
Originally Posted by
yabapani
I think it is fair to say, at the very least, engineering refers to the purposeful exploitation of the MM algorithm, typically for the purpose of matching against clans that are not stronger than one's own clan.
In reality, this also includes anyone who progresses their village at a steady pace, focused on developing and offense that can defeat an enemy of similar weight or above: a 'when you can 3-star it, build it' mentality.
It gets to a stage however, that clashers stretch this optimisation of base progression to an extent where they have a similiar weight as the TH level below, but have an offense that requires less skill to be successful.
This is the space in which the exploitation has an overwhelmingly detrimental impact on the balance of a Clan War match. Reasonable, well-informed clashers understand this, including engineers... especially engineers.
I'm tired of people perpetually arguing "no one knows what engineering really is."