Lack of communication

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Originally Posted by SuperSteve[Supercell]

There are no planned changes to the loot system at the moment. Our dev. update on the matter still stands. We'll continue to monitor the situation.

As far as increased use of the "Next" button, I am personally quite concerned about this and hope we can take a close look at that in the coming days. Things have been a little out of sync with the holidays, a few bouts with Influenza and the hard work going into upcoming updates, but hope to have more news soon.

I appreciate your patience, and realize it's probably stretched pretty thin at this point. I hope to have more info on Next Button usage soon.

Steve

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Sigh... was really hoping something would be done yesterday... Now, I have no hope it will get better anytime soon.

My recent experiences seem to be very strange... I am a sessions type raider... For example, I will raid for 4 hours and then not raid at all the rest of the day... Or, I will raid 8 hours and not raid the rest of the day. From my recent experiences, it seems like there are some days where I will have to hit next non stop for 5 minutes until I find any bases over 200K of gold. I will continue to play, but, the loot doesn't get any better. I have tried ranges from 1350-1800 with no luck. Then, there will be days I raid for 4 hours and the first 2 hours are the same as previously explained but then all of a sudden Supercell hits the timer!...Loot gets awesome for 2 hours! Then, boom! Right back to before after the 2 hours is up... It's really wierd. I don't understand these MAJOR fluctuations on a day to day basis.

I keep hearing that the amount of gold raided has actually increased and looks to be positive, but, in reality the number of times we have to hit next in order to get there hasn't always been worth the trouble. It's no fun to have to hit next for 5 minutes in order to find 200+k of resources like we were so used to having before.

If those 2 hours I speak of were the norm.... this game would a lot more fun to play! It's the other 2 hours that have people walking the other way!.... See what I did there? :-)

Not too sure what u mean there Steve. The reason why we all keep on pressing 'next' is because there is not much loot available. Yes, there are times where we find abandoned bases and full collector bases, but they have become rare now.

There are many people of the forums who enjoy a lot of loot and there are also many that are not finding enough loot. I believe since the update, complaints have risen are large amount concerning 'available loot' and also 'amount which can be taken'. The cap of 200k was fine as I believe it helped many people save for upgrades that are costly. However, it seems that since the update, 'weaker' players are losing more than ever before making it harder for them to save up.

So ultimately, i reckon 3 areas need to be addressed which have affected the game since the update:
1. The lack of loot available
2. The loot cap which allows more to be taken
3. Lack of abandoned bases (which are being pushed out?!)

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Originally Posted by nas

Not too sure what u mean there Steve. The reason why we all keep on pressing 'next' is because there is not much loot available. Yes, there are times where we find abandoned bases and full collector bases, but they have become rare now.

There are many people of the forums who enjoy a lot of loot and there are also many that are not finding enough loot. I believe since the update, complaints have risen are large amount concerning 'available loot' and also 'amount which can be taken'. The cap of 200k was fine as I believe it helped many people save for upgrades that are costly. However, it seems that since the update, 'weaker' players are losing more than ever before making it harder for them to save up.

So ultimately, i reckon 3 areas need to be addressed which have affected the game since the update:
1. The lack of loot available
2. The loot cap which allows more to be taken
3. Lack of abandoned bases (which are being pushed out?!)

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All of those issues compell people to purchase gems. Now ask yourself, do you honestly believe they will ever be fixed if they encourage people to buy gems?

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Originally Posted by nas

Not too sure what u mean there Steve. The reason why we all keep on pressing 'next' is because there is not much loot available. Yes, there are times where we find abandoned bases and full collector bases, but they have become rare now.

There are many people of the forums who enjoy a lot of loot and there are also many that are not finding enough loot. I believe since the update, complaints have risen are large amount concerning 'available loot' and also 'amount which can be taken'. The cap of 200k was fine as I believe it helped many people save for upgrades that are costly. However, it seems that since the update, 'weaker' players are losing more than ever before making it harder for them to save up.

So ultimately, i reckon 3 areas need to be addressed which have affected the game since the update:
1. The lack of loot available
2. The loot cap which allows more to be taken
3. Lack of abandoned bases (which are being pushed out?!)

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Theoretically, if they lower the costs to search, they will inject more money into the game because there will be more loot available. Say they cut it in half. A TH lvl 10 only spend 50k gold for 10-15 minutes before they quit looking instead of 100k for a system net gain of 50k......:rolleyes: Win/win!!

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Originally Posted by nas

Not too sure what u mean there Steve. The reason why we all keep on pressing 'next' is because there is not much loot available. Yes, there are times where we find abandoned bases and full collector bases, but they have become rare now.

There are many people of the forums who enjoy a lot of loot and there are also many that are not finding enough loot. I believe since the update, complaints have risen are large amount concerning 'available loot' and also 'amount which can be taken'. The cap of 200k was fine as I believe it helped many people save for upgrades that are costly. However, it seems that since the update, 'weaker' players are losing more than ever before making it harder for them to save up.

So ultimately, i reckon 3 areas need to be addressed which have affected the game since the update:
1. The lack of loot available
2. The loot cap which allows more to be taken
3. Lack of abandoned bases (which are being pushed out?!)

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Because each time you hit next it costs you gold. Hitting next 200 times costs me 200k in addition to the lost time. For me, it's the 200k loss that hurts and really really frustrates me. Dealing with the time loss isn't so bad for me. Especially since armies take 15-30 minutes to train anyway.

Sincerely, I'm grateful for any level of formal response to this issue. I'm hopeful this issue will be at least ameliorated in the next update. We'll see, I guess. I'd like to start saving for my second xbow.

Something needs to be addressed, im a currently maxed th10 farmer, with nothing but walls or heroes left to upgrade, this last week or so ive had little motivation to raid for 2 reasons :
1) spending 10-20 mins searching for a profitable raid is not fun for me, i like to log on and off between raids to test my defences out i do not remain constantly logged in.
2) often i make a loss on a raid now, due to searching more times than a base with loot available/whats able to be stolen

bottom line is, the fun has disappeared for me right now. This is a mobile game, it used be great for when you had 5 mins free i could log on, do a quick raid and log out. Right now i need at least 20mins free to guarentee getting a worthwhile raid done. This alone has caused the number of raids im able to do to decrease by over half compared to how much i normally raided for the last yearns often i cant commit to 20mins free especially when I'm working.

Yeah the problem is too many nexting, for its own sake/end, not the loot. If that's the case then just limit the amount of times people can click next. Simples.

The top players have been complaining about the next button for some time. Not for loot but for trophies. Not the same i know but similar concept. They spend roughly 45+ minutes (above 3450) for a +10 total trophy raid. Thorzain calls it his cloud screen saver.

Last 4 hours for me have been terrible on the Next button. I only kept trying because I boosted some things.

So much time invested for very little gain.

Yes, there are some bases offering 350 to 400k of each however there was always zero in the pumps and the bases were maxed! Even a high trophy pushing army couldn't have taken all the loot.

For me the new loot system seems to have just funnelled all the loot higher up (ie: players are only attacking bases below their own).

Funnily enough, I had a good session pre maintenance.

In summary, new loot system + maintenance base reshuffle = an unenjoyable world of pain.