Bored, but don't wanna quit.

After playing for 15 months I have just became somewhat...burnt out with coc. Maybe it's the fact that I have been playing to long and just lost interest. Is it because I would rather be doing other stuff instead of grinding for hours to get over 6 mill gold to upgrade A single building? That being said I am not ready to give up completely on coc yet, and for the time being I will simply login into coc to collect from my collectors.
Details about my base:
Th 10, lvl 109 and 1800 trophies
Maxed camps, collectors, barracks, wiz and Tesla
Typical Army of Giants, healers, wb,arch, barb, balloons and minions

Ok. Good to know.

what dahimi said... should we cue the violin?

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Originally Posted by dahimi

Ok. Good to know.

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I'd appreciate constructive post and suggestions on ways for myself to regain interest.

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Originally Posted by nongemer

After playing for 15 months I have just became somewhat...burnt out with coc. Maybe it's the fact that I have been playing to long and just lost interest. Is it because I would rather be doing other stuff instead of grinding for hours to get over 6 mill gold to upgrade A single building? That being said I am not ready to give up completely on coc yet, and for the time being I will simply login into coc to collect from my collectors.

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I started at about the same time as you did. I get too occupied by the game sometimes. my suggestion is to find a better strategy to farm that doesnt require you to stay online. well, if you are a leader or something, that's a different story.

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Originally Posted by nongemer

After playing for 15 months I have just became somewhat...burnt out with coc. Maybe it's the fact that I have been playing to long and just lost interest. Is it because I would rather be doing other stuff instead of grinding for hours to get over 6 mill gold to upgrade A single building? That being said I am not ready to give up completely on coc yet, and for the time being I will simply login into coc to collect from my collectors.

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I hear you it's crazy the amount to upgrade but that's supercells whole point to get you to buy gems so they profit even more. I mean 4 million for one wall! Just as much as the upgrade for the most important building on every base it's just insane. I would like supercell to at least lower the prices for some of the buildings.

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Originally Posted by RVP

I hear you it's crazy the amount to upgrade but that's supercells whole point to get you to buy gems so they profit even more. I mean 4 million for one wall! Just as much as the upgrade for the most important building on every base it's just insane. I would like supercell to at least lower the prices for some of the buildings.

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One word. BALANCE.

@OP: Its not our job to help you regain interest. If anything, we would like people on the verge of quitting to quit because it means more easy loot.

Just wait till the end of January, Chief Pat States 'You will not be disappointed with the next update'
Rings a bell?

Late update confirms Clan Wars, or something very very good and BIG!Also a BIG Update! :)

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Originally Posted by nongemer

I'd appreciate constructive post and suggestions on ways for myself to regain interest.

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What is your play style? What tactics do you rely on? What are your typical patterns of playing?


For me I like to push farm to try and earn DE to keep things interesting. I have my overnight armies for devastation and my farming armies for loot. This helps a fair amount as I am flip-flopping tactics enough to keep things interesting.




Try a new method out. I recently went gun-ho on balloonions. At the end of Th8 I ran HoAG armies (Hogs, Archers, and giants) and at the very very end of TH8 I did mass Valkyrie attacks just for something interesting to do.



I guess that is my biggest suggestion, change it up. If you trophy push, farm. If you farm, push for a while. If you use one tactic, use a different one.

If you aren't having fun with the game then take a break. Come back periodically to collect if you want, but don't feel like you HAVE to raid. You should be playing for fun, and if you aren't having fun then walk away. This is a superb time to think about upgrading barracks too!

If you want to keep playing and are just looking for something fresh then try using a different troop composition. Used to raiding with barbarians, archers, and minions (BAM) because you are on all the time? Maybe try archers, giants, and healers. Healer and giant use is vastly different than BAM and requires an entirely new strategy that influences the bases you choose to raid and how you raid them.

Good luck!

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IGN: Phoenix
Clan Name: Tiki Lounge

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Originally Posted by deifieduandi

I started at about the same time as you did. I get too occupied by the game sometimes. my suggestion is to find a better strategy to farm that doesnt require you to stay online. well, if you are a leader or something, that's a different story.

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I'm not really sure a change in army will help I am tired raiding, but thanks for the suggestion.

Find something to do while waiting for your collectors to gather the 6M gold.

Build troops for your clanmates
Build armies that you wouldn't build normally. Once in a while I build a full hogs army and search the bigeest base available.
While scanning for villages, get rid of outside TH for easy leugue bonus. It also helps the farmer to get free shield
Once in a while, go through your revenge list. Some are fun to destroy

The key is not to use your gold and spend the rest. I usually gather between 3-4k DE each day. That makes 20k to blow every week-end on minions and hogs.

Found a base worth 700k/700k last monday. It was the best day of my week.

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Originally Posted by nongemer

After playing for 15 months I have just became somewhat...burnt out with coc. Maybe it's the fact that I have been playing to long and just lost interest. Is it because I would rather be doing other stuff instead of grinding for hours to get over 6 mill gold to upgrade A single building? That being said I am not ready to give up completely on coc yet, and for the time being I will simply login into coc to collect from my collectors.

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Now, I could point out the likelyhood of getting a proper answer here on the forum is, but you already know that. So instead of stating the obvious, I'll do something entirely different than most here do: empathy & sympathy.

I know exactly what you mean and I myself am in the same situation. The only real driving force is my clan which, regrettably, is slowly fading as well for same reasons as me. The monotony of the game, combined with the recent updates did not sit well with the style I used to like to play the game. Adapting is one thing, but mindless grinding is also a thing I do not overly much enjoy.

What worked for me is simply switching to other activities and play CoC now and then when the notification of army is ready pops up. Quite often, my troops wait for hours and hours for some activity, but the bloons can float at peace, I don't care. Sure, the progress grinds to almost halt, but even with ton o looting at this stage, the builds still take a week or more, so it's more a monthly upgrade for my village than a daily/weekly from the past.

You just have to dig deep in yourself what works, try things out. I could say "hang in there, the game will get better", but there's no guarantee that it will get any "better". What if this is as good as it gets... When you skip days and days in the game, then it might be the time to press the x in the corner and find something entirely different. Until then, find a way that suits YOU the best, no matter what others say.

Peace.

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Originally Posted by nongemer

After playing for 15 months I have just became somewhat...burnt out with coc. Maybe it's the fact that I have been playing to long and just lost interest. Is it because I would rather be doing other stuff instead of grinding for hours to get over 6 mill gold to upgrade A single building? That being said I am not ready to give up completely on coc yet, and for the time being I will simply login into coc to collect from my collectors.
Details about my base:
Th 10, lvl 109 and 1800 trophies
Maxed camps, collectors, barracks, wiz and Tesla
Typical Army of Giants, healers, wb,arch, barb, balloons and minions

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I am level 112, recent (1 1/2 month) th10... Have similar feelings... What I decided to do is stop trying to upgrade my defenses (I am nowhere near maxed but I am reasonable strong), move up trophies and see... I am currently masters 2... Doing 3-4 raids a day with bloonions. Pocketing about 1-1.5 in gold and dumping it on walls, and upgrading heroes whenever they come. The challenge is to not drop trophies, attack really hard bases and try not to use spells. And enjoy watching the occasional failed hog attack on my base...

I thought I would have quit by now, but I am still going

-- Bluef1, leaders united 3

i am bred tooo... just a new th10 farmer and... it is too easy... just wait for builder...

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For me this game is all about the social aspect. Sure, I have fun raiding and upgrading and all of that, but it's the clans that make it worthwhile. The competitions are fun, too... I met a lot of very cool people during the Winter Trophy Competition, and look forward to meeting more in the future. The way I see it, the greatest potential this game holds is social. Any future updates or improvements are gravy. :)

Thanks all for the mostly constructive post. But I now believe the best thing for me to do Is simply stop raiding and As pheoenix said I should be playing for fun which is something I'm no longer having. I believe it is time I stop my addiction to coc and call it.

Thanks all.

Try some other side games within the game.

Challenge clan mates and have winner posted in Clan mail...

Drop to less than 10 trophies, then see who gets to some set trophy number first (I did this and was back over 1000 in under 24 hrs without attacking!)

See what the largest loot you can get with just one archer (or set amount, 5 archers, or 5 gobs etc) (mine is ~40k with one archer)

Bully battle: Try to 100% someone for the least amount of loot possible...(Mine is 645 combined gold/elix)

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For me this game is all about the social aspect. Sure, I have fun raiding and upgrading and all of that, but it's the clans that make it worthwhile. The competitions are fun, too... I met a lot of very cool people during the Winter Trophy Competition, and look forward to meeting more in the future. The way I see it, the greatest potential this game holds is social. Any future updates or improvements are gravy. :)

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I too have lost a lot of interest lately, especially since the last update.

As much as I salute each and everyone who comes up with some type of fun competition (usually here on the forum) I find it ultimately discouraging that we are the ones who have to keep coming up with ideas to keep the game fun and fresh. Things like trophy pushes, clan trophy competitions, donation competitions, etc. are all created by the user base and almost exclusively created, BY US, to keep people from quitting from the drudgery of build troops, raid, build up defenses, wash, rinse and repeat ad nauseam.

As to the, "just wait there's a BIG update coming" crowd, well I'll live in hope and believe that when I see it. The last time we were given that old chestnut all we got was bupkis and the Android release. Coming on the forums prior to the Android launch and telling all of us that there's a big upgrade coming is kind of as if I told my older son that there's a big surprise for him this Christmas and then give his brother a new XBox One. "See son, the surprise was your brother got an big surprise."

Personally what keeps me going are my clanmates. They are some of the best people in our out of CoC I've met and I'd seriously miss them all.

Let's all hope something changes and soon.

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Originally Posted by Harshaw

For me this game is all about the social aspect. Sure, I have fun raiding and upgrading and all of that, but it's the clans that make it worthwhile.

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Hmm... Clans... I hear rumours about these places existing, but I've never actually seen one...

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La petite PommeFrites, hopping on to the next one...

You need a different farming/attack strategy that will net you more income with not a dramatic time of playtime.

As for being burnt, take a break. When you come back a few months later, there will be multiple updates to the game that will entertain you and probably make you happier with the game