Town hall 8 needs new things

After th 6, every th lvl has something good. Previously, even th 8s had.
Th 7 - Dark storage, king
Th 8 - Drill
Th 9 - Archer queen, xbow
Th 10 - Inferno tower

But now that a driil is available at th 7, th 8 has become really boring. You don't get anything new, just 3-4 more defenses of the same type and two new lvls for you to upgrade. Also, the lab takes way too much time to finsih all your upgrades! I'm maxed but still i've been waiting since 3-4 weeks as my lab upgrades are left (and my lab was never free). I think in the coming updates, th 8 needs to get more stuff so that people don't rush to th 9.

TH8 gets plenty, and as an almost maxed TH8 with only some defense and walls left, I can say that you should be finishing your Elixer upgrades in Lab much before your defenses, though if you left the TH7 DE upgrades for TH8 those might tag on some time.

Also, TH8's thing is to make the player feel like they're finally starting to hit that top-tier. Pekkas, Golems, High Level BK, Tons of DE, Being able to max something for the first time. TH8 is so far my favorite town hall because it's so diverse with so much to do.

I feel the same, that is the reason why i skipped townhall 8.

I stayed there for 2 weeks, got bk to lvl 8, giants+archer lvl 5 (farm squad) and pushed the upgrade for townhall 9

i think it might help if u can upgrade the bk up to lvl 15, that would give me a reason to stay there a bit longer. but with nothing new?

Townhall 9 just has several advantages:
Looks cool
AQ
real high lvl heroes
xbows
4th spell slot

TH8's also get access to a powerful ground attack, GoWiPe.

yes true, gowipe is strong

but townhall 9 has lavaloon = easy win button

and i only need 2 weeks as a fresh townhall 9 player to get there (upgrade labotory, upgrade loon, upgrade dark barrack twice)

while u need 4-5 weeks to get your gowipe (barack level 10, pekka upgrade level 2, pekka upgrade level 3, upgrade golem, upgrade wizzard) to become strong

You do get extra defenses and gowipe, but do you really think it's better than maxed hogs, loons, witch, AQ, xbow, 4 spells? I'm not saying it should be better than the upgrades at th 9 (obviously), but when you get so much at th 9, there is no reason for you to stay at th 8.
And no, i was maxed th 7. I'm maxed th 8 now including my walls (lvl 8) but i still have my minions, golem, goblins left. Which is another 15-20 days. (Was maxed 2 weeks ago)