Is it better not to build all the buildings?

I'm playing around with different base designs, and I'm consistently finding that my defenses could be a lot better with fewer buildings. I could have more compartments, I could have moats and funnels, I could use extra walls to make a no-drop zone, I could have way better overlapping defenses, etc. etc. etc. Also, there's the well-known strategy of destroying outside buildings to get the one star.

It seems that right now, you can get about 60% non-defensive buildings and 40% defensive. What if this ratio was 50/50, or even 60% defensive buildings?

I have two questions:
1. Has anybody actually tried avoiding to build certain buildings they know they won't need?
2. What is your rationale for building all buildings?

I do delay building storages that I don't need. Anything else, I think, just adds the my bases HP.

Most of the buildings are preety necessary but ive only build one dark barracks which i dont even use

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Originally Posted by Superhal

2. What is your rationale for building all buildings?

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Since I'm farming, I do not give three bowls of stuffing about whether or not people can 1-star me, so I have all the buildings for the sake of pushing the spawn line back. With my base there's only 2-3 tiles of eligible spawn area on any given side, thanks to all the random buildings. With their units spawning so far back, people often misplace wall breakers, or they get picked off before they can even reach the wall.

I would upgrade those mines/collectors and defences first and these storages later because you don't take up all the storage's space at all

Wrong you need all the storages you can. Look at it this way. You have 100k gold you put in 2 different boxes in 2 different houses. I have 3 boxes in 3 houses. U lose one box its 50k. I lose one box its 33k. See my point? Distributes it better.

like it was said earlier more buildings more buffers for enemy to have to ♥♥♥♥ through. Also more buildings to push spawns if thats your style.

If you gem all the way to the end, I think building as few non defences could well be a good idea. You can skip all but one mines/pumps, dlix drills, extra BHs, 3 normal barracks and one dbarrack. That's on TH10 level 6+6+3+3+1+(3 or 4 BH) buildings that aren't there free for taking. Of course the buildings do work as a buffer on defence, but for pure firepower, you could skip those. It was only about 10k$ to get that far so testing is maybe bit... Yeah :)

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Originally Posted by nussarthur

Wrong you need all the storages you can. Look at it this way. You have 100k gold you put in 2 different boxes in 2 different houses. I have 3 boxes in 3 houses. U lose one box its 50k. I lose one box its 33k. See my point? Distributes it better..

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But, can you protect 3 better than 2? In your example, lets say i lose 2 out of 4 vs 3 out of 5, you will lose more with more storages unless you can protect them better than fewer storages.

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Originally Posted by Superhal

But, can you protect 3 better than 2? In your example, lets say i lose 2 out of 4 vs 3 out of 5, you will lose more with more storages unless you can protect them better than fewer storages.

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Someone WILL get atleast 1. I believe you can definitely protect 3 stores. For example see junliangs base designs.