Matchmaking is killing the game

I'm a nearly max TH8 with half lvl 8 walls, the rest lvl 7. Since the update this game has become horridly unplayable. Granted I can find raids a lot easier, but within 20 seconds of logging out my base will have been lightning'ed by 6 or 7 different players, before finally being given a shield by a TH9 that comes along and destroys my base with lvl 6 units at a measly 10% loss.

It means he gets 270k+ of each of my loot and over 2.3k DE while I try and save up for Golems.

I realise that Supercell wanted to make matchmaking easier, the downside is that it is benefiting a few high lvl TH9 and TH10 players while making the game unbearable for the majority of the players sitting around TH8 or so.

SOLUTION:

TH9's and TH10's have trouble finding loot, it's a fact that most bases are betweeen TH 6-8 - So why not remove the loot penalty associated with accounts if they've been AFK for MORE than 2weeks / or even a month! I mean lets face it, if they've been afk for a month, they probably only have extractors left with anything in them and they are no longer playing. It solves the issue of having to either stay logged in on a mobile game 24/7 without making searching for loot a drag.

Before people complain that this would make the game to easy on TH9's and TH 10's - there is nothing challenging about roflstomping a TH below you...regardless of upgrades or layout.

Anyway SUPERCELL​ Fix this before you alienate your casual playerbase for good.

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Originally Posted by Nazgould

I'm a nearly max TH8 with half lvl 8 walls, the rest lvl 7. Since the update this game has become horridly unplayable. Granted I can find raids a lot easier, but within 20 seconds of logging out my base will have been lightning'ed by 6 or 7 different players, before finally being given a shield by a TH9 that comes along and destroys my base with lvl 6 units at a measly 10% loss.

It means he gets 270k+ of each of my loot and over 2.3k DE while I try and save up for Golems.

I realise that Supercell wanted to make matchmaking easier, the downside is that it is benefiting a few high lvl TH9 and TH10 players while making the game unbearable for the majority of the players sitting around TH8 or so.

SOLUTION:

TH9's and TH10's have trouble finding loot, it's a fact that most bases are betweeen TH 6-8 - So why not remove the loot penalty associated with accounts if they've been AFK for MORE than 2weeks / or even a month! I mean lets face it, if they've been afk for a month, they probably only have extractors left with anything in them and they are no longer playing. It solves the issue of having to either stay logged in on a mobile game 24/7 without making searching for loot a drag.

Before people complain that this would make the game to easy on TH9's and TH 10's - there is nothing challenging about roflstomping a TH below you...regardless of upgrades or layout.

Anyway SUPERCELL​ Fix this before you alienate your casual playerbase for good.

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I like the idea of allowing afk bases to be attacked.

When you say remove the loot penalty, I assume you are referring to the 10% / 50% / 90% reductions that higher TH's receive when attacking them, and not simply allowing all their loot to be taken?

If so this is a great idea to allow higher TH's to make loot, without driving out the people that either pay for, or have recruited people who pay for the game.

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Originally Posted by Broxogar

I like the idea of allowing afk bases to be attacked.

When you say remove the loot penalty, I assume you are referring to the 10% / 50% / 90% reductions that higher TH's receive when attacking them, and not simply allowing all their loot to be taken?

If so this is a great idea to allow higher TH's to make loot, without driving out the people that either pay for, or have recruited people who pay for the game.

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Yeah this is precisely what I mean, allow the afk bases to give out their regular max loot, without any penalty for being a higher TH.

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Originally Posted by Nazgould

I'm a nearly max TH8 with half lvl 8 walls, the rest lvl 7. Since the update this game has become horridly unplayable. Granted I can find raids a lot easier, but within 20 seconds of logging out my base will have been lightning'ed by 6 or 7 different players, before finally being given a shield by a TH9 that comes along and destroys my base with lvl 6 units at a measly 10% loss.

It means he gets 270k+ of each of my loot and over 2.3k DE while I try and save up for Golems.

I realise that Supercell wanted to make matchmaking easier, the downside is that it is benefiting a few high lvl TH9 and TH10 players while making the game unbearable for the majority of the players sitting around TH8 or so.

SOLUTION:

TH9's and TH10's have trouble finding loot, it's a fact that most bases are betweeen TH 6-8 - So why not remove the loot penalty associated with accounts if they've been AFK for MORE than 2weeks / or even a month! I mean lets face it, if they've been afk for a month, they probably only have extractors left with anything in them and they are no longer playing. It solves the issue of having to either stay logged in on a mobile game 24/7 without making searching for loot a drag.

Before people complain that this would make the game to easy on TH9's and TH 10's - there is nothing challenging about roflstomping a TH below you...regardless of upgrades or layout.

Anyway SUPERCELL​ Fix this before you alienate your casual playerbase for good.

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Yes a very good idea nazgould this new match making is not working

I've got a mid th8, max th8 and a max th9. Nothing has changed except that I can raid a lot more. Everyone gets hit, not just you... There's always a bigger fish, remember that..

So you lose 250k and get a shield? Any player worry their salt should be raiding that amount many times over, if you are skipping and searching correctly and using cheap armies. You raid more than you lose in a single attack, and put your town hall outside, and you are in profit every time.

The only people this affects are casual players who can't/don't/won't raid more, and hence, play less and probably spend nothing.

Seeing as you got the game for free, and aren't the ones who fund it or enjoy it for as many minutes a day as those who do, why would SC invest money in the players who bring nothing in? Of course the game is gonna afapt to the more serious players.

There's reams of shovelware 'turn up when you feel and still progress' games on the app stores for casuals, so go play one of them.

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Originally Posted by Turnarcades

I've got a mid th8, max th8 and a max th9. Nothing has changed except that I can raid a lot more. Everyone gets hit, not just you... There's always a bigger fish, remember that..

So you lose 250k and get a shield? Any player worry their salt should be raiding that amount many times over, if you are skipping and searching correctly and using cheap armies. You raid more than you lose in a single attack, and put your town hall outside, and you are in profit every time.

The only people this affects are casual players who can't/don't/won't raid more, and hence, play less and probably spend nothing.

Seeing as you got the game for free, and aren't the ones who fund it or enjoy it for as many minutes a day as those who do, why would SC invest money in the players who bring nothing in? Of course the game is gonna afapt to the more serious players.

There's reams of shovelware 'turn up when you feel and still progress' games on the app stores for casuals, so go play one of them.

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How do you even know whether they pay or not arcades? How many people need to complain (considering the amount that will just uninstall) before you wake up?

Nazgould has not only complained but provided a solution... all you can do is the same tired (change the way u play) ♥♥♥♥ lol

Because as I hinted before, I work in video game development and marketing, and know exactly who brings in funds in a business model like this. Being able to see projections and income figures of customer base vs revenue, is how it's possible to know who spends money and who does not. Industry fact: casual players do not bring in significant income, hence why most free to play mobile games rely on pack-in advertising plug-ins. Clash Of Clans does not have pack-in advertising of any kind, and so once sponsorship money is discounted, their in-game purchase revenue will be where their profits come from, and they will know as every other person in the industry does that most of the revenue comes from regular, hooked and competitive players on a regular basis.

All this time you could have spent making your base awesome, or improving your game skills. During this time my bases, and those if all levels in my clan of varied th5-10, are doing awesome thanks to a bit of learning, appreciation of the new loot and improving their game :)

You've been offered solutions too, by me and many others who are having no problem at all and improved our misfortune by getting better at the game, not altering the game to suit you. If you were losing at football would you demand they make the opponents goal bigger and yours smaller? It's called competition, which more and more these days less people seem to be able to take.

And so the world of Clash keeps turning, with or without you.

In the interests of direct help on how to improve your game, maybe it's time we started a 'show us what you got' thread so the many many number of us who aren't struggling can give you direct pointers. I will bet the solution to most is that you simply don't play enough, bases are bad, and regardless of suggestions to get better, as most folks do, you would rather stamp your feet til the whole game is changed for you. Let's see.....

Staying logged in longer doesn't make you better at this game.

For interests sake chuck in your clan tag, I'd be interested to have a look at your base and see how pro you really are?

I think it ihas been abundantly established that those who will benefit the most are those that can stay logged in the longest. You don't work IN the gaming industry, at best you are adjacent to the gaming industry, and an outdated one as well.

The players who can play the most don't require gems, the players who can't put the time in can speed it up by paying, your friends* who say otherwise didn't crack the F2P model that clash did, and clash didn't do it by making a hardcore game, they cracked it by making a casual game.

Call people liars just cos you don't believe something? Sad...

whoever said aid pro Anyway? I said all my accounts are good enough to progress without getting pwned. My two war-only villages I rarely raid on, are lower level and are still progressing. I'm not the one complaining, so I don't need to prove anything. You're having the big problem, so post some pics and maybe you'll get help and advice relevant to you. You may not like it, but that's no one else's fault.

Time to put up or shut up I guess....? Note the layout, mid level walls and buildings, defence logs for over a week, and attack log.... Not attacked for 5 days!! And doing just fine..... wars help, and this account helps in wars....
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