Give some real purpose to player experience

I expected to see a feature request like this already on the official forum sticker but to my dismay, I didn't find anything, and I think this one is quite important.

So currently the experience level a player has, does nothing at all. It's just a relatively reliable way to see how much a person has progressed into the game and nothing else. I think that should change.

I don't have any strong suggestions. One could be to use your experience level and not your trophy count for the multiplayer matchmaking so high level players cannot farm themselves into lower ranks so as to abuse true low level villages' resources.

The main purpose of this request is to urge Supercell to think seriously of a way to give some purpose to experience. I'm sure they could come up with very good stuff (using it for matchmaking seems like a good idea to me though).

I have a thread something like this. My ideas were to eithrget rid of xp entirely, or a small loot bonus each level.

If it matchmakers off what level you are, you could be a level 30 and be the top player in the world cause you gemmed everything and since you could destroy everyone at that level.........You will never drop down from the first place and the game really won't take as much time and won't be as fun..... But i do think there should be something to do with experience.... Idk

Maybe get like a 100,000 gold and elixar or some gems it is a good idea

I don't think giving out resources as people level up is the appropriate way to tackle this. I mean, I've never played a game (even less a strategy one) where gaining experience granted me in-game resources. Like, "We'll give you this potion and this shield for getting to lvl 50". Experience usually gives you other things, like access to more buildings, functionality, troops...

I don't know, as I said, I'm pretty sure the guys at Supercell can come up with better ideas than me but maybe experience could also be used to limit the amount of resources you can get or the range of buildings you can access, so Town Hall based requirements could be scrapped altogether or at least nicely complemented.

I insist that none of the ideas I'm talking about need be good at all. I just think something must be done about the experience system because at the moment it is absolutely useless.

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Originally Posted by dudes3;

If it matchmakers off what level you are, you could be a level 30 and be the top player in the world cause you gemmed everything and since you could destroy everyone at that level.

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You don't get experience over time but when doing stuff. You could not gem your way up to the top that way since experience is gained for completing challenges, building things and destroying Town Halls. That'd mean that if someone decided to progress quickly in the game using tons of gems, they'd level up really fast so they'd always be placed automatically with players of equal power as them, no matter how fast they upgrade their stuff.

Unfortunately, level can be easily manipulated. Donation hopping can greatly inflate it, while not donating/collecting achievements can greatly deflate it. I'm not sure if anyone remembers it, but there was a level 60 in the top 50 for a while, so yes, it's possible (although gemming does give you xp). Thus, any actions by Supercell to make level significant would have to also be accompanied by other changes to make level much more difficult to manipulate.