Hogs Hogs Everywhere.... still

I'd better state outright that I don't use hogs myself, otherwise I'll probably just get labelled as a hogger with highly subjective views.

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Originally Posted by Herpacleese

Even a perfect base will lose the second and subsequent raids once all traps and cc troops have been expended, because, according to most arguements here, these two aspects of defense are key.

Additional troops are null and void once the defenses are taken out, because the hogs did the work already.

This is a really bad argument. If you for one reason or another have zero CC troops, sleeping heroes and no traps you will have a hard time winning the defence regardless of what's attacking you - even a skilled barcher with spells can probably 2-star you then.

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Originally Posted by Lechai

Building an anti-hog base, which i am forced to do is a baind-aid approach and not a solution!

The fact that you said 'anti-hog' base confirms that there is a problem. There are anti-hog bases, and normal bases. Nobody creates anti-pekka bases or anti-valkyrie bases. Because pekka's are balanced and valkyries suck.

Creating your base to counter only ONE of the 15 troop types is proof that the issue exists.
And before you ask, yes i have adjusted and built an anti-hog base, but the truth is, i shouldn't have to.

I think you're wrong about this, anti-hog bases isn't "proof" as you call it that there is an issue. It's proof that hog riders are the only ground troops which can jump walls and target defenses. Because of that, you can't treat them like barbarians or giants, or any other troop for that matter. They're simply unique in how they work, and THAT is why you need to use alternate base designs if you want to defend better against them, just like you would build a base with centrailzed ADs and x-bows pointing up if you were constantly getting ballooned to death.

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Originally Posted by mulk3y

I don't have to big an issue with Hogs except when I am having my ♥♥♥ handed to me by lvl 5 hogs from lvl100+ player when I am only lvl66 (TH8) at the moment, I am getting 3 starred every time no matter how I set my base up I don't stand a chance.

If you are getting attacked by lvl100s (TH9 or 10, most probably) as a TH8 you will probably get your 3 hearts handed to you pretty much regardless of what army comp they use, if they have some form of clue about what they are doing. It's not just the hogs, it's brute force.

So with that, try an anti-hog design with well-placed traps. If you're too lazy to use a design aimed at cracking the AI of a troop which behaves differently than other troops, then that's your problem and not the troop being OP.