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This might seem quite a silly question but I'd like to know whether you guys fill up your storages before your builder/laboratory is free or only start to farm when the builder/laboratory is available? I've been saving up for my next upgrade but I keep getting raid 200k-300k by higher THs. I've seen people with full storages waiting for builder to be free and I wonder how they do that? FYI, I placed my town hall outside for people to snipe but it was completely ignored by farmers.
its not good to fill your storages when the builder/lab still has more than 3 days left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mahao
its not also good to wait for your builders/lab to get free and then start saving for upgrades/constructions and it might take a while.
so u better have an average loot always to be close to the required loot for upgrades/constructions and it would also let u to be safe from losing high resources and it would take less time to save for the upgrades/constructions though.
i always plan my timetable such that a builder is free after every 1-2 days
i plan to upgrade a building and then save for it....
Depending on the number of builders you have, it shouldn't be too hard to plan your upgrades such that you have a builder freeing up every day or 2. Unless you are a TH10 of course.
If you plan your builders to where they finish an upgrade every couple days great. I aim for that, but if I fail oh well..The main thing is, imo, make more then you lose. Is it gonna take you a couple days to get the lix for the lab? If yes I would definitely fill it up beforehand. Log off, get raided, and ride that shield until you can raid again for a couple hours. That way your Storages are always going up... 1 step back (sucks), 2 steps forward..you won't always get raided for all your available loot, so it's a win win. I had half full storages yesterday, and only got raided once, for 120k each rss. then I got home and added 1.5 mil to each rss in a couple hours. just keep it topped off and you'll be fine. Main thing is to only let them have a chance at your rss's twice(max) a day.
if you find that you've made a bit too much resources too soon with no builder free for a while, dump some into walls. This practice will get your walls done quickly and painlessly.
I'm a mid to late TH8. I always keep 1 builder free. I keep about 1 mil each gold and elixer in storage
The rest I dump into walls. I'll farm what I need for an upgrade the day before
Thank you all for your kind suggestion! I'm a mid TH8 with 4 builders. Upgrades that take 2mil - 2.5mil is so hard to save. TH9s with AQ can wipe me out easily. I can't imagine saving up for xbow in TH9. Lol
Um... If he has no builders free how is he going to dump loot in walls? If he has an idle builder for walls then by definition he has a builder free.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawdog
OP, u also could move down in trophies where there will be fewer Thall 9s looking to farm you.
These are all really good strategies. One thing I do also when saving for a really big upgrade, like when I was saving for Pekka Level 3 was to keep Gold and DE low. So after I came off a shield and did my raiding I usually wouldn't get hit too hard even with 4-5 million elixer. I am near where you are at TH8 saving for the last couple defense upgrades now. I ride the shield, and when the builder comes available dump exlixer in walls and then start the next upgrade. For me this usually keeps big attacks to a minimum.
First, I spread out the build plan to ensure that the builders/lab are always busy AND that I have time to get the necessary loot in between having free builders. Second, I try to set targets for where I want to be after each raiding session; these targets factor in that I could be raided for approximately 300K of the gold and elixir (1000 for dark elixir). If I get raided for less, it is a bonus! Third, I also found that keeping my TH in a corner without any traps or defenses helped minimize the blow from being raided, as I would get plenty of TH snipers that would give me a free 12 hour shield (I usually paid these people back with a free shield on a revenge attack IF their TH was also exposed...short attack and free loot bonus). On occasion I would get hit hard, but since I planned for it I would not be as upset. Lastly, play the trophy range...I usually sat in the Gold 1 range (1800-1999 trophies) when I was at TH8 and would end each raiding session by dropping down in trophies to about 1740, which kept me in Gold 1 for the loot bonus, but kept the TH9's that were in Crystal 3 from being able to drop down and hit me.
Hope this helps...Good luck with your remaining days at TH8!
PJ
TH9 -- Level 101
Co-Leader Boyd Bombers (58 Clan War Victories)
GG: 304,749,705
EE: 320,431,560
HH: 476,915
Walls: 160/225 Skulls
I just keep looting. I know that when I'm saving for an upgrade I'm gonna get looted eventually. Sometimes I just wait for shield though when I have enough, and I know I could make up what was looted from my collectors.
I agree with you:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by kooshakazemi
Which trophy range would that be? Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by JayOH11
I was in Gold 3 but still got hit pretty badly.. Anyway thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ2
Ahh yes sometimes I do that as well! But I think people are looking for gold more than elixir so they'll definitely raid you if you have a lot of gold. Just so coincidence that I need both gold and elixir for my next upgrades so I kept both high and got raided 200k - 300k last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by ohmsmash
I always keep my storages as empty as possible. I usually dump as much as I can into level 9 walls, which leaves me with under a million gold and elixir most of the time. Then when I have an expensive upgrade to pay for, I just boost my barracks before my builder frees up. Minimal resources lost. :cool:
Before I started boosting a lot, I usually just farmed for a big upgrade a day or two before.