Things That Make A Difference 7 - To Gem or not to Gem?

Welcome to the 7th part of the TTMAD series! :)
The previous parts can be found at the bottom of this thread in the "Related Threads" section (and I'm too lazy to link all the previous threads here).


From the hollow, jealous echoes of Global chat to the more polite, slightly bitter question "Are you a gemmer?", many gemmers feel the heat.
In fact, Global can be so cruel sometimes, that people resort to reporting if somebody says that they gemmed.

Then again, there is no definite line between Gemmers and non-Gemmers and there are various categories of Gemmers.

The "Builder Huts Only" Gemmers.
The "Attack Building boost Only" Gemmers.
The "Insta-finish" Only Gemmers.
The "Gem EVERYTHING" Gemmers...etc.
In fact, some people play so "hardcore" that they classify people who use gems earned from achievements and obstacles as Gemmers (yep, I have a Clash friend who thinks like that!)

And an awesome one from this thread itself!

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Originally Posted by jojolopes

To me there are "Gemmers" and "people who use gems".

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Kinda conveys the point doesn't it? :)


Where do you stand?
Do you gem? And why?
Do you not gem? Why not?

As usual, I know everybody has different opinions on this topic, so open up! :)

I don't really gem consistently, sometimes if I know I can't cook my dragon army quick enough for war, I'll insta train a dragon or two. Or if I need to donate something to someone, I might gem sometimes.

I always gem in the 1 gem boosts. Always.

And during forum elite, I gemmed one 2hr session with my barracks. I fell asleep for half of it *facepalm*

I boost 2 barracks, AQ and SF (50% of the time) when farming.
I also started gemming the upgrade time of AQ when she hit lvl 13.

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Originally Posted by TheOneTheyCallSmasher

I don't really gem consistently, sometimes if I know I can't cook my dragon army quick enough for war, I'll insta train a dragon or two. Or if I need to donate something to someone, I might gem sometimes.

I always gem in the 1 gem boosts. Always.

And during forum elite, I gemmed one 2hr session with my barracks. I fell asleep for half of it *facepalm*

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Hahaha! Once I boosted every attack building on base and my phone decided that it didn't have enough juice to keep going after 45 minutes.
I was 10 miles away from home, sadly. Lost the next 1h 15 minute boost :(

Then again, there is no definite line between Gemmers and non-Gemmers and there are various categories of Gemmers.
Thats true and i dont think there are many clashers who have never used gems in the game.

i never gem upgrades or collectors . i have the patience to wait for them to get done and meanwhile farm for the next upgrade to come.
i have gemmed barracks spell factory heroes a couple of times. some on push season some on 1 boot season.

Gemmer as in Paying player?

I'm not a gemmer, but I want to be though :p

even if it is f2p, I feel obliged to 'donate' to the game I love

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Originally Posted by Jomarx3me

Gemmer as in Paying player?

I'm not a gemmer, but I want to be though :p

even if it is f2p, I feel obliged to 'donate' to the game I love

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Hahaha! Don't we all? ;)

I only gemmed things with gems I gained from achivements and obstacles.

I have "donated" to Supercell a number of times.

I don't gem resources, at least since doing that once as a th4, lol. I don't instant build.

I boost. Not always, but when I have a block of time. Or during war to get those max golems rolling out to clanmates faster.

I love boosting the queen.

When I used to loon as th9 in masters, I would boost 2 racks as well as the queen. Made it a decent pace.

I don't gem lab upgrades or building times excerpt to cut a day off here or there. Or to wake a hero for war that is really close.

I guess I have donated my fair share, but clash has really saved me money. I used to buy a new xbox game every month. After starting clash, I stopped doing that, and I didn't buy a new console either. So, I have saved hundreds by playing clash.... anything I spend in saving me money, lol

I think very high level clashing is hard without a little gemming. It feels too damn slow!