Should something be done about zappers?

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Originally Posted by WarrenJames

As much as the logic seems to suggest that a countermeasure should be added, it would be very hard to balance. Implementation method of course would be highly critical, but I've yet to find a good way to specifically counter lightening spells in a way that does not adversely effect other aspects of the game.

The closest I got was a more generic aimed defense-awarded bonus for certain kinds of wins and losses the village had. Since Zapping is consisted a win, it gives one kind of bonus, and because a good amount of loot was taken, it gives another kind. It's in a defence related thread I made, so I'm not going to retype it or go into detail. Net effect in-game is the village is a bit harder to raid for a short while, and likely is able to temporarily train troops a bit faster. Each time a zapper hits, because of how it falls into things with the idea I made, would yield less and less, per attack, to a limiting cap. (Note: the exact same effect would happen if there were many looting raids that failed to score, but got loot as well, so it isn't specifically an anti-zapper idea, but it would effect them)

Ive thought about this and relised, what if they changed the lightning spell price from elixre to gold??? We all know gold is the more valuable than elixre, but this wont effect players that use the lightning spell as a normal instances. Comparision to a player that regually builds 4-5 lightning spells to zap de. It will only effect them as that way they will be truly paying for the de with 88-110k gold... I think that seems fair.
edit: i believe more people have elixre at that stage of the game as use for elixre isnt that valuable other than for troop upgrades and army. Since they took away elixre upgrading walls, players think its a great way to use up elixre.. Although, there are many ways to deal with this issue like move up trophies, i dont really care that much because it doesnt effect me.