1-gem barracks boost should be permanent

Its a good idea but maybe Super Cell would think that they would lose money, so maybe it could be one solid week every month. And instead of 1 gem, it should be 3 gems for the Dark Barracks for 1 hour, 5 gems for the Barracks also for 1 hour, and 10 gems for the clan castle at 20 minutes. When when 18 minutes it would only be 9 gems, then 16 it would be 8 gems, ect. The thing that Super Cell might like is that there wouldn't be a gem boost for the spell factory, so if your pushing thophies, the most important thing is probably spells depending on what troop composition you would use.

It was great fun, I spent money and I look forward to the next time supercell are so generous as to give us this gift again.

I understand they dropped the price for normal boost, which of course is welcome but (here it comes) 4 hours straight is too long for me. I can see how asking for the 1 gem boost to be permanent is not realistic but offering one, two or four hour boosts might actually result in more money for supercell as I would actually spend then.

I miss 1 gem barrack boosts dearly, and do agree that they should occurred more frequently. But always is unfair to ask as it will be bad for business. I suggest that they be one week our of every month. This way clans can plan their trophy pushes around them as well.

If the cost was lower i would use it more and spend more.

agree! good idea

I disagree because it would be terrible for business and countless other reasons

I agree it should be permanent or reduced to something close. We have a full clan and I heard more comments that that gem boost made the game almost playable.

I get they need to make money, but don't see this as a big money maker. I play a lot and buy probably too many gems, but never use them on boosts or loot. Only builder time.

With current spell and barracks times, I see a lot of people losing interest.

But hey, just my 2 cents

I don't like this idea as there may be too much attacking, if the cost is too low. What I mean by too much attacking, is that once a shield is up I'll get instantly attacked. If that happened to everyone there would be less loot as no one would be able to save up resources.

I do agree though that boosts are too expensive for what they provide. I think Supercell should expand how they make money. I have two ideas in how they could:
1. Merchandising. Who wouldn't want a little stuffed barbarian (especially the younger CoC players)?
2. Advertising. How about getting a message from Supercell (like when they announced 1 gem barrack boosts) that has a video advertising another app. Watching the video is optional (unlike other apps) and you get around the 5 gems for watching it. I think this is fair as those who want extra gems get it, Supercell makes money, and those who don't like advertising aren't forced to watch it.

If Supercell adds this then you can still boost your barracks occasionally and they can add updates with more gem awards (like MasterMind's balloon idea) without worrying about losing profit.

It is gratifying to know that I was not the only only one glued to my computer during the 1-gem boosts. Given all the time and money I spent on the game, maybe I should rethink my request.

But my thought here is that making a 1 or 2 gem boost permanent would be a brilliant business idea for SuperCell. The whole idea is that by charging gems at all for the boost, they force us to buy gems, even if in small quantities. And once I have gems, it is too tempting to spend them to finish an upgrade so I can do the next when I have my gold or elixir in hand. But then I am out of gems again and need to buy more for boosts. A vicious circle. And one that would increase revenues if I am right.

I also get the idea about not wanting to be raided all the time, but if you are raided with any success at all, you get a shield, so it is not like you will be raided 5 times in a row. And you really don't lose all that much loot when you are. Besides, you get those delicious revenge attacks when people raid you.

I guess the real question from my perspective is why the game would be made so that I have to wait an hour between raids. Not as if I am hanging out in the game during that hour. And I sure am not going to spend money to finish an upgrade if my troops won't be ready to attack for an hour, nor will I spend money to finish the upgrade and then more for a short boost.

Anyone from SuperCell out there?

IF SC had a 1 gem boost SC might be broke but i do think that longer boost times should be implemented.