SC's mind explained.

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Originally Posted by chalovskii

You do realize the game is called clash of clans, I strongly believe wars were in the works since day one.

.5's were a result of TH sniping, same as TH3's in champs and Savage Seven clan in Titan, It made no reason for an attacker to attack them if their TH is outside, .5's were just an exploit of a failed system since day one.

IMO's war is the only somewhat balanced aspect of the game (at the moment), trophy pushing is complete trash, only reason I am in Champs is for the loot bonus and I like to train bigger armies to practice for wars.

Many of our TH9's who are pushing are losing more cups than they gain, it makes no sense.

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.5 s were a direct result of the introduction of wars. Wars were introduced fairly far into the game already and haven't really evolved much since their inception. I don't think war is the focus, it's indeed a 'mini game' as OP calls it, and I so as well actually.
Its an optional distraction.

Th7 s in champ and whatnot didn't hurt anyone and it wasn't easy to achieve even with snipes ...so respect to these guys imo. I'm sad this kind of 'extreme' variant of the game has been killed off.

Generally, in muliplayer games, people like to show off. In FPS, its owning people with mad skillz. In an MMO its having the best loot in the game.

Clan Wars is a much more satisfying way to show off than just being "KewlD00d69" withs ome high number on leaderboard. I literally couldn't care less about that.

It was the best thing they could have done to the game. I never would have gotten into it without it.

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Originally Posted by Hendu71

Generally, in muliplayer games, people like to show off. In FPS, its owning people with mad skillz. In an MMO its having the best loot in the game.

Clan Wars is a much more satisfying way to show off than just being "KewlD00d69" withsome high number on leaderboard.

It was the best thing they could have done to the game. I never would have gotten into it without it.

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sure wars can be very rewarding and satisfying, but is it really better than being the number one player on the leaderboard of the most successful tablet game to date? :smirk:

If it wasn't for clan wars me and the rest of my clan would be gone after the Dec update. ....clan wars was the best introduced change to the game ever....bragging rights for trophies. ...big deal....dominant clan in clan wars....that's something worth bragging about

It might be more appealing for some to be the number one guy on the leaderboard. But the vast majority of people can't even begin to spend the time that it takes to do that. Wars have the advantage of being discreet, and the time time they require is nothing like the time needed to be at the top of the leader board. Also, wars dont require a maxed base.

I think the OP has probably got this account right, and it just underscores how far off the mark SC has been about what will work with their game. They misjudged the desire to push. Most people don't care. They misjudged the popularity of war. They misjudged the popularity of some built-in mechanical features (sniping, cup dropping). And I think it's pretty clear that they either don't understand, or don't care about, the stuff that motivates a huge portion of the player base.

The cynical part of me thinks that they don't like the war scene because, apart from denying people their heroes, they have not figured out a good way to monetize it. One answer to that is simple, start arranged wars, with a cooldown period on them, and let clans bypass or shorten the cooldown with gems.

Another option, for a micro transaction, would be to allow someone to practice against a base encountered in the previous war for a gem or two. This would be a resource sink, a way to make some money, and would not likely be abused, because the only practice bases would be ones from previous war, which doesn't give an unfair advantage in the next war. Alternatively, with this same idea, they could create a new currency for this type of practice, based perhaps on war stars, but allow you to buy the currency with gems.

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Originally Posted by chalovskii

You do realize the game is called clash of clans, I strongly believe wars were in the works since day one.

.5's were a result of TH sniping, same as TH3's in champs and Savage Seven clan in Titan, It made no reason for an attacker to attack them if their TH is outside, .5's were just an exploit of a failed system since day one.

IMO's war is the only somewhat balanced aspect of the game (at the moment), trophy pushing is complete trash, only reason I am in Champs is for the loot bonus and I like to train bigger armies to practice for wars.

Many of our TH9's who are pushing are losing more cups than they gain, it makes no sense.

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War is balanced? Are you seriously reading the forums?

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Originally Posted by GameDog

You're right. Clash of Cups wouldn't have went anywhere.

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Pushing for cups is the most boring aspect of the game. Only reason I push is to gain loot bonus

without clan wars, I would still not know the name of this game, or even if existed. It is still the only thing that keeps me playing.