How Does Supercell Feel About Farming?

I don't think farming was the way SC expected people to play the game initially, but in the end, it simply adds a new way of playing to the game, people have a choice of playing for trophies or resources. I'm pretty sure most farmers would have stopped playing this game for a long time if farming was being made impossible, so in the end, it does benefit everybody.

It's clear SC is now aware lots of people are farming, and you can see the adaptations they have been constantly doing to loot are a clear proof they are trying to balance this in the game.

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Originally Posted by Willsbills

If they wanted to stop it they could make it so that your th stores more recourses (including de!). Another way is they could make it so that if your town hall is destroyed first you don't get a shield.

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Wouldn't fix it, people would still leave TH exposed, but would surround it with low hp buildings so TH can't be destroyed first. It would have to be a significant amount of resources in TH, but that would also hurt people that actually defend too. Easiest fix would just be no shield for any raid under 40%, the mechanic is in the game already. But that would hurt folks that legitimately defend their TH. Would get attackers that use jump and rage to snipe a TH inside base and leave with less than 40% damage. Any "fix" will probably cause more issues than it fixes, just leave it as it is.

Well, farming is about 10x easier now since Elixir for walls was introduced. Though back 2012, I was farming around 30-45mil Gold in a day. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by PedroLee

Believe it or not, SC is trying to make cupping more appealing by adding Leagues and bonuses. A lot of farmers I knew before were either at 0 cup (Before League update or Loot Penalty) or at Gold III - I (After League Update) due to very very low loot bonus. Now, I see a lot of people farming at Masters and Champs league since they added loot bonus. So maybe, good job to SC. But ultimately, there will be more farmers than cuppers since it's basically useless to cup without fully maxed base including walls (no offense to lower level THs thriving to top). Unless everyone is maxed, farmers will never die. Not to mention there are probably over 100k new players daily worldwide.

:rolleyes:

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Not only do you need a max base but also a lot of gems and time to get up to high champions. At that high you're either gemmin your army or boosting all 6 of your barracks if not you will be sitting there for 3 hours to wait for your spells and troops to be done.

This has always been the biggest joke about CoC in my eyes.

I say remove the shield for TH being destroyed as even if you had the TH hold resources, people would still leave it out. There have been many threads discussing this over the years of CoC and people with the mentality a few of us have here are the minority.

Free shields by TH snipes are one of the biggest, if not the biggest problem left in CoC in my opinion. I don't care who flames me for saying it.

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Originally Posted by pln0ygunz

Not only do you need a max base but also a lot of gems and time to get up to high champions. At that high you're either gemmin your army or boosting all 6 of your barracks if not you will be sitting there for 3 hours to wait for your spells and troops to be done.

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You don't really need gems to hit really high cups. Just time and dedication. I've done it before. Gemless in an almost defenseless base.

I don't think Supercell even thought that their game would become so popular, TBH. :D

The game has evolved, and while it might not be along the lines SC wanted it to, I think they have followed the pulse of their audience well, and not tried to alter the flow of it too much.

The in-game tips were meant to be just a hint/guide always, but given the intricacies of the game, I don't think SC ever intended for there to be just one way to play it.

If I couldn't leave my TH out for a shield, I would play anymore. I only raid like once or twice a day normally unless I'm boosting barracks and have the time to waste. Without a free shield getting the loot to upgrade is impossible for a casual player.

One of C of C's esteemed competitors provides similar town hall/farming consideration, but only provides a 1/2 hour shield vs. 12 hours...