The Clash Economy

And now this turns into a flame thread

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Originally Posted by Gamersayshi

gold is rarer than elixir, why, the economy
discuss the economy of clash of clans

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Gold is only rarer than elixir when you are farming.

Try trophy pushing, you'll be swimming in gold and DE with empty ribena balls.

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Originally Posted by Gamersayshi

there is not just a rescurce economy in clash of clans but also a trophy economy
once upon a time the top players were at 1700
you know nothing

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I'm afraid you don't know what the word economy means. There is zero resource or trophy economy in this game.

I think elixir has become more rare than gold since the elixir-spell update and even worse since the last update

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Originally Posted by chajado67

I'm afraid you don't know what the word economy means. There is zero resource or trophy economy in this game.

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Why don't you reply with YOUR definition of an economy. I think you are trying to apply some obscure esoteric definition of the word economy without realizing that common knowledge use of the term.

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Originally Posted by Xierxe

How would you say that gold is rarer than elixir? Seriously put more thoughts in your post.

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Walls drain gold fast, which results in less of it able to be stolen. Therefore gold is rarer than elexir :)

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Originally Posted by archerm3

I think elixir has become more rare than gold since the elixir-spell update and even worse since the last update

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I'm not following you I promise, but no again.
Gold is in no way more valued or rare than elixir.

To max a base in COC you need:

Total Cost (Gold, With Walls) - 2,841,861,450 Gold
Total Cost (Gold Without Walls) - 636,561,450 Gold

Total Cost (Elixir, With Troops/Spells) - 299,062,850 Elixir
Total Cost (Elixir, Without Troops/Spells) - 159,212,850 Elixir

Total Cost (Dark Elixir) - 8,720,000 Dark Elixir



Therefore, unless you manage to spend 2.2 billion Elixir on troops (or around 7.3 million level six archers ;) ) gold is extremely more valuable than elixir. But that's just math, gut feelings always prove to be more right anyway. Right?

EDIT: Economic principle says: Value is determined by the scarcity of the resource. Applied to Clash terms, depending on where you are in the game, and what the players around you are doing, the scarcity of each resource will determine the value of it, and will in time drive the value of said resource back into equilibrium.

source http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...ht=cost+maxing

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Originally Posted by archerm3

Why don't you reply with YOUR definition of an economy. I think you are trying to apply some obscure esoteric definition of the word economy without realizing that common knowledge use of the term.

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There is no economy because there is no free trading of goods. The price of everything is set by supercell. You cant barter down the price of an archer tower or the cost of a golem. All prices are fixed with no kind of market between players.

Hay Day has more of an economy than coc....in that game u can actually buy goods from other players.

A game with an Economy is world of Warcraft where the have actual markets and trading between players.

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Originally Posted by chajado67

There is no economy because there is no free trading of goods. The price of everything is set by supercell. You cant barter down the price of an archer tower or the cost of a golem. All prices are fixed with no kind of market between players.

Hay Day has more of an economy than coc....in that game u can actually buy goods from other players.

A game with an Economy is world of Warcraft where the have actual markets and trading between players.

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Now, Hay Day is a great example of an economy, stocks, sales, and inventory control. Clash of Clans, on the other hand, can not have economic interaction, but has a different version of strategy than Hay Day.

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Originally Posted by chajado67

There is no economy because there is no free trading of goods. The price of everything is set by supercell. You cant barter down the price of an archer tower or the cost of a golem. All prices are fixed with no kind of market between players.

Hay Day has more of an economy than coc....in that game u can actually buy goods from other players.

A game with an Economy is world of Warcraft where the have actual markets and trading between players.

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What???? you don't think there is "TRADE" between players? When I go visit "Stumpy123" from clan Stumpy's finest and take 150000 elix for the pleasure of seeing me wreck his base....how is that not a free transaction? All the while he gives me 10 cups too as a tip?

It's free trade. Please show us your textbook definition of an economy that you are failing to use in correlation.

Players are freely trading gold and elix and DE, and cups, at various amounts...each time you trade(raid). And you are also creating wealth through your collectors just like in real life resources are used to create a product to sell.