Clan Castle Improvements

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April 27th, 2015
Behelith

Clan Castle Improvements : Updated with photos

I'd like to propose two improvements for the clan castle:

1. Troop donation filter
Possibility to select or deselect what kind of troops your clan mates can donate
It often happens that clan mates donate troops that you don't need or want. For example you want a dragon for clan war attack and somebody gives 5 archers. As a result there is no space for a dragon, you have to clear the archers from the CC and wait 15 min to ask again. Or someone gives you a wallbreaker, healer or other (in your opinion) useless troop for defense.

A troop filter would solve this problem. You can select which troops you would like to receive. When a clan mate wants to donate only the troops you have enabled are available, the others will be grayed out. It's also debatable if the custom request message is still required. The primary use of this message is to ask for specific troops and people more than often do not respect the request. Removing the custom message will also reduce server load and bandwidth.
The troop donation filter would be located in a new panel located in the clan castle options, accessible with left and right arrows like in the barracks.

http://s11.postimg.org/bjzirso6r/Cla...ion_Filter.jpg

2. Clan castle donation buffer
One mayor problem I often encounter with clan castle donations is that I can only donate troops that I'm producing for my attacks. Since I'm mostly using cheap troops like barbarians, archers, goblins, giants and up to healers I can't donate other troops like dragons, wizards, etc. If I start building dragons to donate I need to wait at least 30 minutes to start attacking again with my standard army setup.

A second storage in the clan castle where you store the troops for donation would solve the problem.
You still need to make the troops in the barracks and when they are done they will still move to the army camps
but you will have a small buffer for special requests that you can prepare in advance.
To get the troop into the clan castle you go to a (new) second clan castle panel (with left and right arrows like in the barracks). There you have two rows: on top are the troops available from the war camps and below are the troops available for donation. You can add (and optionally remove) in the same way as you do in the barracks when you train troops.
- You add troop from the top row (war camp storage) to the bottom row (clan castle donation storage) by pressing the icon of the desired troop.
- (optionally, maybe a bad idea) With a minus sign you move troops from the bottom row (clan castle donation storage) back to the top row

The troop capacity for donation would be double the capacity of the normal clan castle capacity

http://s11.postimg.org/vsmwdinhv/Cla...on_Storage.jpg

Important note: It's not possible to move troops between the normal clan castle space for defense and the clan castle space for donations. In other words you can't give troops to yourself.
April 27th, 2015
MNvikingsfan1

Not bad... for some reason, Supercell being Supercell, I don't think they will implement it, but it seems foolproof
April 27th, 2015
Reddigulous

Point #1 doesn't need fixing. Sounds like you need better clan mates. I haven't received unwanted troops a single time in my current clan.

Point #2 is worth some thought and fleshing out. Basically your looking for a small 'army camp' of sorts with troops that are being made specifically to donate. A couple things would need clarification. Say you are cooking a dragon to donate, when does it go in this holding area? Do you place it there after its done cooking? What happens if you decide you want to use the troops after accidentally placing it in the holding area?

I don't mind the idea, but it's kind of borderline to me. The forums are littered with posts looking to make the game easier and remove tough choices for us (i.e. 'I want to war AND upgrade my spell factory at the same time, supercell please fix'). And while I agree it would be convenient to have holding area for donation troops I think timing those things is one of the challenges of the game
April 27th, 2015
Behelith

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reddigulous

Point #2 is worth some thought and fleshing out. Basically your looking for a small 'army camp' of sorts with troops that are being made specifically to donate. A couple things would need clarification. Say you are cooking a dragon to donate, when does it go in this holding area? Do you place it there after its done cooking? What happens if you decide you want to use the troops after accidentally placing it in the holding area?

The troops are moved the moment you move it from your army camp into the clan castle like I explained. After you have moved them they reside in a second room in the clan castle.

I'll add pictures because clearly some people can't or don't like to read. Working on it as you read!
April 28th, 2015
Gloin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Behelith

I'd like to propose two improvements for the clan castle:

1. Troop donation filter
Possibility to select or deselect what kind of troops your clan mates can donate
It often happens that clan mates donate troops that you don't need or want. For example you want a dragon for clan war attack and somebody gives 5 archers. As a result there is no space for a dragon, you have to clear the archers from the CC and wait 15 min to ask again. Or someone gives you a wallbreaker, healer or other (in your opinion) useless troop for defense.

A troop filter would solve this problem. You can select which troops you would like to receive. When a clan mate wants to donate only the troops you have enabled are available, the others will be grayed out. It's also debatable if the custom request message is still required. The primary use of this message is to ask for specific troops and people more than often do not respect the request. Removing the custom message will also reduce server load and bandwidth.
The troop donation filter would be located in a new panel located in the clan castle options, accessible with left and right arrows like in the barracks.

http://s11.postimg.org/bjzirso6r/Cla...ion_Filter.jpg

2. Clan castle donation buffer
One mayor problem I often encounter with clan castle donations is that I can only donate troops that I'm producing for my attacks. Since I'm mostly using cheap troops like barbarians, archers, goblins, giants and up to healers I can't donate other troops like dragons, wizards, etc. If I start building dragons to donate I need to wait at least 30 minutes to start attacking again with my standard army setup.

A second storage in the clan castle where you store the troops for donation would solve the problem.
You still need to make the troops in the barracks and when they are done they will still move to the army camps
but you will have a small buffer for special requests that you can prepare in advance.
To get the troop into the clan castle you go to a (new) second clan castle panel (with left and right arrows like in the barracks). There you have two rows: on top are the troops available from the war camps and below are the troops available for donation. You can add (and optionally remove) in the same way as you do in the barracks when you train troops.
- You add troop from the top row (war camp storage) to the bottom row (clan castle donation storage) by pressing the icon of the desired troop.
- (optionally) With a minus sign you move troops from the bottom row (clan castle donation storage) back to the top row
The troop capacity for donation would be double the capacity of the normal clan castle capacity

http://s11.postimg.org/vsmwdinhv/Cla...on_Storage.jpg

Important note: It's not possible to move troops between the normal clan castle space for defense and the clan castle space for donations. In other words you can't give troops to yourself.

No. 1 is ruled out by Supercell.
No. 2 is a good idea, but if you can move the troops back into the army camps, then not only is it a storage place for clan troops, you can also store troops for personal use, which isn't a good idea, so please remove this. :)
April 28th, 2015
NF2335

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gloin

No. 1 is ruled out by Supercell.
No. 2 is a good idea, but if you can move the troops back into the army camps, then not only is it a storage place for clan troops, you can also store troops for personal use, which isn't a good idea, so please remove this. :)

No. 1 isn't ruled out.

I like idea No.1, and it would improve donations.
April 28th, 2015
Behelith

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gloin

No. 1 is ruled out by Supercell.

Can you copy the line from the ruled out list? Maybe you're right but I didn't see it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gloin

No. 2 is a good idea, but if you can move the troops back into the army camps, then not only is it a storage place for clan troops, you can also store troops for personal use, which isn't a good idea, so please remove this. :)

That's why I put (optionally) in front of it, I should have explained it more clearly.

Thanks for you comments!
April 28th, 2015
Uthrac

Thanks for sharing the ideas!

#1 Feels like effort to solve a human error. You can put what you want in your request. If you clan mates cannot handle that, settle within the clan. (i.e. Report to a leader, suspend from next war, repeated offenses get kicked.)

#2 Feels like a work-around to a core game mechanic - one of the tough choices is donating your troops vs. using them for yourself. While I think a lot of players would appreciate this "work around," I don't think it would be an improvement for the game overall.

While I don't think either of these is a bad idea, I think there are other things that should be higher on the list for SuperCell to devote resources to improving the game.
April 28th, 2015
Behelith

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uthrac

Thanks for sharing the ideas!

#1 Feels like effort to solve a human error. You can put what you want in your request. If you clan mates cannot handle that, settle within the clan. (i.e. Report to a leader, suspend from next war, repeated offenses get kicked.)

#2 Feels like a work-around to a core game mechanic - one of the tough choices is donating your troops vs. using them for yourself. While I think a lot of players would appreciate this "work around," I don't think it would be an improvement for the game overall.

While I don't think either of these is a bad idea, I think there are other things that should be higher on the list for SuperCell to devote resources to improving the game.

Changes to the ergonomics or playability of a game don't seem very important until you see them applied.