I think I need the matching system explained to me a little better

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Originally Posted by ReplEH

You do have access to minions, just build a dark barracks.

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I have several other things I need to upgrade, like my town hall, my existing troops, my weaponry, my walls, my coffers, before I even think about building a dark barracks. I'll also probably have to do a complete redesign of my village before I throw anything new into the mix. That's why I say I'm not even close to having access to minions.

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Originally Posted by Gonfeld

I do the same thing. I've had to intentionally lose trophies so I can stay at a level where my defenses tend to hold up, and I get matched with people I can beat fairly easily.

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You see the people you beat probably look at your base and say "What theres no way i can beat that guy!!!"

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Originally Posted by fatdunky

You see the people you beat probably look at your base and say "What theres no way i can beat that guy!!!"

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Yeah, I kind of said that already on the previous page. :)

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Originally Posted by Gonfeld

So, does anyone else think the matching system should be based on more than trophy count, or does everyone think it's fine the way it is?

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It's completely fine and has been fine for 2 years

This.

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Originally Posted by BoardGuest808888

The higher difference between you town hall level with your match, the less likely you'll attack each other. The less you have loot available, your chance of being attacked by someone of higher town hall level than you also reduces.

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And to the poster...
I am one of those players your talking about. We take the good with the bad. Fair enough we can steamroll some bases but with the new matchmaking changes, I have to feed through for sometimes 10 or so minutes at a time to find a suitable base to attack.

It's not all easy farming for some players. Typical raids I see range from 10k-50k raids. This 150k raids all the time that whoever was talking about is just nonsense. I spend ridiculous amounts of gold scouring through bases sometimes.

I went through a similar thought process at some point. It should not be fair for someone so much farther advanced to pick on me and matchmaking should instead be based upon levels, right? But eventually, I realized that this is the beauty of this game. It actually keeps the game interesting. It would be no fun if all you did was win on attacks without suffering any losses on defense.

Also, the system basically incentivizes you to stay lower in the trophies so that you can protect the hard earned resources. But that is also a blessing because it allows you to break up the mundane by going on trophy pushes to see what you are capable of. This allows you to play the game in two different variants during the course of a month or two. Double the fun!

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Originally Posted by Gonfeld

I understand it's based on trophies; again, I did read the explanation Supercell provided. It just seems like the matching system should be based on more than just trophy count.

Like I said, I'm not "unhappy" or anything, and yes, I do stay on a low Silver I trophy count. I've found that if I get too high in trophy count they tend to match me up with people who obviously outrank me, and I lose a lot. At the lower count, I do win more than I lose, but I can't complain about the loot. On average, I'll pull in about 150K each of gold and elixir.

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Askign for explanation in the system, and when someone provides help, saying you already know it?

He was probably gold 1 and dropped down to 3 then attacked a lot of people and got back up to gold 2