Loot Alerts

My Idea for today is loot alerts. What is it exactly?
You can set a desired amount of loot (such as 200000+ gold 200000+ elixir 0+ dark elixir.). When you are half- mindlessly pressing next and encounter a base with the desired amount of loot, it plays a tone or sound effect (such as the troop trained sound effect.)

-This is not a chėat, this is not a bot/afk tool- you are still pressing next, you are still paying gold for each next, and you still can select any base to attack as normal.
-This will make it easier on your eyes when you are trying to watch Galadon and search for a raid (example, applies for any other clash multitasking.)
-This shouldn't significantly affect gameplay- I do the above anyway, adding this will just make it easier.
-This shouldn't be hard to add. I don't know much about clash code, but in most programming languages it would be something like

If base.availablegold > player.goldpreference and base.availableelixir > player.elixirpreference and base.availabledark > player.darkpreference:
playsound(gold1)

Granted, I don't know clash code but it should be similar and as simple. The only "challenge" is copy-pasting the code from another diologue box and changing the names of variables/strings for player input.

This would go well with the "no default troop selected" idea, as it would inevitable result in more misclicks from careless players.

Oh! Ok... Took me a moment to figure out what you were suggesting. Basicly a "Awake up" sound from being so dazed with thoughtlessly pressing of [Next], so you don't accidentally skip what you were actually looking for to begin with.

Might be nice. Would likely need something simple like 3 or 4 basic settings for loot amounts, or even Trophy amounts, to make it fast and intuitive to use. (off, low, med, high, with say 0% 20% 50% 80% of loot cap respectfully for a TH your level) Could have for example a Goblin chuckle for loot, and some little fanfare-ish type sound for good Trophy rewards.

Exactly. I personally would rather use absolute amounts than a percent of your loot cap.

I was thinking it would show values, but the low/med/hi values would scale to what Town Hall level you currently are. This is for a mobile game, and the fewer places requiring typing, the better. Several button presses, or a slider, to set it would be preferable.

Not a bad idea, but some people (like me) play without sound. Maybe a confirmation button as well/instead when you press next on the loot amount you set or whatever?

That would work. As long as i can see what absolute amount of loot it is.
It would be necessary to have a separate preference for gold, elixir, de, and trophies, although trophies isn't as necessary because the difficulty of the base has as much effect if not more on base selection for most people.
Also, Pranav, that is a good suggestion for people who play without sound. I play without sound, but I would turn it on if this were added.

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Originally Posted by Pranav

Not a bad idea, but some people (like me) play without sound. Maybe a confirmation button as well/instead when you press next on the loot amount you set or whatever?

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Yeah I like that, I always have sound off, and sometimes I am on autopilot when Im tapping next button and next my favorite target because the autopilot didnt respond on my call to go to manual again

I'm pretty sure a floating message in the middle of the screen, or something blinking or animated would work just as well. Not sure about the confirmation button idea. When used to seeing something blink on the value(s) you are looking for, you'll be more apt to react to them. People's visual processing is better at spotting movement and changes, not static text changes. Switching between base to base, with clouds covering things between each one, you aren't as able to spot the change as you would if the whole field just went to the next one suddenly.

I'd like this to be implemented and the blinking thing also works.

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Originally Posted by WarrenJames

Oh! Ok... Took me a moment to figure out what you were suggesting. Basicly a "Awake up" sound from being so dazed with thoughtlessly pressing of [Next], so you don't accidentally skip what you were actually looking for to begin with.

Might be nice. Would likely need something simple like 3 or 4 basic settings for loot amounts, or even Trophy amounts, to make it fast and intuitive to use. (off, low, med, high, with say 0% 20% 50% 80% of loot cap respectfully for a TH your level) Could have for example a Goblin chuckle for loot, and some little fanfare-ish type sound for good Trophy rewards.

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You definitely took this idea to the next level, I like it. Well done

Bumping because I want to see this added.
I don't usually skip abandoned bases, but today I did.

Personally, if I have a lot of loot I want you to mindlessly miss my base. Might be nice but if you are hitting next and not paying attention that is your game plays fault. I would not mind having sc just pop all the bases that have nice loot for me. Having to pay attention is part of the game. A base pops you assess the good or bad and pass or attack.

Why do you all want this game to almost play itself for you? All these people that want the game to be one button and everything is done for me like auto collect my collectors with one button.

btw, on the very last lines of the stickies, it requests that you do not bump threads so that you can keep it fresh. If the conversation ended they would like it that way

Almost play itself? I'm asking for a ding when I see loot in addition to the numbers at the top.
That's quite a stretch.

Idea has merits, but I'll reserve judgement.

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Originally Posted by Bockerijder

Yeah I like that, I always have sound off

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Personally, I hate playing without sound. I benefit from hearing a battle play out, there are a lot of audio cues that help you multitask.

TBH this will only lead to less collector bases for farmers and less high trophy offers for pushers.