I think there is some confusion/miscommunication regarding all the complains of loot.
Some people say they find loot easy while mostly everyone else is saying it's impossible.
I am currently level 92, so i typically only look for loot that is 300k+ combined. I normally play throughout the day whenever I have a notification of my troops being ready. Most of the time if it's during the day time I will ignore the notification and not even bother trying to find a battle.
What I noticed is that playing during the day (10am-8pm) I do find 300k+ loots, but they are indeed quite rare. I am spending minimum 15k-25k on the next button at the minimum during those hours. Sometimes I end up spending upwards of 75-125k just to find a raid that will make me BREAK EVEN... Which is extremely frustrating to say the least. When that does happen I usually don't even play the game the entire day until it is night time.
However, after 8-9pm (eastern time) it is a different story. At that time I can usually find a 300k+ loot (150/150 of each) with only spending 10-25k searching. I want to add that after around 11pm I can normally find 200/200s even more frequently.
I guess the reason for my post is to state that there is loot available, but you need to be playing at the right times... I think what SuperCell needs to do is make it more balanced throughout the entire day so that people who have busy lives are able to enjoy the game without needing to play 12 hours a day or at ungodly hours.
I think one way they can do this is by INCREASING the loot % to say 40%, but decreasing the amount of loot you can steal from someone to 150k/each for a level 8 TH. Yes this means you will get more stolen from you, but you will be rewarded regardless of the time of day as long as you put in the time to raid others... So in a sense it will be easy to lose resources, but the more you play the more you will be rewarded and even the "newbs" will be able to hold their own. I also think that the league bonuses should be doubled from the levels they are currently at... But that is also a different story.
One other thing I would like to point out is that the units need to be more balanced out. It is almost pointless to have balloons or wizards these days as they are costly in elixir and take waaaay too long to be made. I think 1/250 battles someone actually uses a balloon against me and they are pretty much useless from all the extra air defence and bombs that have been created. I still do see wizards from time to time, but they are also a rare sight.
I think the game would be a lot more fun if people could actually use different units and have different strategies for attacking. At this moment I think it's fair to say that the only units being considered for use by the majority of players (not the elite as they are different class) are only barbs, archers, goblins, and giants.
I hope this post makes sense and i look forward to hearing any comments or feedback from anyone. I have spent money on this game in the past (less than $100). I don't mind buying a small gem package every month or so to enjoy the weekend a bit more... But like many others I refuse I buy more gems until they start balancing things out in the game.
