Dark Elixir at TH7

I am currently a town hall 7 and have been so for over a month. I still struggle to understand why the dark elixir drill is only unlocked at town hall 8. While I understand it is a way for Supercell to make money by forcing people to gem their barbarian king and such, I think that this aspect should be reconsidered. Personally I had to use 600 of my gems which I had saved for a 4th builder, and I have not purchased a single gem in the game. While clan wars does offer dark elixir, the amount earned is little and the amount of dark elixir stolen from me during defense is already so much and my storage has never been above 3000 capacity.

AnyOne with knowledge or a view please inform me.

Go up to high gold 2 or gold 1 you will get noob TH 9 and TH 10 with plenty of DE only behind one or two layers of walls.

I think it's exactly like you said, SC knows they can make money that way. I'm not sure if you are saying you used 600 gems to get the Barb King already, but if you haven't just do the old zap method. Look for bases with 1,000+ DE and zap them with lightning. It's a grind, but the most effective way in my opinion for a TH 7. That's what I did to get mine (sorry if you're reading this and you were one of my victims:p)

Read this:

http://cocstrategy.com/ninjas-guide-...iding-for-th7/

Or follow my strategy:

I farm at trophy Level: Gold 2 to Gold 1

Option 1:
Army Composition = All Dragons + 3 Rage, CC Dragon
Tactic = target only bases with 1k+ DE, and 250k elix, do not target strong and maxed bases with their DE storage in the center.

Option 2:
Use BARCH + WB and target bases with 500+ DE with their DE storage near the outside perimeter of their base ie behind 0, 1 or 2 rows of walls.



Using both strategies I've been able to max my Barb King and minions...and I'm currently saving for the hog upgrade.

Just farm DE at gold 1. I get 10000 DE+ in a hour or 2.

BArch with WBs
Spells: Lightning :D

Go for DE in either 1-2 layers of walls.
Zap, you know you want too ;)
Aim for 800+ DE raids
Gold I+ Is good DE farming, best bet is as high as possible.