Be able to toggle how you want your troops to react before battle

So right now troops circle around and around due to poor AI and there are players obviously exploiting this AI. Nowhere more so then champions where a single gap in a trapped th causes everytroop to headtowards it wallbreakers, giants, whatever when what you really want is the troops to attack what's infront of them (wall). War bases the same now we have people designing huge land sized war bases putting their collectors and whatever else junk they can fit so that ground troops circle the entire land mass sized area before reaching the center. I get that this is a game and a certain amount of strategy is involved but shouldn't that strategy be based on something other then exploiting braindead AI? So my solution is simple have a toggle that allows you to control how the troops will behave before battle. Have them make a straight baseline to a target, circles, scatter, etc.

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Originally Posted by newupdateblowsdoublyhard

So right now troops circle around and around due to poor AI and there are players obviously exploiting this AI. Nowhere more so then champions where a single gap in a trapped th causes everytroop to headtowards it wallbreakers, giants, whatever when what you really want is the troops to attack what's infront of them (wall). War bases the same now we have people designing huge land sized war bases putting their collectors and whatever else junk they can fit so that ground troops circle the entire land mass sized area before reaching the center. I get that this is a game and a certain amount of strategy is involved but shouldn't that strategy be based on something other then exploiting braindead AI? So my solution is simple have a toggle that allows you to control how the troops will behave before battle. Have them make a straight baseline to a target, circles, scatter, etc.

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The current AI is fine, some troops already have prefered targets and most of them don't. The tactics in this game makes it all about placement, timing, and troops selection. If done wrong your troops will go the wrong way, if done right you have skill and understanding of this game's mechanics. (some) Troops have characteristic responses and targets, everyone has to learn to use them to their advantage.

Adding this might sounds like an interesting setup for another game, but in my opinion it would break the essence of clash of clans. Everyone has to learn how troops react to specific types of bases, and learn in what order and location they want to place those troops to accomplish what they're aiming for.

Overall, i like your suggestion to involve more reaction tactics into the game.
But i think it will overcomplicate things and completely overhaul this game's culture and enviroment.
This would not just add something to the game, but completely change the game in something else, and that might drive many players away that have spend months on getting their routine right.

Maybe it could be an option on a new troop kind? not making it a to intense change, and properly introduced people will have time to adapt to it.

I get it. I funnel most of the players funnel but you do understand the reason behind this is because supercell braindead AI. I'm not asking for an easy button what I'm asking for is a better game experience where actual tactics are involved instead of the attacker working around the AI and the defender trying to exploit it.

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Originally Posted by newupdateblowsdoublyhard

I get it. I funnel most of the players funnel but you do understand the reason behind this is because supercell braindead AI. I'm not asking for an easy button what I'm asking for is a better game experience where actual tactics are involved instead of the attacker working around the AI and the defender trying to exploit it.

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The point is, the strategy is in exploiting the AI.

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Originally Posted by newupdateblowsdoublyhard

I get it. I funnel most of the players funnel but you do understand the reason behind this is because supercell braindead AI. I'm not asking for an easy button what I'm asking for is a better game experience where actual tactics are involved instead of the attacker working around the AI and the defender trying to exploit it.

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I understand what you want, but let me give you a metaphor.

Clash of clans is like playing Golf,

- First you look at the course, feel the wind and look at the type of terrain. (Look at your opponent's base, the walls, the defence)

- Than you pick your club, a driver, fairwaywood, iron or wedge. (Pick your troops for the type of base you want to attack)

- You do the math and swing away! But as soon as you hit the ball it takes its course, you don't have any control over its path. (Drop your troops in the right order and let them do their thing)

- The only thing you can do is return and repeat, return and repeat, untill you got your routine right and swing that hole-in-one. (repetition is key, routine is victory)

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Originally Posted by newupdateblowsdoublyhard

I get it. I funnel most of the players funnel but you do understand the reason behind this is because supercell braindead AI. I'm not asking for an easy button what I'm asking for is a better game experience where actual tactics are involved instead of the attacker working around the AI and the defender trying to exploit it.

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The problem is that what you mention (troops going to gaps in walls or heading around walled-areas to get to other targets) isn't the AI acting up, it's the AI functioning as intended. When people set up funneling, they're not exploiting bad AI, but rather using strategy to set up their base and guide troops where they want them to go. Similarly, the attacker needs to figure out where his troops will go and place them accordingly. Learning the AI and working with it is a large part of the strategy in this game. It would be nice to have a bit more control over where the troops go, but that probably belongs in some Age of Empires mobile game, not Clash of Clans.