Lightning Spell Reduced Damage When Used on Storages

Ok, read the sticky and didn't see this and there was a LOT to read.

As the title suggests, it is my belief, as well as many others within the CoC community, that having full damage on lightning spells when dropped on very full storages (especially when used by someone 2 TH's lower than you) encourages lazy farming and is considered by some, un-fair.

I would like to offer a suggestion: Create a 50% reduced damage when lightning spells are dropped on storages, while keeping full potency on all neighboring buildings. So if I attack you and you have a level 7 mortar placed next to your DE storage, I would drop 2 lightning spells on your mortar, to remove it from the battle. This would "steal" DE as well and is considered collateral damage.

Lets say the lightning overlap takes 400DE from your storage (it was pretty full), well, with my suggestion as part of the game you will only lose 200DE. And furthermore, if someone decides to waste 4 lightning spells on your DE storage they would get half of the numbers you have been seeing in your replays, all the while keeping the spells true value when removing defenses or battling clan castle reinforcements.

I am currently TH9 and carry 4 level 5 lightning spells at all times. Mostly they never get used, but on occasion I find a base that is a little "too well" defended and will take out 1 or 2 splash defenses (2 spells each) to help make way for my full attack.

In closing, having 50% reduced damage when lightning spells are used on storages would help balance the game and stop penalizing players with strong bases that have accumulated large amounts of otherwise hard to reach resources in their storages. The lightning spell only attack has increased since reducing creation time to 30mins per spell.

Lightning spells are ready useless against storages! Dont know why noob waste 4 spell on a storage....

I don't work for supercell, yet even I begin to sigh in frustration as I see yet another new thread about this...

Just, just....read all the other threads about it; there is -quite literally- close to a hundred already there! Post the no doubt ingenious idea you have in one of those threads...

No, just no.

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Originally Posted by X11blaasbak

I don't work for supercell, yet even I begin to sigh in frustration as I see yet another new thread about this...

Just, just....read all the other threads about it; there is -quite literally- close to a hundred already there! Post the no doubt ingenious idea you have in one of those threads...

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You should actually contribute...

And I have seen hundreds of people complaining and crying and have yet to see anyone actually try to formulate an idea to keep these low skill players from continuing what they are doing..

This was not as much of a reply to you, but a reply for the benefit of other readers who actually want to have an adult conversation about what "could" be done. I am personally not so worried, as I always have more resources at the end of the day than I started with...

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Originally Posted by Sweslo

Lightning spells are ready useless against storages! Dont know why noob waste 4 spell on a storage....

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Yep, I agree completely I laugh every time someone spends 60k-80k gold to steal 500-1000 DE. :)

But you don't feel their loss, only yours, so yeah just a thought...

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Originally Posted by dominic115

No, just no.

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That would mess up your DE raiding huh? Interested to hear an "actual" response :)

I dont mind the mass lightning spells, now that I have the AQ. Prior to this it got a bit frustrating being hit like this, when so close to earning that hero. And yes, I think that those who fight against any nerfing of the lightning spell are those who habitually use it in this lazy manner. I logged out of the game about an hour ago to read some threads here while my troops were cooking. Went back ten minutes later and a simpleton revenges me with four lvl 5 lightnings. My base is set up with most storage in the center, though a bit spread out. He stole 50k/60k/600. Not only lost on this attempt, but combined with my original raid, he failed terribly.

So many people are raging while Rager isn't. The problem is that th7 has no alternative for bk. They have no drill and just a storage. It's like the cycle of life, you are born at th7, raised by the TH9, and you soon become a TH8 with not much need to lightning anymore. Then at th9 it is your duty to raise the TH7.

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Originally Posted by Herpacleese

I dont mind the mass lightning spells, now that I have the AQ. Prior to this it got a bit frustrating being hit like this, when so close to earning that hero. And yes, I think that those who fight against any nerfing of the lightning spell are those who habitually use it in this lazy manner. I logged out of the game about an hour ago to read some threads here while my troops were cooking. Went back ten minutes later and a simpleton revenges me with four lvl 5 lightnings. My base is set up with most storage in the center, though a bit spread out. He stole 50k/60k/600. Not only lost on this attempt, but combined with my original raid, he failed terribly.

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Agreed, but I think the world, on several occasions has had to step in and create "policies" to combat the minority of people who mess things up. My question would be, why should this be any different. Again, we do not feel their loss, we can point and laugh at their failures, but I am proposing a peaceful and quiet solution. :)