Im rushing th10. Im catching a lot of flack in global about it but my clan seems to stand behind me.
I made my clan a little over a year ago and have had mostly the same loyal members since. After playing for over a year now, all I really do is collect my mines, fight in war, and troll global to see if the ppl recruiting will give me full leader instead of the free elder they offer, I usually tell em that I might give em elder, but no guarantees, haha, cheap thrills.
My reasons.. As mentioned above, I dont farm anymore, so the penalty doesnt affect me. My co's make the rules, I approve them, elders enforce them. My upgrade is for war matching. The in game faq doesnt mention th lvl in base str calculation. I will only buy infernos, spell and research. Im hoping this will not raise base strength too much but will enable me to attack bigger targets in war, and with infernos ill keep those pesky th9s off my base in war.
Ive seen much more premies at th10 than ill be but i still know im going early. I did max all other th lvls.
Weve all been programmed to max th lvl b4 upgrading. Its like the secret recipe to success and what sets apart the elitists from the non. That, I feel is true in normal gameplay, but clan wars changed my view on that matter.
heres my base so you can see my bldg upgrade lvls
http://i.imgur.com/NmvvR2K.jpg?1