New battle overtime concept - game balancer

My idea is simple. Basically, if a troop is heading on to another building, and the time runs out, the troop is given "overtime" to head to the building and attempt to destroy it.


Here is an example:

You have 98% on a base, and your last Dragon is making its way to the Laboratory. The time ticks down, 3, 2, 1, then it goes into overtime. The Dragon is given time to attempt to destroy the Lab.


Battle enders:

- Now, if any friendly troops are killed at all during overtime, the battle ends.

- If there are still quite a few buildings left, once the currently targeted buildings are destroyed, the battle ends, even if buildings remain. (i.e. if you have 4 storages to destroy and you have Wizards targeting two, once those two get destroyed, the battle ends, even though the other two still stand).


Things to note:

- You cannot spawn troops/drop spells/activate abilities during overtime.

- Any troops/spells still in the menu at the bottom of the screen will be converted back into their base resources, not put back into the camps. This makes it easier to organize troops/spells.

- This does not provide infinity time. Read Battle Enders to see how battles can end.


Questions?
Feel free to ask in the comments. I will answer.
Have any ideas to add on? Feel free to suggest them in the comments.

Yessssssss!


the dog approves, :smirk:

For one thing, that's the beauty of Clash of Clans attacks because you have a lot of things to take note. That's why some strategies don't exactly work because they need to take note of the 3 minute time. Hogs sometimes fail because of the cleanup time it takes. It's part of the challenge, I believe. Attacking within 3 minutes. Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by homenycablue

For one thing, that's the beauty of Clash of Clans attacks because you have a lot of things to take note. That's why some strategies don't exactly work because they need to take note of the 3 minute time. Hogs sometimes fail because of the cleanup time it takes. It's part of the challenge, I believe. Attacking within 3 minutes. Just a thought.

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The way I see it, this will only add up to 10 seconds. This balances AI glitches.

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Originally Posted by xSnippy

The way I see it, this will only add up to 10 seconds. This balances AI glitches.

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AI glitches? Please define this. What constitutes a 'glitch' verse a player just not planning properly or not understanding why their troop is going in a certain direction.

We've all had 99% attacks and I'm first to admit they are really frustrating (our current war was almost lost because of two 99% and one 97%). But this game rewards attention to detail. I don't think rules should change just because people get frustrated at being 'so close'.

My main problem with your idea is two-fold. 1. Why should players who cannot get all 100% of the base in the alotted time be given overtime? Plenty of other players can do it within the three minutes. And 2. This will just make 98% the new 99%. When does it stop?

I understand your frustration, but a fly ball that is caught up against the wall is just a really long out, it's not a homerun.

I think 3 and a half minutes is more then enough time. Sure, 99% one stars are super frustrating, but it's part of the game. Just like you hate when you are attacking and get that 99% one star in war, you love it when you get the 99% one star defence win. No reason to add "overtime". I do think however, that if a troop shoots a projectile, (Arrow, Wizard blast, AQ bolt, etc.) and it is in midair and time runs out or the final troop is killed, it should still count.

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Originally Posted by Cheeserman

I do think however, that if a troop shoots a projectile, (Arrow, Wizard blast, AQ bolt, etc.) and it is in midair and time runs out or the final troop is killed, it should still count.

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Yeah, I was going to say that :smirk:

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Originally Posted by Cheeserman

I think 3 and a half minutes is more then enough time. Sure, 99% one stars are super frustrating, but it's part of the game. Just like you hate when you are attacking and get that 99% one star in war, you love it when you get the 99% one star defence win. No reason to add "overtime". I do think however, that if a troop shoots a projectile, (Arrow, Wizard blast, AQ bolt, etc.) and it is in midair and time runs out or the final troop is killed, it should still count.

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Totally agree with this

I mostly agree with Cheese, and would only tolerate this if the max time was 3 clean up seconds.

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Originally Posted by Reddigulous

AI glitches? Please define this. What constitutes a 'glitch' verse a player just not planning properly or not understanding why their troop is going in a certain direction.

We've all had 99% attacks and I'm first to admit they are really frustrating (our current war was almost lost because of two 99% and one 97%). But this game rewards attention to detail. I don't think rules should change just because people get frustrated at being 'so close'.

My main problem with your idea is two-fold. 1. Why should players who cannot get all 100% of the base in the alotted time be given overtime? Plenty of other players can do it within the three minutes. And 2. This will just make 98% the new 99%. When does it stop?

I understand your frustration, but a fly ball that is caught up against the wall is just a really long out, it's not a homerun.

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I fully agree with this.