TH sniping should no longer give shields

[Shery1998]

With the revenge exploit removed, there should be a future update that removes the exploit of placing TH outside a base to receive cheap shields.

The spirit and intention of the game is to play both offense and defense. Some may argue that it is a strategy to place the TH outside to protect their resources, but obviously, it can be easily seen as an exploit of game mechanics. We are suppose to protect our resources with our well placed and hard earned defensive units, rather hoping for some noob come along and snipes our TH, enabling us to hide our resources behind a cheap shield.

We will still get one starred by getting our TH destroyed, but we will not get a shield. People will still have the freedom to place their TH where ever they'd want to place it, however, they will no longer be able to exploit the game for a cheap shield.

This will definitely make the high cuppers happy, and we can finally put an end to the cheap shield debate between cuppers and farmers.

I am a farmer myself, and I don't need a cheap shield. The farmers that does, gives all farmers a bad name.

sorry, totally disagree.

[Wenyan]

Exactly. In order to get easy shield, farmers actually needs to have very strong base protection. The contrast between the heavily guarded resources and totally unprotected townhall encourages people to only take townhall and not to think about trying to get resources. Otherwise there is nothing provents people from proceeding to your resources.
Actually, I have met quite a large number of people who proceed to try to take the storages after taking out the townhall. Happily they soon realized that it is no good trying to challenge my defenses, and most of the time they fail miserably. I'd like to post a sign there"Told Ya"!

This is just plain silly.
Equating leaving TH outside with che@t shielding is totally ABSURD!

Che@t shielding involves colluding with another player(s) to BLOCK ANYONE ATTACKING you with guaranteed outcome.

Leaving TH outside is nothing more than your own base design and strategy - with totally unpredictable outcome while your base is still OPEN TO ANY ATTACKS from normal match making!

Huge Huge difference!

Why is leaving TH outside an exploit? Why should one have to hide TH behind walls? Why should one have to have walls?
Base design is total freedom. You can use walls to paint alphabets to send a message if you want - is that an exploit?

Where is the rule that one has to hide certain buildings behind walls? TH? Storage? Defense?

Some high level players level all their storage outside as a shield - would you call it an exploit?

Some people leave TH outside with level 7 teslas all around it - it's part of the game and part of the strategy. Would you call it an exploit?

Some people would take the outside TH and proceed to attack the storage for a 2 star - would you call it an exploit?

[SimplyBreeze]

So many people are trying to hurt the farming players since the trophy hunters exploit got destroyed

[TehMikester]

So many people are trying to hurt the farming players since the trophy hunters exploit got destroyed

Yeah, it seems to me too that they are lashing out because of their frustration. I feel yesup's post quoted above summarizes the difference between che@t shielding and what I would call TH placement strategy nicely.
When I was TH7, I won countless defenses having the TH outside, but just barely in the range of two mortars, two ATs, and a welcoming party of two Teslas with spring traps in front of them. You could basically see the rage-quits in the replays.

[KENdiabolics]

Yeah, it seems to me too that they are lashing out because of their frustration. I feel yesup's post quoted above summarizes the difference between che@t shielding and what I would call TH placement strategy nicely.
When I was TH7, I won countless defenses having the TH outside, but just barely in the range of two mortars, two ATs, and a welcoming party of two Teslas with spring traps in front of them. You could basically see the rage-quits in the replays.

Lolll going to crystal by sniping when I was a town hall 7 and getting ambushed by 4 max teslas.... RAGE!!

[Goodguy]

I'm mostly a farmer and I do feel that putting the TH outside is kind of exploiting the game mechanics. I don't think supercell intended the game this way. I'm all up with the TH giving more resources. Raise the resource cap to 250k (what it used to be) and let the TH hold 50k.

[Golden119]

I'm mostly a farmer and I do feel that putting the TH outside is kind of exploiting the game mechanics. I don't think supercell intended the game this way. I'm all up with the TH giving more resources. Raise the resource cap to 250k (what it used to be) and let the TH hold 50k.

+1 for the sentiment, dunno about the numbers though.

[mmmarlin]

Why is this thread still alive?

[kingleo10]

Why is leaving TH outside an exploit? Why should one have to hide TH behind walls? Why should one have to have walls?
Base design is total freedom. You can use walls to paint alphabets to send a message if you want - is that an exploit?

Where is the rule that one has to hide certain buildings behind walls? TH? Storage? Defense?

Some high level players level all their storage outside as a shield - would you call it an exploit?

Some people leave TH outside with level 7 teslas all around it - it's part of the game and part of the strategy. Would you call it an exploit?

Some people would take the outside TH and proceed to attack the storage for a 2 star - would you call it an exploit?

If you like design your base that way, why hurting so much when (suggested to) removing the shield from TH? All those people with post about leaving TH "a better base design" for resource protection shouldn't be concerned at all. You need to support this idea to separate yourself from those with all the intention to get a cheap shield.

[cyng99]

How about making the th actually hold more than a token amount? Say, it holds 75k/75k/500, and is added on to total loot available.
That would actually give greater emphasis to base defence, as well as increasing overall loot available, as
1.obviously ths would be taken for a certain amount.
2.farmers hiding behind shields 50% of the time could now be farmed for a significant amount of gold/elixir.
Please don't flame this post unless you explain why, please.