Hello.
I am new to the forums, and I have come here to get something off my chest. I have been playing Clash of Clans for quite some time, and this has been an issue bugging me. The problem is builders. Builders should have all the rights that normal men do. The concept of builders is to have them work on buildings or any item you may be upgrading. While the game could not exist with out builders being used, I find the some of the things about builders very troubling. Below, I will list some of the problems I have with builders, and suggest ways to help.
Problem 1
Builders rarely have a break. Active players tend to keep their builders busy almost all of the time, so builders may go a few weeks with hardly a break at all. Inactive players do not use their builders, as they are not playing the game. I have come to admire inactive players because the builders get to rest a bit. Some of the longest upgrades can take up to two weeks, and the builders toil endlessly to complete these upgrades. Do they get a break? No. Can they even rest? No. And after those long 14 days, a builder may be forced to go straight from that upgrade to another. Sometimes, a couple of hours of sleep is all a builder gets before being forced to work on another building.
Problem 2
Builders can be bought. Everybody in Clash of Clans starts the game with 2 builders. This is obviously not very much as the game requires many things to be upgraded. So, people tend to buy more. This concept, while it is a money-maker the creators of CoC, is unfair. Put yourself in the builder's shoes. You are minding your own business, and all of a sudden you are dropped into a new village. It is a very different environment, and I would be terrified. Then, usually immediately, the builders are forced to work. And so begins the endless cycle of a builder.
Let's overlook the strange new village the builder is placed in. The builder still has to be BOUGHT. The builder is in fact a person too, even if he is trapped inside a video game. Can we walk up to a person on the street and ask to buy them? No. I understand that Clash Of Clans is not at all like real-life, but, "A person's a person, no matter how small." People should not be bought. America went through a civil war just to stop people from being bought and forced to work. Let's hope this issue doesn't come to that, but something needs to be done.
Problem 3
The huts that builders live in is awful. Builder's Huts are tiny and most-likely crapped inside. In-game, they are only 2x2 blocks big. Even for one builder each, that is very small. These bad living conditions should be changed for the men who keep Clash Of Clans going. Each builder gets their own hut which is nice, but when I comes down to living space per builder, things get pitiful. The builder may not spend much time in his hut (Another very disturbing problem) but a higher quality of life must be provided for these "unsung heroes" of the game.
Below are my ideas for improving the life and rights of builders based on the 3 problems I talked about earlier. I would like for these features to be implemented into Clash Of Clans, but that will probably not happen. Anyways, my suggestions are below.
- There should be a button that will make a builder take a break during an upgrade. Say a builder is working on an Archer Tower. If I wanted to, I could press the button and set the break time.(15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes) The builder would return to his hut and sleep for that designated amount of time, and then continue with his upgrade.
- Builders should be gained, not bought. Builders should no longer be purchased for gems. When the builders that you have are happy enough (See happiness bar suggestions) you will get another one. A player will start at 2, and can get up to 5 builders in time.
- Builders huts should be taken away. Instead, there should be a big building that builders can live in. A "Builder Townhall", if you will. The building should come with the village, the same way a Townhall does. The building should also be the size of a Townhall. The building can house 2-5 builders.
- Builder food should be available for purchase in the shop. 500 elixir would buy 10 "Builder snacks" for them to eat. The builders will get hungry from time to time, but not too often. 1 snack will fill up a builder, and increase his "happiness" (See happiness bar suggestion)
My final idea is to introduce a "Builder happiness bar" for each builder. The bar should pop up when a builder is clicked on, and should display a number 1-10, based on how happy he is. To increase happiness, a builder can be fed, he can take a break during an upgrade, or should have no upgrade at all.
Increasing Builder Happiness
- Every 15 minutes a builder naps, his bar should go up 1 point
- When a builder has no upgrade for 1 hour, his bar will go up 2 points
- Every time a builder is fed, his bar should go up 3 points (Keep in mind builders don't need to eat too often)
Of course, builders happiness can decrease also.
Decreasing Builder Happiness
- Every 1 day a builder works on an upgrade, his happiness will go down by 1 point
Before, I stated that builders should be gained. Builders are gained when all of the builders are happy enough and a certain Townhall level has been achieved.
Gaining new builders
- To get a 3rd builder: Both builders should have a happiness of at least 8 (Needs Townhall 3)
- To get a 4th builder: All builders should have happiness of 8 (Needs Townhall 5)
- To get a 5th builder : all builders should have happiness of 8 (Needs Townhall 6)
These are all my ideas for the issue of builders rights and quality of life. Thank you for reading and feel free to comment on my ideas/points.
Clash on!
~BR
