Problem 1: elixir sinks outweigh elixir inflow from the game
Problem 2: players are league dropping in hopes of finding better loot
Problem 3: social aspects of the game are suffering because people log off while armies are made
Problem 4: the intent of the december update was to motivate people to have epic battles, but the army cost and training time is excessive
Problem 5: gemming the barracks lost it's appeal because the gold/elixir/DE gain per gem is severely reduced when using armies that can get to the core
Problem 6: game doesn't feel like fun anymore because of excessive waiting for armies to be ready
Solution for all of the above: Trophy League perks system that offers army and spell cost reduction as well as army training time, spell brewing time and hero regeneration time reductions.
I will give explanation on how I got to these numbers below, but I would like to show the final perks first. So, here they are (also can be used as TL;DR):
Bronze league perks:
Archer: 10% cost reduction
Giant: 5% cost reduction
Wall Breaker: 10% cost reduction
Spells: 10% cost and 10% brewing time reduction
Silver league perks:
Archer: 10% cost reduction
Giant: 15% cost reduction
Wall Breaker: 10% cost reduction
Balloon: 20% cost and 20% training time reduction
Wizard: 20% cost and 20% training time reduction
Spells: 10% cost and 10% brewing time reduction
Gold league perks:
Giant: 10% cost reduction
Wall Breaker: 10% cost and 20% training time reduction
Balloon: 10% cost and 10% training time reduction
Wizard: 10% cost and 10% training time reduction
Healer: 30% cost and 25% training time reduction
Spells: 10% cost and 10% brewing time reduction
Crystal league perks:
Wall Breaker: 10% cost reduction
Balloon: 10% cost and 10% training time reduction
Wizard: 10% cost and 10% training time reduction
Healer: 5% cost reduction
Dragon: 40% cost and 40% training time reduction
Pekka: 40% cost and 40% training time reduction
Minion: 40% cost reduction
Hog rider: 40% cost reduction
Valkyrie: 40% cost and 20% training time reduciton
Golem: 40% cost and 40% training time reduction
Spells: 10% cost and 10% brewing time reduction
Hero regeneration time: 20% reduction
Master league perks:
Wall Breaker: 10% cost and 10% training time reduction
Balloon: 10% training time reduction
Wizard: 10% training time reduction
Healer: 10% training time reduction
Dragon: 10% cost and training time reduction
Pekka: 10% cost and training time reduction
Valkyrie: 10% cost and training time reduction
Golem: 10% cost and training time reduction
Witch: 50% cost and training time reduction
Lava Hound: 50% cost and training time reduction
Spells: 10% cost and 10% brewing time reduction
Hero regeneration time: 30% reduction
Champion league perks:
Wall Breaker: 5% cost and 5% training time reduction
Balloon: 10% training time reduction
Wizard: 10% training time reduction
Healer: 5% training time reduction
Dragon: 10% cost and 10% training time reduction
Pekka: 5% cost and 10% training time reduction
Valkyrie: 5% training time reduction
Golem: 10% cost and 10% training time reduction
Witch: 10% cost and 10% training time reduction
Lava Hound: 10% training time reduction
Spells: 10% cost and 10% brewing time reduction
Hero regeneration time: 10% reduction
Titan league perks:
Wizard: 10% training time reduction
Pekka: 5% training time reduction
Spells: 5% brewing time reduction
Hero regeneration time: 5% reduction
Total cumlative bonuses at Titan league:
Barbarian - 0% cost / 0% time
Archer - 20% cost / 0% time
Giant - 30% cost / 0% time
Wall Breaker - 55% cost / 35% time
Balloon - 40% cost / 60% time
Wizard - 40% cost / 70% time
Healer - 35% cost / 40% time
Dragon - 60% cost / 60% time
Pekka - 55% cost / 65% time
Minion - 40% cost / 0% time
Hog Rider - 40% cost / 0% time
Valkyrie - 50% cost / 35% time
Golem - 60% cost / 60% time
Witch - 60% cost / 60% time
Lava Hound - 50% cost / 60% time
Spells - 65% cost / 65% time
Hero regeneration - 65% time
EXPLANATION HERE (TL;DR end also here):
In order to make the game more interesting, the training with boosted barracks should be 10 minutes. Anything longer than that is going to force players to go offline and do something else. With 3 minutes of nexting and 3 minutes of attacking, people can wait for 4 minutes for their armies to attack and keep the game fun. Therefore the unboosted time limit should be 40 minutes for heroes, spells and armies as well. I have calculated the normal barrack armies for the maximum slots available for their TH level, and the dark barrack armies for half the slots available for their TH level - because having a full DE army is rare, but people often raid with full elixir armies. With that in mind, spell brewing time and cost should cap at 65% in titan league, with 10% increments before that. For heroes, level 10 barbarian king was used for Crystal League, level 30 heroes were used for Master league and level 40 heroes were used for Champion+ leagues.
Seconly, if we want players to be in ther 'correct leagues' then at first we need to have an idea what those leagues would be for each Town Hall level. Here is something that seems reasonable:
TH3 - Bronze 2
TH4 - Silver 3
TH5 - Silver 1
TH6 - Gold 2
TH7 - Crystal 3
TH8 - Crystal 1
TH9 - Master 2
TH10 - Champion 3
TH11 - Champion 1
However, to avoid giving excessive bonuses to higher level players in lower leagues, each league should have a limit on maximum perk bonuses it can give. Here are the values I'd go for:
Bronze - 10%
Silver - 20%
Gold - 30%
Crystal - 40%
Master - 50%
Champion - 60%
Titan - 70%
Since in lower town hall levels it is easier to accumulate loot, for the calculations I have limited the refund as follows:
TH3 - 30% refund
TH4 - 40% refund
TH5 - 50% refund
TH6 - 60% refund
TH7 - 70% refund
TH8 - 80% refund
TH9 - 90% refund
TH10 - 100% refund
TH11 - 100% refund
Then I have placed all TH levels into their appropriate leagues and calculated all the available troops, with the maximum level to calculate what the cost and training time reduction should be:
TH3 vs Bronze 2 league bonus calculations:
barracks: 2
army slots: 70
refund: 30%
training time limit: 2400 * 2 / 70 = 68.57 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 1000 / (70 * 0.3) = 47.62 elixir / slot
cost limits:
Barbarian 2 - 40 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 2 - 80 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 40.475% reduction
Goblin 2 - 40 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 1 - 50 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 4.76% reduction
Wall Breaker 1 - 500 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 90.476% reduction
training time limits:
Barbarian - 20 sec / slot - OK
Archer - 25 sec / slot - OK
Goblin - 30 sec / slot - OK
Giant - 24 sec / slot - OK
Wall Breaker - 60 sec / slot - OK
TH4 vs Silver 3 league bonus calculations:
barracks: 3
army slots: 80
refund: 40%
training time limit: 2400 * 3 / 80 = 90 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 2600 / (80 * 0.4) = 81.25 elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 2 - 40 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 2 - 80 elixir / slot - OK
Goblin 2 - 40 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 2 - 150 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 45.83% reduction
Wall Breaker 2 - 750 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 89.17% reduction
Balloon - 2 - 500 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 83.75% reduction
training time limits:
Barbarian - 20 sec / slot - OK
Archer - 25 sec / slot - OK
Goblin - 30 sec / slot - OK
Giant - 24 sec / slot - OK
Wall Breaker - 60 sec / slot - OK
Balloon - 96 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 6.25% reduction
TH5 vs Silver 1 league bonus calculations:
army slots: 135
number of barracks: 3
refund: 50%
training time limit: 2400 * 3 / 135 = 53.33 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 4800 / (135 * 0.5) = 71.11 elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 3 - 60 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 3 - 120 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 40.74% reduction
Goblin 3 - 60 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 2 - 150 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 52.59% reduction
Wall Breaker 2 - 750 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 90.52% reduction
Balloon 2 - 500 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 85.78% reduction
Wizard 2 - 500 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 85.78% reduction
training time limits:
Barbarian - 20 sec / slot - OK
Archer - 25 sec / slot - OK
Goblin - 30 sec / slot - OK
Giant - 24 sec / slot - OK
Wall Breaker - 60 sec / slot - OK
Balloon - 96 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 44.45% reduction
Wizard - 120 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 55.56% reduction
TH6 vs Gold 2 league bonus calculations:
army slots: 150
number of barracks: 3
refund: 60%
training time limit: 2400 * 3 / 150 = 48 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 13500 / (150 * 0.6) = 150 elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 3 - 60 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 3 - 120 elixir / slot - OK
Goblin 3 - 60 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 3 - 250 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 40% reduction
Wall Breaker 3 - 1000 elxiir / slot - NOT OK, needs 85% reduction
Balloon 3 - 600 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 75% reduction
Wizard 3 - 625 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 76% reduction
Healer 1 - 357.14 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 58% reduction
training time limits:
Barbarian - 20 sec / slot - OK
Archer - 25 sec / slot - OK
Goblin - 30 sec / slot - OK
Giant - 24 sec / slot - OK
Wall Breaker - 60 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 20% reduction
Balloon - 96 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 50% reduction
Wizard - 120 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 60% reduction
Healer - 64.29 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 25.34% reduction
TH7 vs Crystal 3 league bonus calculations:
army slots: 200
number of barracks: 4
number of dark barracks: 1
refund: 70%
training time limit: 2400 * 4 / 200 = 48 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 40000 / (200 * 0.7) = 285.71 elixir / slot
dark elixir cost limit: 120 / (100 * 0.7) = 1.71 dark elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 4 - 100 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 4 - 200 elixir / slot - OK
Goblin 4 - 80 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 4 - 350 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 18.37% reduction
Wall Breaker 4 - 1250 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 77.14% reduction
Balloon 4 - 700 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 59.18% reduction
Wizard 4 - 750 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 61.91% reduction
Healer 2 - 428.57 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 33.33% reduction
Dragon 2 - 1450 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 80.30% reduction
Minion 2 - 3.5 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 51.14% reduction
Hog Rider 2 - 9 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 81% reduction
training time limits:
Barbarian - 20 sec / slot - OK
Archer - 25 sec / slot - OK
Goblin - 30 sec / slot - OK
Giant - 24 sec / slot - OK
Wall Breaker - 60 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 20% reduction
Balloon - 96 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 50% reduction
Wizard - 120 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 60% reduction
Healer - 64.29 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 25.34% reduction
Dragon - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 46.67% reduction
Minion - 22.5 sec / slot - OK
Hog Rider - 24 sec / slot - OK
TH8 vs Crystal 1 league bonus calculations:
army slots: 200
number of barracks: 4
number of dark barracks: 2
refund: 80%
training time limit: 2400 * 4 / 200 = 48 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 70000 / (200 * 0.8) = 437.5 elixir / slot
dark elixir cost limit: 320 / (100 * 0.8) = 4 dark elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 5 - 150 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 5 - 300 elixir / slot - OK
Goblin 5 - 100 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 5 - 450 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 2.78% reduction
Wall Breaker 5 - 1500 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 70.83% reduction
Balloon 5 - 800 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 45.31% reduction
Wizard 5 - 875 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 50% reduction
Healer 3 - 571.43 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 23.44% reduction
Dragon 3 - 1650 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 73.48% reduction
Pekka 3 - 1440 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 69.62% reduction
Minion 4 - 4.5 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 11.11% reduction
Hog Rider 4 - 11.6 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 65.52% reduction
Valkyrie 2 - 12.5 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 68% reduction
Golem 2 - 17.5 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 77.14% reduction
training time limits:
Barbarian - 20 sec / slot - OK
Archer - 25 sec / slot - OK
Goblin - 30 sec / slot - OK
Giant - 24 sec / slot - OK
Wall Breaker - 60 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 20% reduction
Balloon - 96 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 50% reduction
Wizard - 120 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 60% reduction
Healer - 64.29 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 25.34% reduction
Dragon - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 46.67% reduction
Pekka - 108 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 55.56% reduction
Minion - 22.5 sec / slot - OK
Hog Rider - 24 sec / slot - OK
Valkyrie - 60 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 20% reduction
Golem - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 46.67% reduction
TH9 vs Master 2 league bonus calculations:
army slots: 220
number of barracks: 4
number of dark barracks: 2
refund: 80%
training time limit: 2400 * 4 / 220 = 43.64 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 135000 / (220 * 0.9) = 681.82 elixir / slot
dark elixir cost limit: 740 / (110 * 0.9) = 8.22 dark elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 6 - 200 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 6 - 400 elixir / slot - OK
Goblin 5 - 100 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 6 - 600 elixir / slot - OK
Wall Breaker 5 - 1500 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 54.55% reduction
Balloon 6 - 900 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 24.24% reduction
Wizard 5 - 875 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 22.08% reduction
Healer 4 - 714.29 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 4.55% reduction
Dragon 4 - 1850 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 63.14% reduction
Pekka 3 - 1440 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 52.65% reduction
Minion 5 - 5 dark elixir / slot - OK
Hog Rider 5 - 13 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 36.77% reduction
Valkyrie 4 - 20 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 58.9% reduction
Golem 4 - 22.5 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 63.47% reduction
Witch 2 - 29.17 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 71.82% reduction
Lava Hound 2 - 15 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 45.2% reduction
training time limits:
Barbarian - 20 sec / slot - OK
Archer - 25 sec / slot - OK
Goblin - 30 sec / slot - OK
Giant - 24 sec / slot - OK
Wall Breaker - 60 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 27.27% reduction
Balloon - 96 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 54.54% reduction
Wizard - 120 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 63.63% reduction
Healer - 64.29 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 32.12% reduction
Dragon - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 51.51% reduction
Pekka - 108 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 59.59% reduction
Minion - 22.5 sec / slot - OK
Hog Rider - 24 sec / slot - OK
Valkyrie - 60 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 27.27% reduction
Golem - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 51.51% reduction
Witch - 100 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 56.36% reduction
Lava Hound - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 51.51% reduction
TH10 vs Champion 3 league bonus calculations:
army slots: 240
number of barracks: 4
number of dark barracks: 2
refund: 80%
training time limit: 2400 * 4 / 240 = 40 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 200000 / 240 = 833.33 elixir / slot
dark elixir cost limit: 1220 / 120 = 10.17 dark elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 7 - 250 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 7 - 500 elixir / slot - OK
Goblin 6 - 150 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 7 - 700 elixir / slot - OK
Wall Breaker 6 - 1750 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 52.38% reduction
Balloon 6 - 900 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 7.41% reduction
Wizard 6 - 1000 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 16.67% reduction
Healer 4 - 714.29 elixir / slot - OK
Dragon 5 - 2100 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 60.32% reduction
Pekka 5 - 1800 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 53.70% reduction
Minion 6 - 5.5 dark elixir / slot - OK
Hog Rider 5 - 13 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 21.77% reduction
Valkyrie 4 - 20 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 49.15% reduction
Golem 5 - 25 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 59.32% reduction
Witch 2 - 29.17 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 65.14% reduction
Lava Hound 3 - 17 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 40.18% reduction
training time limits:
Barbarian - 20 sec / slot - OK
Archer - 25 sec / slot - OK
Goblin - 30 sec / slot - OK
Giant - 24 sec / slot - OK
Wall Breaker - 60 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 33.33% reduction
Balloon - 96 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 58.33% reduction
Wizard - 120 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 66.67% reduction
Healer - 64.29 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 37.78% reduction
Dragon - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 55.56% reduction
Pekka - 108 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 62.96% reduction
Minion - 22.5 sec / slot - OK
Hog Rider - 24 sec / slot - OK
Valkyrie - 60 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 33.33% reduction
Golem - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 55.56% reduction
Witch - 100 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 60% reduction
Lava Hound - 90 sec / slot - NOT OK, needs 55.56% reduction
TH11 vs Champion 1 league bonus calculations:
army slots: 240
number of barracks: 4
number of dark barracks: 2
refund: 80%
training time limit: 2400 * 4 / 240 = 40 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 250000 / 240 = 1041.67 elixir / slot
dark elixir cost limit: 1580 / 120 = 13.17 dark elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 7 - 250 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 7 - 500 elixir / slot - OK
Goblin 6 - 150 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 7 - 700 elixir / slot - OK
Wall Breaker 6 - 1750 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 40.48% reduction
Balloon 6 - 900 elixir / slot - OK
Wizard 6 - 1000 elixir / slot - OK
Healer 4 - 714.29 elixir / slot - OK
Dragon 5 - 2100 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 50.40% reduction
Pekka 5 - 1800 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 42.13% reduction
Minion 7 - 6 dark elixir / slot - OK
Hog Rider 5 - 13 dark elixir / slot - OK
Valkyrie 4 - 20 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 34.15% reduction
Golem 5 - 25 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 47.32% reduction
Witch 3 - 37.5 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 64.88% reduction
Lava Hound 3 - 17 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 22.53% reduction
TH11 vs Titan 2 league bonus calculations:
army slots: 240
number of barracks: 4
number of dark barracks: 2
refund: 80%
training time limit: 2400 * 4 / 240 = 40 seconds / slot
elixir cost limit: 300000 / 240 = 1250 elixir / slot
dark elixir cost limit: 2060 / 120 = 17.17 dark elixir / slot
cost limit:
Barbarian 7 - 250 elixir / slot - OK
Archer 7 - 500 elixir / slot - OK
Goblin 6 - 150 elixir / slot - OK
Giant 7 - 700 elixir / slot - OK
Wall Breaker 6 - 1750 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 28.57% reduction
Balloon 6 - 900 elixir / slot - OK
Wizard 6 - 1000 elixir / slot - OK
Healer 4 - 714.29 elixir / slot - OK
Dragon 5 - 2100 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 40.47% reduction
Pekka 5 - 1800 elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 30.56% reduction
Minion 7 - 6 dark elixir / slot - OK
Hog Rider 5 - 13 dark elixir / slot - OK
Valkyrie 4 - 20 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 14.15% reduction
Golem 5 - 25 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 31.32% reduction
Witch 3 - 37.5 dark elixir / slot - NOT OK, needs 54.21% reduction
Lava Hound 3 - 17 dark elixir / slot - OK
I'd also suggest 10% of bonus forum post count to everyone who made it to the bottom of this post. :)
