Introducing the Friendly Challenge!

[Wreckingcrew]

You don't NEED to do anything at all. You NEED to wait and see how the update will play out before crying about it.

[bog3nator]

So now enemy team can copy ur base and sandbox it all day. Horrible idea supercell

dont you have to send the invite to attack your base, and it clearly says from a CLAN MATE....someone didnt read the fine print. QQ

[TurmBo]

This WILL be the end of Clan wars.. Anyone can make a base now and practice hitting it.. This shows that Supercell gives no ♥♥♥♥s about its war based players.

Thanks for ruining a great game

So your big concern is that it may help others become more competitive by learning to attack specific bases and learn better construction techniques for their own? Fascinating....

[VincenTerentino]

When you play at a high level you absolutely can control where your troops go. Understanding troop AI is what separates the good attackers from the bad attackers. 1 tile off can make or break a raid in some cases.

This update will allow talented attackers to practice repeatedly until they have the perfect attack.

And all of you saying this won't matter because we still won't know trap locations, all it takes is one excellent scout to show all the traps. Then the opponent has unlimited attacks to crack your base. Don't tell me people aren't going to exploit the hell out of this.

Please SuperCell, put some sort of cool down timer (24 hours) on this or lock this feature out if you're in a war.

Exactly! I wish I could upvote this. Only attackers don't realize, many clans (like mine) have a few scouts at the bottom that search for traps and bombs. Now, we can just find said traps and place them in the correct location and practice until it's perfected. SC is sandboxing...

[Micker99]

They need to make it not available when your clan is in war, that will fix most potential problems. BUT, you would need to be able to have someone with the exact same defenses/wall/hero levels etc in your clan, to be able to simulate the attack.

I think it will just be good to practice using different troops, like bowlers etc.

[Nuthook1981]

YES! YES! YES!

I've just posted the very same idea but it seems you got there first. Great minds, mate!

THIS NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

[Zelonius]

???
Really never thought I'd see this.

While I like what it will do for clans from a social aspect, and indeed increasing attack skill.....it does rather lead to: whomever tries the hardest, copies all warbases and practices the most, wins.
Though I suppose you'd partially balance that out with recent war record influencing matchups slightly.

So, tl;dr: while I like it, I think it's a bad thing for all but the most dedicated players.

Copying what you see will not benefit you as much because you dont knowwhere traps are

[Rizen22]

Everything already been said in this huge thread now. I am joining the camp that has major concerns about this update though. Sc needs to find a way to prevent this being misused during war. Surely Sc must have given this thought, or....?
At first glance the new update seems bad, hope im wrong.

[GarChimp]

You don't NEED to do anything at all. You NEED to wait and see how the update will play out before crying about it.

Any competent player can see how this feature (as it is announced to be so far) will destroy wars for the people who only play this game to war...

[Matt1111]

Whats the point of banning cheats by introducing the fair play rule, when you bring in a new feature that does the same thing.
wars are now completely ruined, the winning clans will simply be the ones that copy bases and friendly attack the most to perfect the best strategy for 3 stars.
wars were a good test of strategy, testing new ideas and troop combos, no point any more as you have a million attempts to get it right.
Whilst this works on Royal, Royal doesn't have war. Cannot believe this has happened, seems supercell are on update speed trying to change it every month without giving the game time to settle.
in danger of taking a gem of a game and turning it into something not so,appealing.

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Friendly Challenges let clanmates attack one another for practice, competition, or just plain fun! Friendly Challenges are unlimited and won’t cost gold or consume Troops, Spells, Heroes or Traps. You also won’t earn resources, Trophies or other bonuses.



Issuing a Friendly Challenge:

To invite your clanmates to attack your village, look for the new "Challenge" button at the top of Clan chat. You can choose between your active layout or any other valid saved layout, including War Bases. Add some custom text (or don’t) and post the Friendly Challenge to the Clan chat. Simple!

Once posted, any member of your Clan can accept the Friendly Challenge and launch an attack against your chosen layout. Don't worry, they won't be able to steal any of your resources or Trophies. Any troops you have in your Clan Castle at the time you post will be used as defensive troops, but you won’t lose those either.



Accepting a Friendly Challenge:

When you accept a Friendly Challenge, you will attack your clanmates village using your current army. Everything you deploy will be returned to you after the battle, so don’t hold back!

The replay and results of your attack will be available in Clan chat. Of course, if your Clan can't wait that long, they can watch the attack live.



Practice, Perfect and Experiment!

Friendly Challenges will provide you with an awesome way to improve your attacking skills, perfect your defensive layouts, experiment with different troops or just have fun. Test out different army compositions, new layout ideas, or try something crazy! Clans can arrange competitions, or just have friendly back-and-forth duels.

We hope to see Friendly Challenges widely used! We see the ability to practice attacks at any time helping to motivate new attacking and defending strategies, and help Clans get even better at playing together.



Please leave your thoughts and feedback in the comments below!