Becoming a free beta tester

Can someone help me?? I would love to become a beta tester for clash of clans and i would like to know where and how can i apply, thanks i appreciate it!!

You can't because they already have a full staff I believe

Easy mistake to make, but SC don't do any form of beta testing. If they had beta testing this would destroy their corporate policy of introducing radical changes that overshoot the mark and that subsequently have to be nerfed. Hogs not being used? Let's buff them and let them target defenses. Oh no, they are way too powerful so let's nerf them. They are still too powerful, so let's nerf them again, and again. Level 40 heroes are too powerful, let's nerf them. Then EVERYBODY freaks out, so we halve regen time. Too much unused Elixir? Let's change things so walls be upgraded with lix. What? The economy tanked. Let's change it to only level 9 and above. Just imagine how hard it would be to have content in updates if they got changes right in the first place. There is absolutely no place for beta testing in SC's corporate policy.

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Originally Posted by b1gd

Easy mistake to make, but SC don't do any form of beta testing. If they had beta testing this would destroy their corporate policy of introducing radical changes that overshoot the mark and that subsequently have to be nerfed. Hogs not being used? Let's buff them and let them target defenses. Oh no, they are way too powerful so let's nerf them. They are still too powerful, so let's nerf them again, and again. Level 40 heroes are too powerful, let's nerf them. Then EVERYBODY freaks out, so we halve regen time. Too much unused Elixir? Let's change things so walls be upgraded with lix. What? The economy tanked. Let's change it to only level 9 and above. Just imagine how hard it would be to have content in updates if they got changes right in the first place. There is absolutely no place for beta testing in SC's corporate policy.

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Couldn't help but lol :D

If anyone here knew and was willing to share, the rest of us would already be beta testers and wouldn't need you.

There is no way you can test economy changes on a second server with only skilled beta testers. Te real world behaves completely different.

Balancing has to be done in the real economy by applying one fix at a time. Most balancing fixes are for side effects caused by a previous fix. Some of them should have been clear from the start (like the elixir shortage after walls update) but some were not. Also when introducing a new unit you have to overpower them at the start because players have less skill at using them and will stay with their old strategy otherwise. Then if player skill improves and you see that th8s can not be compensated by base design alone (like the hogs) you have to nerf them.
Other than the loot system (especially for th10s) I see no major balancing issues at he moment.

Well yes....





















... If you have a time machine, since clash came out of beta two years ago

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Originally Posted by b1gd

Easy mistake to make, but SC don't do any form of beta testing. If they had beta testing this would destroy their corporate policy of introducing radical changes that overshoot the mark and that subsequently have to be nerfed. Hogs not being used? Let's buff them and let them target defenses. Oh no, they are way too powerful so let's nerf them. They are still too powerful, so let's nerf them again, and again. Level 40 heroes are too powerful, let's nerf them. Then EVERYBODY freaks out, so we halve regen time. Too much unused Elixir? Let's change things so walls be upgraded with lix. What? The economy tanked. Let's change it to only level 9 and above. Just imagine how hard it would be to have content in updates if they got changes right in the first place. There is absolutely no place for beta testing in SC's corporate policy.

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Lol, great post. Sad but true :)