Originally Posted by
Shadzar
Your gold is full AND you aren't barching. When you barch is costs less elixir to create and army, but you must spend more gold to find the base to barch. The use of the next button is a huge gold sink, that you are not using to both gt rid of gold and find the elixir.
Try this. HAve your army ready however you normally do it, and just look at bases for a while where you are, attack none of them. Sure you are wasting gold, but you are getting a feel for where you are. See if there is enough elixir in your trophy range to keep you there and decide if you should go up or down, or maybe just search more often.
Also consider, how much does your army cost, how much do you need to get back to make a profit? Do you really need to 3 star the base or will 2 stars be enough to profit? These kind of RTS's have a huge math component in them that when you find the right equation for yourself, ir will be all fun and games. :)