Gold Vs. Elixir: the challenge to find a balance

In my experiences with Clash of Clans, I have always noticed one recurring problem with advancement of your base. There always seems to be a struggle to obtain enough gold to not only improve defenses, but to keep your traps armed, and search for people to attack at the same time. It seems to get harder and harder to obtain adequate gold the higher the level I reach. Some people might not face the same problem as me, however. A simple suggestion, to keep everyone happy, and save some gold, would be to put an option into defensive traps to let a player re-arm their traps using elixir, gold, or half and half. This seems like a small change, but in the long run it can go a long ways towards saving that little bit of gold or elixir a person might need for an upgrade. Just an idea. I think it would help make the balance between gold and elixir a little more even. Please post your comments!
Sincerely,
bkbubbleking

You obviously don't understand SC's business model. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by marc47

You obviously don't understand SC's business model. :rolleyes:

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Can you explain please?

actually that would be cool if u made traps out of elixir. Cool idea. Kinda like how they changed spells

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Originally Posted by ClarkTheShnark

actually that would be cool if u made traps out of elixir. Cool idea. Kinda like how they changed spells

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Yes that is what I was thinking. I was reminded of that earlier today, and it made me think that traps could be changed to be made using elixir kind of like that. At the moment i was actually groaning (something about how i had 3 million elixir sitting around and not nearly enough gold) and though of this.

Stop thinking in terms of the resources being balanced. They obviously are not balanced and should not be.

The whole purpose of attacking is to convert Elixir into Gold, DE, and/or Trophies. Elixir being plentiful means that you can attack as frequently as you can build the troops to do so. Since attacking is the primary means of attaining the things people care about in this game, it makes perfect sense.

Solution to the problem: become defenseless. Then you don't have to worry about gold.

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Originally Posted by 2Big

Solution to the problem: become defenseless. Then you don't have to worry about gold.

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Solution: Don't bump old threads.