New player hoping to learn about the "meta" of Coc

Hey guys,

So, I've been playing for about a month now. I honestly don't know why it's so addicting and fun, but in order to make the best use of my time and effort and learn more about this, I've got a few questions.


1. What qualifies you as a gemmer, and is there an unfavorable stigma associated with it?
for the record I've spent $15 on this game, though it was technically free money. I got a free $10 iTunes card from a survey and 20% off on a $25 iTunes card I bought my wife for Xmas. So maybe I've spent $5 of actual money on this game. It seems people who gem are considered to be taking the easy way out.


2. Is the 1 gem boost something I should take advantage of? And what are the best things to use it on? I was holding off on this for awhile to see if I could get enough gems to buy my 4th builder, but at TH 5 I couldn't quite get there, so I bought 1200 and I now have over 1100 I could spend.


3. What are the pros and cons of maxing out vs rushing to Th7. I'm currently at th5 and I've maxed about everything except my barracks and collectors which are 8 and 9. I plan on saving some upgrades for the 4 days it takes to upgrade th5.


4. What is considered premier base? Anything not maxed out before upgrading or is it just for higher lvl bases like 7-8 +.?

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Originally Posted by Zephyrpower

Hey guys,

So, I've been playing for about a month now. I honestly don't know why it's so addicting and fun, but in order to make the best use of my time and effort and learn more about this, I've got a few questions.


1. What qualifies you as a gemmer, and is there an unfavorable stigma associated with it?
for the record I've spent $15 on this game, though it was technically free money. I got a free $10 iTunes card from a survey and 20% off on a $25 iTunes card I bought my wife for Xmas. So maybe I've spent $5 of actual money on this game. It seems people who gem are considered to be taking the easy way out.
It isn't really the amount of money, it's just when people use the gems to go to a higher th level.


2. Is the 1 gem boost something I should take advantage of? And what are the best things to use it on? I was holding off on this for awhile to see if I could get enough gems to buy my 4th builder, but at TH 5 I couldn't quite get there, so I bought 1200 and I now have over 1100 I could spend.
Take it while it lasts, buddy.


3. What are the pros and cons of maxing out vs rushing to Th7. I'm currently at th5 and I've maxed about everything except my barracks and collectors which are 8 and 9. I plan on saving some upgrades for the 4 days it takes to upgrade th 6 (probally what you ment
The pros of rushing is getting new stuff. The con is that your currently existing defenses, mainly walls, are at a very low lvl, meaning someone can easily steamroll you.


4. What is considered premier base? Anything not maxed out before upgrading or is it just for higher lvl bases like 7-8 +.?
A premier base is where the base is not fully maxed out.

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I might be wrong on some things, but that's my awensers. (Highlited in bold)

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Originally Posted by Zephyrpower

Hey guys,

So, I've been playing for about a month now. I honestly don't know why it's so addicting and fun, but in order to make the best use of my time and effort and learn more about this, I've got a few questions.


1. What qualifies you as a gemmer, and is there an unfavorable stigma associated with it?
for the record I've spent $15 on this game, though it was technically free money. I got a free $10 iTunes card from a survey and 20% off on a $25 iTunes card I bought my wife for Xmas. So maybe I've spent $5 of actual money on this game. It seems people who gem are considered to be taking the easy way out.


Nothing! its helpin support SC make the game better!


2. Is the 1 gem boost something I should take advantage of? And what are the best things to use it on? I was holding off on this for awhile to see if I could get enough gems to buy my 4th builder, but at TH 5 I couldn't quite get there, so I bought 1200 and I now have over 1100 I could spend.


Use it while you cannthe one gem thing is a miricle for most players.

3. What are the pros and cons of maxing out vs rushing to Th7. I'm currently at th5 and I've maxed about everything except my barracks and collectors which are 8 and 9. I plan on saving some upgrades for the 4 days it takes to upgrade th5.


Maxing out is probably one of the most important things, In my opinion. For each town hall level you move up, Th less loot you can raid fom higher Town hal levels, so if you max out, the next TH level will be easier.



4. What is considered premier base? Anything not maxed out before upgrading or is it just for higher lvl bases like 7-8 +.?

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Im not too sure abou this. I aould say A maxed TH 8 Base + woulf be considered one. A premeture T 10 ...i wouldnt call one.










Hopse this helps.

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Originally Posted by Zephyrpower

Hey guys,

So, I've been playing for about a month now. I honestly don't know why it's so addicting and fun, but in order to make the best use of my time and effort and learn more about this, I've got a few questions.


1. What qualifies you as a gemmer, and is there an unfavorable stigma associated with it?
for the record I've spent $15 on this game, though it was technically free money. I got a free $10 iTunes card from a survey and 20% off on a $25 iTunes card I bought my wife for Xmas. So maybe I've spent $5 of actual money on this game. It seems people who gem are considered to be taking the easy way out.
a gemmer is usually considered on the forums as someone who spends large amounts of money(over 100-150)on the game. Someone who just spends to get builders huts, or pays $5 to speed up an upgrade once is usually not seen as a gemmer

2. Is the 1 gem boost something I should take advantage of? And what are the best things to use it on? I was holding off on this for awhile to see if I could get enough gems to buy my 4th builder, but at TH 5 I couldn't quite get there, so I bought 1200 and I now have over 1100 I could spend.
Yes.

3. What are the pros and cons of maxing out vs rushing to Th7. I'm currently at th5 and I've maxed about everything except my barracks and collectors which are 8 and 9. I plan on saving some upgrades for the 4 days it takes to upgrade th5.
Max your barracks, upgrade your town hall, finish collectors while it is upgrading.

4. What is considered premier base? Anything not maxed out before upgrading or is it just for higher lvl bases like 7-8 +.?
I see a preemie base as one with a high level TH and low level defenses.

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im not an expert on some of the topics but i can answer 2 questions.....

1 Gem boost is a blessing, use it on resources Gold/Elixer...(24 hour boost).
Boosting ur spells/Barracks speeds up spells/troops 4x which helps farming and trophy pushing. (last much less).

My advice is not to worry much about maxing before upgrading TH until you get to 7-8 just because you get better troop lvls and more army camp space which makes it easier to farm and upgrade.. You also get the dark barrack and spell factory which you can also use to better farm.

Most of the time you will be able to tell when someone is a premmie by the defference in there TH lvl,exp lvl and walls/defence lvls....

i can tell someone is a premmie withing seconds and you will be able too soon enouph :-)... happY farming and HappY New Years