Originally Posted by
MisterOz
Smashing others but don't like being smashed back. Of course. Just in our nature but more so here because for all we know, each of the bases we hit are computer generated bases not belonging to real people. But we certainly know Our base is real.
Issue becomes, as stated, a zero sum for us.
Eg. My queen is upgrading. I'm in Masters so I am going to get hit. Usually by idiotic armies that cost way way more than they get. Such as 4 golems and 6 witches when I have 1k dex available ♥♥♥. Or full level 4 dragon attack with full spells when my total available lix is 100k. It makes no sense whatsoever, to me. And yes, I might get a shield. But it's a negative investment in attacking I am not willing to make to attack others.
And so... I get attacked by such a force and lose 350k gold as I am only a couple hundred away from a wall piece. And the thing is, I am not finding bases as flush as that. And when I do... sorry for not being willing to have an army that costs 300k lix. And so... I raid a few times to try to recover my loss. With the stupid league bonus now being percentage based no-one ever gets the full amount so they are getting less than before. Result, say four raids to recover what I lost, maybe three. Lot of time and effort with spells etc., for three raids just to get back to square one.
I log off and BAM! lose it all again!
Oh ffs... all that effort for nothing. And if I don't attack to try to recover, then in 12 hours I will lose a bulk load again. And now I am going backwards simply because I have a job and work and cannot attack every 3 hours.
THAT is what makes people angry. THAT is what drives people away from the game. Because THAT is not enjoyable and it is not fun.
With TH sniping I had a choice (and I am not advocating its return, just making a point). New system has removed that choice - and - placed me, FORCED me, into a Helpless situation. One where, I know, with 100% certainty, I AM going to get attacked and there isn't a darn thing I can do about it. And with idiotic super expensive war armies being used all I can do is HOPE because we all know no base is unbeatable. Cross my fingers he is useless enough to only do superficial loot damage, but good enough to give me a 30% shield. But up here, that doesn't happen very often.
If people made 1 million and lost 200k, they could handle that. The disheartening comes from the helplessness of the situation in the game now, the wasted effort and inability to get ahead unless played more and more and more. Yes losing 200k hurts. Not as much when I barch five bases in an hour for a mil, but a Lot when it took an hour of troop cooking and spells to get it to do one raid and so on.
