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From a TH8 perspective it adds to my base being more symmetric if I can have 4 spaces where hidden buildings pop up, (currently 3 teslas) and people using air attacks easily know where to attack from. It just makes sense for it to be a building that pops up out of the ground in stead of showing by default, it even takes the same amount of space as a tesla.
This may take some rebalancing for it first, but I think it would be worth it.
I was just thinking the same thing as I was reformatting my base to use the air sweeper. It takes the same space as a tesla or giant bomb. What a bonus if it was a hidden trap!
It is visible for a reason.
So that you actually have a chance with air troops.
I agree, for now. I'm glad Supercell didn't try to make any other air adjustments in this update. They didn't add level 5 dragons, or move level 4 dragons to TH9, both of which I think need to happen. They didn't adjust stats on lava hounds or any of the other air units. They didn't add a second SAM at TH7 (which is still needed, but not yet).Quote:
Originally Posted by nanidev
The only change to air is the Air Sweeper. This means that Supercell and the players have months of data/experience from the previous months, and hopefully we'll have at least a couple months before the next update, so we can really see how OP or not OP this new defense is.
If it drastically changes air raids, then it will probably stay the way it is now. If it barely has any impact on the effectiveness of air raids, then Supercell can always take steps to make the defense more effective. They could make it hidden. Perhaps an intermediate step is to leave it visible, but not let the attacker know which way it's aiming. In most cases it'll probably be obvious, but if the defender places it in a good spot, it might have 2 or 3 useful orientations, and the attacker will have to guess which one.
But we don't need to go there yet. Let's get in a couple months of testing with the current setup.
For the record, I very much look forward to building and upgrading this new defense. But with the announced changes in war matching (increased weight to walls, traps, heroes if I remember right), I want to do at least a couple wars without it, to kind of reset my understanding of how my base ranks now. Then I'll see how that changes with the new defense. I'm curious how it weights, relative to other defenses. For example, X-Bows and infernos have a lot of weight. Cannons have very little. Wizard towers are in between, but still not super high. Where does this fit in?