Give war spectators the same war base view enemy gets, to cut down on spying.

In normal village view I can't see trap locations for clan members, but in war base view I can, even if I'm not a war participant. I can also see what's been donated to war bases, even though I can't donate. Some teams send spies in during a war to take pictures of war bases so their clan knows going in where the traps are, and what's in the CC. To prevent this, we don't let people join during wars - but I'm sure we've lost out on good members because of that. If non-participating clan members got the same "scout" view as enemy clan members this wouldn't be a problem. I don't care if enemies listen to us chatting, but a spy shouldn't have access to trap or donation information.

Spying definitely happens. I've seen on these forums a person asking for advice on how to attack a warbase with the traps showing!

I like you're idea to prevent Spying. Simple but effective

I don't like this at all. It limits the ability to educate new clan members. There was another suggestion in a previous thread that prevented any member with the red "new" flag by their name from seeing any traps. That I can support because it is easy to remove that new flag if you want show them something.

Spying is an accepted part of the game and it is Supercells intention that it be there. it is not a rules violation, nor a defect or problem to be fixed so nothing should be done about it. Close your clan, or don't close your clan, that is your choice. You are in a contest so play to win and it is not unfair if the other guy also plays to win. If you don't want to be outsmarted by the other guy then be smarter than him.

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Originally Posted by ImOld

In normal village view I can't see trap locations for clan members.

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You should look harder.

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Spying is only an issue if you want it to be. Even using ‘new’ to limit views is problematic. Many clans don’t promote until a set time period or event. Not everyone auto-promotes.

Its an accepted part of the game, but was it intentional?

I would support an option for clans opt set on if non war members can see hidden traps or not. If your clan wants to leave it open to get advice or whatever, set it that way. If you want it blocked ot non war members, set it that way.

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Originally Posted by gamul1

Its an accepted part of the game, but was it intentional?

I would support an option for clans opt set on if non war members can see hidden traps or not. If your clan wants to leave it open to get advice or whatever, set it that way. If you want it blocked ot non war members, set it that way.

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Close your clan or reject invites during Clan Wars. The best option to avoid spies. Having war spectators to not see the clanmate's base seems unfair especially when the spectator is a much experienced one while the one IN the war is new to warring.

[INSERT CHOICE FROM BELOW] has never been a problem, is not a problem and will never be a problem

• DE Zapping
• War spies
• Clan name changes
• Dragon war usage
• Living troops not returning from battles

ugh... here we go again.. :facepalm:

You know what... Drop the subject, everyone. The forum is to help SC get ideas on what to do next, and there more than enough 'talk' about it. Repeating old arguments is going to get nowhere, and not tell SC anything new.

Speaking of 'new', I do want to point out that I did add the suggestion that the 'new' status can be used as a way to easily code in a timer. 'New' has to have some time factor in it, either a time stamp or a countdown timer for it to go away on its own. With that, all you need is a function that checks how old the 'New' members flag is, and after a fair amount of time (anywhere from whatever amount of minutes or hours that is needed to make it work), it allows the new guy (or old, but friendly, clan hopper) to see the traps and CC troops. Promoting would instantly remove that block, and demoting back down would not enable it again. (somewhere the timer detail got missed, given how people say 'New' would last too long, which this detail would more or less solve)

This should stop most of the issues people have with spying. The rest, well... that's a clan management issue, and the player(s)' responsibility.

(actually, a restricted 'new' members status would be nice, since I feel people get too much access too fast for some things before you get to know them. I want to interview them first before even letting them be able to dump whatever kind of ♥♥♥♥ in CC requests when we are open, or beg for anything, or spam with an ad. But idk how to best to implement that right off hand.)

Anyway, good luck. Don't get trolled too much on the issue. :)

If I make you elder in the clan, u are a trusted member and I have no problems with you seeing my whole base. But if I let you in the clan 5 mins ago, why do you get to see my whole war base? Let's fix that!


Please add a feature that allows a trusted member of the clan, an elder, to have full access to my war base, not the player added 5 mins ago who hasn't even introduced himself yet.

Yes, yes, yes. Same old thread. Look at all the other ones for my reason of saying no.

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Originally Posted by Valordjoe

If I make you elder in the clan, u are a trusted member and I have no problems with you seeing my whole base. But if I let you in the clan 5 mins ago, why do you get to see my whole war base? Let's fix that!


Please add a feature that allows a trusted member of the clan, an elder, to have full access to my war base, not the player added 5 mins ago who hasn't even introduced himself yet.

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This would only help free elders; I don't give everyone elder. So again! This isn't a solution. It restricts how others will get tips and be better at war.

Ps: Don't attack someone because they posted on a topic we're so fed up with.

Geez, a whirlwind on spying topics today...just noticed there is like a million of them LOL.

Simple solution, give individual players OR the clan leader the option to hide their war bases from spectators if they want to.

So if your clan is worried about spying, you have a way to stop it without closing your clan. Which is counter productive from a recruiting POV.

If you feel you have it under control by internal clan management, you can leave it as it is and let your spectators watch, learn and cheer from the sidelines.

Funny it's not even something I personally care much about, but there is an easy fix that both sides benefit from. I'm out of the spying topics more important things like heroes working in war to fight for IMO. ;)