The more buildings u have, the harder to protect the 50%

The spartan phalanx was a line of men who locked shields and stuck spears out while another line behind them helped push back while a 3rd line pointed spears in the air to deflect projectiles... I fail to see how you can replicate this. Maybe you mean the circular schiltron which is just a circle of walls & spears.

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Originally Posted by Fros

The spartan phalanx was a line of men who locked shields and stuck spears out while another line behind them helped push back while a 3rd line pointed spears in the air to deflect projectiles... I fail to see how you can replicate this. Maybe you mean the circular schiltron which is just a circle of walls & spears.

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Yes I meant the circular version of the phalanx line. since in CoC you can get attacked from all 4 directions.

smaller-area = much shorter line of defense.

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Originally Posted by JSpong

- Doesn't gem
- Builds defence that capsout storages
- No gold left to search for raids
- Quits

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Nope. Goblin raids. You will just have to save them for way later on. I'd really like to see if this works.

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Originally Posted by ragnus

I think the 50% attacks are the #1 vulnerability for maxed out bases..

Obviously the defense towers, army camps, research labs are essential. Even storages make great tanks. But those gold mines and collectors really count against u. Having 5 builder huts with very low hp hurts too.

If I started over again today, I would use
- 0 resource collectors. just raid that gold and elixirs like a real pirate.
- 3 barracks. They would still train faster than the spells and hero regen
- 3 builder huts (will require some gemming)

That's 18 less buildings to protect!! 50% win would be impossible. I would put all my defense in a close ring (like the the spartan phalanx) with TH in the middle. Then another ring of thick walls. Then the storages to tank. My base would be invincible!!

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Haha, actually, no it would not.

The lesser buildings you have, the greater percentage one gets when destroying that building. Say I have all buildings acquired, if someone took it down, they get 1-2%. Now in this case, I would get 3-4% for taking down that building. That is why when you were growing up in the game, if you destroyed the town hall it gave you almost 30-40%!

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Originally Posted by Fros

The spartan phalanx was a line of men who locked shields and stuck spears out while another line behind them helped push back while a 3rd line pointed spears in the air to deflect projectiles... I fail to see how you can replicate this. Maybe you mean the circular schiltron which is just a circle of walls & spears.

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Shouldn't the third line have pointed SHIELDS in the air? Not spears? I think that's what your intention was, no?

you know how percents and fractions and decimals work, right?

lets say you have 10 buildings. each building is worth 10% since 10*10=100. but if you have 50 buildings, each building is worth 2% because 100/50=2. so the more buildings you have, the easier it is to protect against 50%, assuming you have enough defense.

Unless youre looking to spend $3000 thats not really a good idea......

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Originally Posted by Jacksonian

Shouldn't the third line have pointed SHIELDS in the air? Not spears? I think that's what your intention was, no?

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No if shields were in the air that would be the roman testudo (turtle) formation

Let's see it from another point of view. Having more buildings means attacker has to clear non-defensive buildings first while being under fire (advantage of defender). If non-defensive buildings are never there, every attacker would go straight to defenses instead of having to clear non-defensive buildings first. For instance, dragons, pekka, or other strong units would rule. No need of having giants, hogs, balloons, or other units that target defenses. The whole system would change.

It isn't only about percentage.

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Originally Posted by Fros

No if shields were in the air that would be the roman testudo (turtle) formation

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I highly doubt a spear would be of any use in deflecting projectiles.

~ Strider