Dragons: Too expensive to use?

So I recently decided to level up the barracks to get some dragons going and I like their uses as it adds a nice/new element to what has become a fairly boring way of farming for resources.

Despite loving the element they add to raiding, the problem is they're often too expensive to use. I'm only using 2 per raid right now to test them and I don't even mind the 30 min wait time, but 25k per (just using lvl 1's) is kind of prohibitive when added to my already expensive raid which normally includes at least a healing spell and a rage spell.

But just looking at 2 dragons and 2 spells, that's 100k elixir for just 2 dragons and 2 spells all before the rest of my raid composition.

Now of course I don't "have" to use them, but I feel like why even have them if they're so expensive that you're almost always losing elixir during raids?

It makes "nexting" even worse because you're thinking, "well my army costs me 180k+, so I need at least 360k elixir for it to be worth it." That's a bad thing to have to think about when you're seeing a nice 250k elixir/gold base to attack.

For trophy hunting I can understand, but since trophies are somewhat pointless right now, I feel like the cost is very prohibitive.

I'm sure it's been talked about a lot here, so forgive me, but I'm curious if people think dragons should be reduced in price so that there would be more variations in raiding composition.

Pekkas are a whole 'nother beast, which I think are a bit too powerful to be reduced in price but I think it's the same problem which causes army compositions to become so standard and end up feeling quite stale after a while for a game which requires constant play over long periods of time.

It'd be nice to see more varying compositions. I've been trying to switch things up with dark elixir troops, but that also runs into a similar problem as well. Although, I find that I'm able to recoup my dark elixir more times than not.

no, they're good. they can be nasty used in correct setups;)

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Originally Posted by HopeInDarkness123

no, they're good. they can be nasty used in correct setups;)

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I agree that they're great, but my question remains: Are they too expensive to use?

That would mean, can you use them effectively while gaining a reasonable amount of resources.

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Originally Posted by Liderc

I agree that they're great, but my question remains: Are they too expensive to use?

That would mean, can you use them effectively while gaining a reasonable amount of resources.

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25K for a very powerful troop is reasonable. As long as you only carry one or two, you can profit.

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Originally Posted by 789firespawn

25K for a very powerful troop is reasonable. As long as you only carry one or two, you can profit.

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I'm currently using 2 in my composition and find that more often than not I'm barely making an elixir profit despite winning all of my battles so far.

I think I like the element that dragons add, I just feel that their cost makes me want to switch back to my more boring composition and make twice as much profit (not to mention taking half the time to create).

Dragons are very powerful if used correctly. Level one anything isn't very powerful so this might be why you are experiencing issues. Level 3 Dragons are great and the Level 4s just wreck everything. I don't remember my Level 2 Dragon days but I would say starting from Level 2 is when Dragons start to become a very powerful troop:cool:

At first I thought the same thing - overpriced. BUT, as you get further in the game 30 or 40k elixir is nothing. I am constantly sitting on 8M lix and have nothing to do with it.

Also, they become a lot stronger at later levels. Hang in there :)

Dragons are expensive, yes, but they have so many potentials. Their price reflects their power.

One thing, using dragons is not same with using barchers or goblins.

You need to get used to them, like finding their true power, their farming range, kind of villages suitable for their deployment. Then, you'll know they're worth every drop of elixir you spend.

I don't use a lot of Dragons or PEkkas early on in a new th because of the expense and all the things I want to spend elixir on. However, once your most important lix upgrades are done at a th level, those troops are so great. time and place..

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Originally Posted by GameloverHD

Dragons are very powerful if used correctly. Level one anything isn't very powerful so this might be why you are experiencing issues. Level 3 Dragons are great and the Level 4s just wreck everything. I don't remember my Level 2 Dragon days but I would say starting from Level 2 is when Dragons start to become a very powerful troop:cool:

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As I said, they've been working fine. I've been wiping out bases with them, it's just that where I would be happy with a 300k elixir win, I'm now a little less excited about them. Especially since I could get the same win/resources with an army which takes half the time to make and cost half the price.

I'm currently farming TH8 to max, so maybe it's just that there's no use for them at the lower level.

I still stand by the fact that I think there should be a way to make it so we're not having to use the same army compositions and "level one anything isn't very powerful" shouldn't be the case when level 2 dragons take 7 days and 2 million to complete. Sure, 2 million isn't anything, but 7 days for level 2 is quite the stretch for non gemmers.