Introducing the Friendly Challenge!

[BrimstoneManor1]

I think this can be a good thing with proper controls and implementation but certainly has the potential to be abused. This feature was always something I thought I wanted but when I sat down to really think about it, it seems very difficult to manage.

On the clan level, I think it can be a great thing, friendly challenges, build better bases, have intra-clan tournaments without having to try an external scrimmage - seems like a lot of fun.

On the war level, there are a number of safeguards that need to be put in place to prevent what is essentially legal sandboxing. Disabling on war days is a good start ( i don't think prep day is a big issue because you can change your base). In addition to that, I like the idea that someone mentioned about perhaps placing a timer on repeat attacks, like we have in replay sharing, which seems like a decent option to prevent mini or second accounts from practicing in a separate clan.

I think this has the potential to be a good thing but could also be very destructive to war if not implemented properly. Cautiously optimistic.

i can see a very good thing when new members join your clan you can have them attack your base to see what kind of skill they have

[Lunaticfringe]

However, the best solution, in my opinion, is adding a timer to bases. Make it so you can't challenge your clan mates to a Friendly Battle against a base that has been built less than 47 hours ago.

Hmm, this might have serious teeth...

So if i accidentally move my builders hut 1 tile ill have to wait 48 hours?

To have someone practice an attack against it, yes.

Fair point, maybe allowing the older layout before the edit to still be practiced on would fix this. Moving your builder hut by one tile should not affect your overall base strength by much at all.

Ehh, I disagree here. I'd much rather have it be no exceptions to the rule, then I/many can feel comfortable that no edge is being gained. We're talking about friendly challenges. It's okay to wait 47 hours in order to friendly attack it in my mind.

I'd think it best to not get into the debate about, "hey, this isn't a significant change!"

If you put it unavailable while in war then B2B war clans (the majority) would never get to use this feature.

47 hours is far to long.

Nobody but developers know about restrictions anything like that so dont complain until you know.

To basically remove the possibility of practice attacking? No, 47 hours isn't too long. The game has done well this entire time without it. Not sure why putting a time limit on being able to attack it makes a significant difference

[MEGABOSS]

Been waiting for this for forever.

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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!

[Stegenarts]

Here is an idea on the concerns of those who will copy a war base and practice on it with there team mates during the 2 days of the prep and war times.

What about not alowing the Friendly Battle option once war has been declared?

[rv4]

That wont work because you can use a separate clan to make bases and sim all you want

[Beester]

Maybe this feature is not available during war?

Won't matter if they can see a screenshot or video of an attack, account 2 can do it in clan 2 all day long.

[orangemojo]

Won't matter if they can see a screenshot or video of an attack, account 2 can do it in clan 2 all day long.

yeah how many clans are going to that? a small percentage of elite war clans maybe?

[rv4]

once clans realize thats how to win without actually being good, them all

[Mc1985]

Amazing idea glad it finally made it now I hope the release is hasty. And global trash talkers will be silenced still. When they begin telling you how they will 3 star you invite em in and throw down the gauntlet!!! Finally something for a plus. Now can we get a single space housing dark troop?!

[QueenBeeq]

This wont be controversial at all if it is simply disabled while the clan is at war. Any players IN a war also cannot participate even if they jump to another clan.

This feature cannot go live until this issue is addressed. i personally love the idea but doing this without a freeze during war lets the modders win.