"Retry" option for attack practice

I love the idea. +1.

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Originally Posted by EricS568

It would be really excellent if you could "Retry" any attack that you could "Replay": clanmates' or enemies' Clan war attacks, or replays shared by your clanmates, in addition to your own attacks. This would be a huge boost to players who want to improve their war attacking skills.

Thank you for your consideration!

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I don't really like this part of it though. ^^ If you're in a clan that is sharing a lot of replays, this will give you a TON of practice, idk.. seems exploitable.

Anyway, overall, great idea.
Couldn't let this thread die that easily, can I?

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Originally Posted by EricS568

I'm a high TH8, upgrading to TH9. I've gone to the trouble of mostly maxing my dark troop upgrades for TH8, and I really want to get good at using them. I had yet another miserably failed hog rider attack in Clan War last night, and it was really frustrating, because I thought through the attack pretty carefully, but got demolished by some mistakes. And with attacks like that, it's really hard to practice: the cost is high, the chance of finding an attack outside of war that reasonably simulates a war attack is low, and in war, I want to get stars for my clan, so I'm discouraged from using that attack again, even on a base that looks well-suited, which doesn't come around all that often.

So here's my idea: after the war is over (or any time after a non-war attack), for as long as the replay is still available, offer a "Retry" option in addition to "Replay". "Retry" would start the battle, with the same troops and spells as were originally used, so that the attacker could try different tactics to see what would or wouldn't work. There would be no trophies gained or lost, no loot gained, no achievements of any kind; it would just be a practice attack. And it would use the troops from the original attack, not troops from the attacker's army camps, so there would be no resource cost.

Obviously, for Clan Wars, the Replay option could not be offered until after the war was over, so that it couldn't be used to scout traps, etc., for another attacker.

It would be really excellent if you could "Retry" any attack that you could "Replay": clanmates' or enemies' Clan war attacks, or replays shared by your clanmates, in addition to your own attacks. This would be a huge boost to players who want to improve their war attacking skills.

Thank you for your consideration!

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A lot of ideas like this have been asked for. I don't see how it could be bad but I don't see how an attack out of war isn't like in a war

I love this idea! I've always liked the "practice attack" idea, but I understood how exploitable it would be. This idea is a spin on that that is not exploitable at all! +1

Best part about this idea is that it doesn't have the exploitable issue that most attack practice ideas have.

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Originally Posted by EricS568

I appreciate all the positive response, and constructive criticism!

How about a cooldown on the Retry button, kind of like on "Share Replay", so you couldn't sit there for hours just retrying attacks?

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That might be an option, although I still think limiting the number of times you can retry a particular base is probably better.

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Originally Posted by EricS568

I'm curious about your thoughts on the potential exploitability: are you concerned that for "folks on the leaderboard," the population is small enough that there's a real likelihood of encountering the same person again?

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Yep. A similar phenomenon can be seen at sub 200 too. You keep seeing the same bases over and over again because the number of targets is so limited.

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Originally Posted by EricS568

That's an interesting thought. Maybe limit retries to one on multiplayer attacks, and maybe somewhat more (3?) on war attacks?

Thanks again!

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Maybe. I really like this idea and I don't think much would be needed in order to make it viable. Too bad this isn't getting the attention it deserves. Hopefully SC is listening amongst all the lightning rod, donate resources, and elixir for walls nonsense as it's ideas like these that would actually make marked improvements to the game.

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Originally Posted by NF2335

Best part about this idea is that it doesn't have the exploitable issue that most attack practice ideas have.

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Yup thats why I support it

I'd pay for this feature to be implemented! Really awesome idea!

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Originally Posted by BattleBorn007

Yup thats why I support it

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Well if you think its good then it was to be :rolleyes:
Seriously though, this idea is one of the best I've seen (other than mastermind's quests hint hint :rolleyes:)

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Originally Posted by Skipperhi

Well if you think its good then it was to be :rolleyes:

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I rarely like an idea so if I do its very likely its a great idea.
And all of masterminds ideas are just gold

Thank you Battle for referring me to this excellent suggestion!