Looking for some clarification as to the graphical change of collectors post update

I know this has been brought up a handful of times but I've not seen any sort of official statement on the change.

To anyone who doesn't know what I'm referencing, as of the most recent update, gold collectors are particularly deceiving in the amount of gold they actually contain. I'm a maxed TH9 so I don't farm specifically for elixir, but I would expect it's the same. DE collectors seem just as rewarding as ever though.

It's incredibly annoying biting into a base with maxed storages, that all appear empty, 200k gold available, and I hit all the collectors around the perimeter, hit 50% and walk away with 50k gold.

Can anyone clarify the change to gold collectors and if this is a bug or not?

It takes less gold to appear fuller. You think it is a good load while it is a small load.

Never knew there was a graphics change to the collectors/mines. When I go raiding, the graphics seem normal like before; I can easily distinguish whether or not loot is in the mines or in the storages.

The change is there. Recently I raided a village with full de drills, betting on at least 1 k de. Well, I ended up with 90 de. The collectors look fuller and the storages emptier, but actually not in either case.

They are definately been changed, I noticed as such right after the upgrade. A raid which would usually clear 100k easily based on appeareance - turned out to be only 50k.

I have had to think twice about raiding bases who have pumps that look full.

It's annoying, but we can adjust. SuperCell probably just trolling the farmers...

Yep, they changed em. They give less for the same graphic pre-update. If they only look half full there's not a whole lot in them unlike before.

Oh now I see. Just did a few raids and the collectors are pretty deceiving with the new graphics. Maybe SC wants to give a twist to "lazy farming" lol

Definitely changed. Either I will get used to it or they will change it back. I'm hoping for the latter.

I've seen a few threads about this, im surprised a moderator has yet to respond.

A moderator has not responded because they all know it was intentional. It's utterly pathetic that SC would do this without including it in the patch notes. Sad attempt to stop farming and get us to pay money.

This is the best I've seen: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...=1#post1936958

Yeah just a "Yes we know there is an issue. Will be fixed shortly" or a "We changed the graphic to depict ***% of loot" would be fantastic

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Originally Posted by cgjgbpro

Yeah just a "Yes we know there is an issue. Will be fixed shortly" or a "We changed the graphic to depict ***% of loot" would be fantastic

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If only, this is really screwing with progress right now. Which in turn makes the game annoying.

It seems like the amounts changed since it started to show that i had stuff in my elixir collectors when i woke up (20k) which wasnt normal until after this update, just gotta check the overall loot and look at their storages too now i guess

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Originally Posted by MCKILLZYOU

A moderator has not responded because they all know it was intentional. It's utterly pathetic that SC would do this without including it in the patch notes. Sad attempt to stop farming and get us to pay money.

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The most frustrating part for me is that they wont even acknowldge it.

on a similar note, my "younger" base on my daughters tablet has had times where there is ZERO gold in my storages after the base is attacked.

I thought that when you got attacked they could only take a % or large chunk. Not wipe you out.

Don't think there's been any official word yet.
I'd still like to say that it's really annoying to only get 20k from a collector raid where you'd normally get 100k.

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Originally Posted by Michaelyoda

Don't think there's been any official word yet.
I'd still like to say that it's really annoying to only get 20k from a collector raid where you'd normally get 100k.

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Hey Yoda, we can agree on that. Cheers buddy

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Originally Posted by stoney4

Hey Yoda, we can agree on that. Cheers buddy

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Not hard to agree with people I've argued with. I may not come across this way, but grudges are not things I grab easily.

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Originally Posted by zach42

The most frustrating part for me is that they wont even acknowldge it.

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I would really just like to see some clarification as to whether or not this was intended or a graphical bug.

You folks do realise that there are other ways to tell if the collectors are holding most of the loot right? I know that some of you must as you are avid farmers which is why this post and these complaints are so odd. I've never used the graphics on the collectors as a gauge on the attack and have been just fine, so have most others in my clan and they are barchers.

If this is intentional from SC I think it's hilarious and maybe a few less people will stop relying on collector raids in the future. I don't think that would be a bad thing at all.

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Originally Posted by Terraist

You folks do realise that there are other ways to tell if the collectors are holding most of the loot right? I know that some of you must as you are avid farmers which is why this post and these complaints are so odd. I've never used the graphics on the collectors as a gauge on the attack and have been just fine, so have most others in my clan and they are barchers.

If this is intentional from SC I think it's hilarious and maybe a few less people will stop relying on collector raids in the future. I don't think that would be a bad thing at all.

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Done 6 mil and 45k DE today so it's not really hindering my ability to farm but it's still annoying that a max storage raid might have 400-500k gold and you can destroy all the collectors and have 150-200k gold remaining meaning that 150-200k is sitting in storages, yet they appear completely empty.

Personally, I feel that storages should more accurately reflect the amount of gold inside of them.

The fact that Suepercell has said nothing, most likely implies that they intentionally did this knowing it would cause an uproar in the community. I'd like to think that SC isn't that dirty, but only time will tell.

Can a moderator or supercell employee please respond to this

Unlikely an error since there has been no comment on it, one certain set of people this would mess with comes to mind. That would be lazy raiders who have an "unnatural" ability to consistently find huge raids by using a specific method. This would definitely slow them down a bit, taking part of that advantage away.


Maybe this is how SC intended it to be all along but did not fully implement it until now having fixed the previous collector bug. Or maybe they are just giving people a better idea of where the loot is by showing that there is a fair amount in collectors and they are not actually empty.


Anyways just just look at the DE drills to gauge how much is in the collectors......

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Originally Posted by Coathanger

Unlikely an error since there has been no comment on it, one certain set of people this would mess with comes to mind. That would be lazy raiders who have an "unnatural" ability to consistently find huge raids by using a specific method. This would definitely slow them down a bit, taking part of that advantage away.


Maybe this is how SC intended it to be all along but did not fully implement it until now having fixed the previous collector bug. Or maybe they are just giving people a better idea of where the loot is by showing that there is a fair amount in collectors and they are not actually empty.


Anyways just just look at the DE drills to gauge how much is in the collectors......

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DE collectors seem to be the most significant gauge in determining where loot is at, as well as empty xbows, dead infernos, etc. It would be nice to see a more accurate representation from storages based on what percentage of the gold is in them as oppose to the collectors themselves.

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Originally Posted by Coathanger

Unlikely an error since there has been no comment on it

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Exactly, normally if after an update there are bugs, glitches or any unexpected errors, sc posts any comment like, we're looking into this, hope to get it solved soon, or sth similar.
No comment means this was intentional :mad:

I think the new collectors were designed by the same genius who made the new xp-bar - congrats (<--- ironie) :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by tschulieh

Exactly, normally if after an update there are bugs, glitches or any unexpected errors, sc posts any comment like, we're looking into this, hope to get it solved soon, or sth similar.
No comment means this was intentional :mad:

I think the new collectors were designed by the same genius who made the new xp-bar - congrats (<--- ironie) :rolleyes:

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I actually like the new values for displaying whats in collectors. It encourages more people to hit them leaving the bigger hauls a better chance to land in my searches. Really it took no time at all to get accustomed to it and it provides more information about how much loot is really there.

It is absolutely ♥♥, looking for a decent raid cost me 580 gold each time I press next, so when I find a raid on an opponent I barley obtain any loot, about 15000 gold and elixir after i replenish all my troops(that I don't get back), raids are not worth it anymore, it is not anything to do with farming, it just a ridiculous way for SC to get people to spend money on the game

And another thing can we get an explanation from SC about the loot CHANGES, at least keep the player FULLY UPDATED on ALL the CHANGES

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Originally Posted by Coathanger

Anyways just just look at the DE drills to gauge how much is in the collectors......

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The drills are seriously messed up too. I was just stalking my clanmates' lvl 6 drills to try and get an edge and they appeared full somewhere just north of 800 (ie. half full). Some months ago when the collectors were glitched and showing as empty even when they were full I used the drills as the weather vane but that isn't working so well at the moment.

I understand the calls to adapt on this thread and that's what I've been trying to do but I'm still struggling. The problem isn't just that the collectors are showing full its that the storages are often showing as empty and I haven't found any foolproof way around this in the more extreme cases as of yet.

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Originally Posted by FaTRippz

And another thing can we get an explanation from SC about the loot CHANGES, at least keep the player FULLY UPDATED on ALL the CHANGES

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There were no loot changes.....just the value at which collectors show various stages of capacity.

it takes about 14k now...

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Originally Posted by FaTRippz

It is absolutely ♥♥, looking for a decent raid cost me 580 gold each time I press next, so when I find a raid on an opponent I barley obtain any loot, about 15000 gold and elixir after i replenish all my troops(that I don't get back), raids are not worth it anymore, it is not anything to do with farming, it just a ridiculous way for SC to get people to spend money on the game

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Yeah the bad loot/nexting issue, that's another story. It's nomal that after an update there are 3 scenarios.
1. 1-3h after update - loot is ridiculous, epic, incredible. You hit a full collector base within 10 nexts. (Not even fun, cause too easy)
2. 3h - 2/3 weeks loot is dry, most collector bases empty and full storages mostly very good protected (Really annoying, not worth attacking)
3. 2/3 weeks - next update loot is recovering (if there is no maintenance break or update in between), some full collector bases are popping up every so often (this is fun, cause it's neither too easy nor too frustrating)

The prob since the cw update.
SC throws out one unfinished/faulty update/maintenance break after the other, not only a maintenace break a week, more like 2-3 a week or even a day. Loot can't recover, cause the 3 scenarios above are screwed.
I don't know if they are doing this on purpose or cause they are not testing their stuff enough.
I'm just asking myself why such thing as xp bar/ collector gfx, that worked flawlessly doesn't work anymore?!

Are they seeing the results of their update politics now?
A lot of players quit = less money for sc and they try to "milk" the players that still play?!
But then, if they continue like this, they will even loose more money (more players quit, players not spending gems anymore, cause it's not worth it) aren't they aware of that?

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Originally Posted by FaTRippz

And another thing can we get an explanation from SC about the loot CHANGES, at least keep the player FULLY UPDATED on ALL the CHANGES

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An official statement with numbers/percentages will never happen, cause it would only prove that their statements like "loot is working fine/ working as supposed" are wrong.

Hold on now. Is this another loot complaint thread or a thread about the graphic change to collectors? If it's a loot complaint thread I will gladly post the multitude of awesome collector raids I've been seeing since sandalhat left gold 1.

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Originally Posted by Coathanger

Hold on now. Is this another loot complaint thread or a thread about the graphic change to collectors? If it's a loot complaint thread I will gladly post the multitude of awesome collector raids I've been seeing since sandalhat left gold 1.

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fishing for attention much? or you can't read?

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Originally Posted by Opihi

fishing for attention much? or you can't read?

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:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by tschulieh

Yeah the bad loot/nexting issue, that's another story. It's nomal that after an update there are 3 scenarios.
1. 1-3h after update - loot is ridiculous, epic, incredible. You hit a full collector base within 10 nexts. (Not even fun, cause too easy)
2. 3h - 2/3 weeks loot is dry, most collector bases empty and full storages mostly very good protected (Really annoying, not worth attacking)
3. 2/3 weeks - next update loot is recovering (if there is no maintenance break or update in between), some full collector bases are popping up every so often (this is fun, cause it's neither too easy nor too frustrating)

The prob since the cw update.
SC throws out one unfinished/faulty update/maintenance break after the other, not only a maintenace break a week, more like 2-3 a week or even a day. Loot can't recover, cause the 3 scenarios above are screwed.
I don't know if they are doing this on purpose or cause they are not testing their stuff enough.
I'm just asking myself why such thing as xp bar/ collector gfx, that worked flawlessly doesn't work anymore?!

Are they seeing the results of their update politics now?
A lot of players quit = less money for sc and they try to "milk" the players that still play?!
But then, if they continue like this, they will even loose more money (more players quit, players not spending gems anymore, cause it's not worth it) aren't they aware of that?



An official statement with numbers/percentages will never happen, cause it would only prove that their statements like "loot is working fine/ working as supposed" are wrong.

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One thing I noticed is, I'm getting raided way more often now. I could go unraided for days if I kept my collectors empty and overall loot low, but that doesn't seem to happen anymore.

And I don't even have much stored. Maybe are there people out there who look at collectors appearence alone, and not at the numbers above?