How to get rid of "farming" PERMANENTLY

If the TH carried lots of loot, then farmers would just protect that as well! It would not end farming, just alter what they chose to leave unprotected. Yes, they may not get a shield but so what? Most seasoned farmers have bases way beyond their trophy level so only other farmers could attack and expect to get some resources...however, most farmers also want fights they can win with goblins, barbarians and archers as opposed to PEKKAs and Dragons...so the result would be people going days without getting attacked...

In a nut shell farming would still exist but now they don't give away free trophies!

The only solution is to make trophies more desirable and loot easier to get at higher trophy levels...it has nothing to do with TH loot %....

As more people realise that the top echelons of this game are exclusively for ultra-gemmers, you will see more and more people farming because all trophy hunting does is make it harder for you to acquire and keep resources...unless you gem on a near daily basis, chances are you will never be a top 50 player. As a result, people just stop stressing about losing 30 trophies when a player 50 levels above them gives them a spanking and just worry about how they are going to save for their ultra expensive upgrades!

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Originally Posted by Sandalhat

Let's be clear, farming is prioritizing resources over trophies, in both attack and defense.

That's the only definition.

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Very well said.

same here i think he just about nailed it with that IMO

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Originally Posted by Dbas

Very well said.

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Originally Posted by sadowskiandrew

I'm sorry, I hadn't realized that you coined the term "farming" and had written its definition in stone somewhere. That may be what farming is to the untrained eye, but in reality... It is not. Whenever my fellow clan members say "I am going to go back to farming", do you want to know what the first thing they do is?... They reconstruct their base to where their town hall is no longer in its center. They're isolate the TH, sit on shields, and attack people. That is what farming is.

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Haha, it is not I that defined "farming". But it is defined. That you don't know what it means is not my fault.

"Farming" is mainly used in MMPORG's, it's used to describe a process where a player go through a trivial, or nearly trivial, set of actions in order to procure a certain item, experience or money. It is used ine the exact same way in CoC.

That most farming-bases are designed with their TH outside is not a pre-requisite to be a farmer. If you prioritize resources over trophies you farm. Simple as that.

And no successful farmer is "sitting" on shields. How could you, and still farm, after all? Shields are nice and all, especially during long periods of absence (such as sleep) but even if you removed shields alltogether people would still place their TH outside of their walls. I know I would.

And let me be clear, I would absolutely LOVE a shield-free CoC. It would ruin the game for many players, so it's a truly stupid idea, but from a strictly egoistic perspective I would gain a lot on it, since my base is a lot harder to attack than most bases. But it would ruin the game for all those that are in a different position.

So in the end your suggestion would do absolutely nothing to remove farmers from the game, all it does is to raise the importance of the TH by allocating resources to it instead of the storages.

Thus your suggestion is badly thought through and rather short-sighted. It wouldn't help to achieve what you whish, and it would remove a lot of players from a very successfull game and a lot of revenue from SC. Good luck with it.

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Originally Posted by Sandalhat

Let's be clear, farming is prioritizing resources over trophies, in both attack and defense.

That's the only definition.

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Haha damn Sand! You beat me to it. :)

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Originally Posted by Sandalhat

Let's be clear, farming is prioritizing resources over trophies, in both attack and defense.

That's the only definition.

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This is spot on. Having the TH outside has nothing to do with actually being a farmer.

I agree with previous posters that with op's idea, the only change will be that most farmer base will become hybrid base

I agree that OP misused the word farming. I do like the idea of increasing incentive for "farmers" to protect their TH instead of simply using it for cheap shields. Would add a tad to the whole farming dynamic. Just my 2 yens.

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Originally Posted by Pingfao

I agree that OP misused the word farming. I do like the idea of increasing incentive for "farmers" to protect their TH instead of simply using it for cheap shields. Would add a tad to the whole farming dynamic. Just my 2 yens.

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Like maybe making the TH worth 50k (insert your own number here, if 50k doesn't make you gasp) resources instead of 1k? THAT would make things interesting! :eek:

Edit: Just read through this thread and realized I wasn't the first to say it... wamp wamp.:(

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Originally Posted by Pingfao

I agree that OP misused the word farming. I do like the idea of increasing incentive for "farmers" to protect their TH instead of simply using it for cheap shields. Would add a tad to the whole farming dynamic. Just my 2 yens.

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what he said.