more loot to raid when attacking th-10
3. boosting is going to end soon, you are not going to have another boosting chance any time soon (just guessing) to farm for walls.
4. when you upgrade to th-9, you have tons of things to do, max xbows, do another 25 walls, bla bla bla... then you will have no time to focus your walls for a good 1-2 months. Unless you are a dedicated farmer and always leave an idle builder.
5. purple walls doenst look sexy for th-9
6. idle builder is not a big deal just a little waste of time but with this boost , you only will waste 1/2 weeks max before you max out ur walls. (if you farm hard you can even finish in one week with the boost)

Reminder:
1. remember to time you th-9 upgrade, you can do some walls while upgrading th-9.
2. farm as much DE before you reach th-9.
3. try to finish your research before you th-8 journey ends, elixir ones, not DE ones.
4. max traps too if you want to be completely maxed out.
5. you dont have to finish your DE upgrades besides Minions(its a must because Ballonion or BAM or whatever army you use that requires minions), Hogs(if you use them a lot, or plan to use them more often in the future), Golems(same as hogs but upgrade hogs first if you want to upgrade golems). You dont have to care abt valks.
6. get those decoration if you want to be completely MAXED OUT as a townhall 8. Nothing much, its just cool.

GOOD LUCK.
i max them out too btw (walls, and only max minion in the dark troop upgrades, others is still lvl1).

Hey, I'd say jump to TH9. Take it from me, I've been TH9 for less than 2 weeks and i maxed walls at TH8. Since becoming a TH9 I've farmed all my new walls to L8, plus 29 walls are already L9. That's on top of both xbows being L1, new wizard tower, air defense, archer tower, and tesla being built and I'm griding them up to par. Loot at TH9 is better than TH for the simple fact you he more army camp space and higher troops.

Th9 with working builders bro... If I play 24 hours a day without life and boost barrack I will get 30 millions gold a day :P
Maybe... Th9 is awesome

Here's my base currently. Today is my ninth day at TH9.
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...pscbgtzymf.png
Loot has been so great I've had to purchase a few gems to cut down build time on both my xbows and my lab. And elixir is so full (after building lab, spell factory, and all 4 army camps) that I've been farming with troops like drags and wizards and balloons(which are already L6). And with all those upgrades I've even fit in time to get BL to 11 and AQ is now building to L5.....


Don't be afraid to take the plunge to TH9. Loot is great. You won't regret it.

If u have the patience, try completing the skull walls first or at least half of them.

Personally I thought I'd wait till all teslas were maxed up but i've been sick of getting struck for DE
so here i go, preparing the resources for the coming TH9 tmr.

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps12bedd05.jpg

Definitely go to town hall 9 to keep the builders busy. I finished my walls between upgrades at th 8 but they definitley aren't worth leaving builders free.

If your lab upgrades are done and all defensive buildings maxed then just do walls while th is upgrading to th9. I personally am maxing de troops as well, after my golems finish to lvl 2 only have hogs, valks, and pekka 3 (Need to build my 3rd storages).
-Butthol

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Originally Posted by Fros

If your lab upgrades are done and all defensive buildings maxed then just do walls while th is upgrading to th9. I personally am maxing de troops as well, after my golems finish to lvl 2 only have hogs, valks, and pekka 3 (Need to build my 3rd storages).
-Butthol

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Maxing out your lab isn't as important as you may think. In fact, maxing your de troops as a th 8 is a huge waste as you lose de far more easily as a th 8 and de is easier to come by as a th 9.

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Originally Posted by TomRapp

Maxing out your lab isn't as important as you may think. In fact, maxing your de troops as a th 8 is a huge waste as you lose dr far more easily as a th 8 and de is easier to come by as a th 9.

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Yeah but if it's sitting idle and I have the resources to upgrade troops why not? Also I'm just doing de cause I can't do my king as my clan's pushing tommorow. However I like to do de troops cause that means when I get th9 I don't have to worry about golem 2, I can worry about golem 3 lol.
-Butthol

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Originally Posted by Fros

Yeah but if it's sitting idle and I have the resources to upgrade troops why not? Also I'm just doing de cause I can't do my king as my clan's pushing tommorow. However I like to do de troops cause that means when I get th9 I don't have to worry about golem 2, I can worry about golem 3 lol.
-Butthol

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Oh, bases on the way you said it, I was under the impression that you would let builders sit in order to max de troops.

Only do golem and valk upgrades at TH8 if you have the resources and your lab is idle.

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Originally Posted by TomRapp

Oh, bases on the way you said it, I was under the impression that you would let builders sit in order to max de troops.

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No, if my builders were idle I'd just upgrade th

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Originally Posted by Vandslaux

I don't know what to do. I've heard people say its better to go to TH9 and not have your builders sitting around, but I've also heard people say its better to stay at TH8 and live with the consequences of idle builders. Obviously, first I would try get 6 million gold/elixir and 40-80k DE for AQ. I have the troops to farm with balloonion. I'm a maxed TH8 except I have 90/225 skull walls. The only troop upgrades I haven't done are lv 3 Dragons, lv 3 Pekkas, and all the DE troops except Minions, which are lv 4.

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I think it was mintberrycrunch who said this, but anyways the advice was, "Move to the next town hall if you dont have a gold dump. If you still have a gold dump, finish it." In this case, it is the walls. Also, I'm farming lvl 8 walls right now. I would consider myself a casual player, as I play for only 1-2 hours a day. This being said, I have consistently upgraded 10 walls a day. Its not diffcult

Nah, move to the next town hall if your builders are not busy.
Complete waste of builder time at TH8. I personally maxed level 7 walls at TH7 but will not max level 8 at TH8.

You shouldn't max everything at th8... You can progress much faster in the game if you max what you need. Of course, all defenses should be maxed, including walls. However, as Tom said, it's quite a waste of DE to max troops you won't use or need. I mean, the Valkyrie is surely a waste and golems aren't vey efficient... Hogs, you can live without them... So I'd say max your minions and all regular elixir troops and you should be good to go.

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Originally Posted by CashClash22

Only do golem and valk upgrades at TH8 if you have the resources and your lab is idle.

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I maxed minions and golems so far, never used valks probably never will.
-Buthhol

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Originally Posted by SilverSword

You shouldn't max everything at th8... You can progress much faster in the game if you max what you need. Of course, all defenses should be maxed, including walls. However, as Tom said, it's quite a waste of DE to max troops you won't use or need. I mean, the Valkyrie is surely a waste and golems aren't vey efficient... Hogs, you can live without them... So I'd say max your minions and all regular elixir troops and you should be good to go.

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Minions are maxed, my king was already upgrading and besides pekka 3 I have no other elixir upgrades. Also I occasionally use GoWiPe. However by no means am I anywhere close to maxed out.
-Butthol

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Originally Posted by TomRapp

Maxing out your lab isn't as important as you may think. In fact, maxing your de troops as a th 8 is a huge waste as you lose de far more easily as a th 8 and de is easier to come by as a th 9.

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I would say to max elixir troops and spells, as well as minions and hogs. Not everything in the lab should be maxed, but the valk is useless and golems are not necessary for farming.

EDIT: Silversword beat me to it...

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Originally Posted by Fros

Minions are maxed, my king was already upgrading and besides pekka 3 I have no other elixir upgrades. Also I occasionally use GoWiPe. However by no means am I anywhere close to maxed out.
-Butthol

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I do think maxing the king is important. I would not upgrade any de troops until the king is maxed out. Doing so allows you to focus on the AQ at TH9.

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Originally Posted by J011Y1ND1AN

I would say to max elixir troops and spells, as well as minions and hogs. Not everything in the lab should be maxed, but the valk is useless and golems are not necessary for farming.

EDIT: Silversword beat me to it...

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Precisely.
The only thing about premmie TH9 that irks me is my underleveled spells.
Upgrading them right now but wish I had them all level 5.

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Originally Posted by J011Y1ND1AN

I do think maxing the king is important. I would not upgrade any de troops until the king is maxed out. Doing so allows you to focus on the AQ at TH9.

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Yes I'm going to max him but if he's upgrading and my lab is idle why not do de upgrades, not hard to farm either.
-Butthol

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Originally Posted by J011Y1ND1AN

I think it was mintberrycrunch who said this, but anyways the advice was, "Move to the next town hall if you dont have a gold dump. If you still have a gold dump, finish it." In this case, it is the walls. Also, I'm farming lvl 8 walls right now. I would consider myself a casual player, as I play for only 1-2 hours a day. This being said, I have consistently upgraded 10 walls a day. Its not diffcult

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10 walls is 5 million. How are you consistently making 2.5 million an hour, even with the boost? I ran out of gems to boost with today