Hannibal’s Farming Base Guide

[Hannibal]

Thanks for your interest Brycimus. Right now I don't have a great base defense to offer. Bear in mind that:

(1) SC has almost a year of experience under their belt with wallbreakers, and they tried to engineer this one to be immune to distraction by unusual base configurations.

(2) Despite this, the current AI is extremely buggy. And by "buggy," I mean that it acts in nonsensical ways around certain base configurations in clear violation of the rules SC has offered to govern wb behavior.

I'm not too optimistic about building a base around those bugs. It's really hard for me to believe that SC will leave things this way, although they seem to be doubling down on the current AI implementation, so I could be wrong. Regardless, the buggy behavior creates a bit of a no-mans land for folks who want to dig into wb AI and create optimal defenses. Do you spend time planning around the way SC says the AI works, or the way it really does work in game?

If and when I think I have something meaningful to share, I'll do so publicly such that it won't be missed and you won't need to chase me down in game.

[childish]

Noticed you weren't in the Bullies anymore. been busy?

[denial]

He is beta testing a hybrid layout and he doesn't want to be leaked



/insider

[childish]

gotcha! - thanks!

[Hannibal]

I'm being hosed by the fact that no one attacks me. I've been sitting here unclanned and with an empty clan castle for days trying to provoke attacks.

Right now I'm playing with, "legit" designs rather than the ones that exploit the AI bugginess. I'm assuming that the designs dependent on the buggy AI will be fixed, although again I could be wrong. Those designs are already starting to diffuse through the community. If you just keep up to date with the forums, you'll see them.

If I could just get a couple real attacks with wallbreakers I might have something substantive to say.

To the CoC community I say, "Come at me, bro!"

[TimTheEnchanter]

I'm being hosed by the fact that no one attacks me. I've been sitting here unclanned and with an empty clan castle for days trying to provoke attacks.

Right now I'm playing with, "legit" designs rather than the ones that exploit the AI bugginess. I'm assuming that the designs dependent on the buggy AI will be fixed, although again I could be wrong. Those designs are already starting to diffuse through the community. If you just keep up to date with the forums, you'll see them.

If I could just get a couple real attacks with wallbreakers I might have something substantive to say.

To the CoC community I say, "Come at me, bro!"

what trophy range are you?

[Hannibal]

Current trophies 1674. I tend most commonly to be somewhere between 1500 and 1700 although it depends to some degree on how much attention I'm paying to the game and how busy I am with other committments.

[baldiesrt]

im in your range...but no success in finding you...tried over 50-100 searches in the last 2 hours..lol. SC has too many players/servers.

[Zig]

I'm being hosed by the fact that no one attacks me. I've been sitting here unclanned and with an empty clan castle for days trying to provoke attacks.

Right now I'm playing with, "legit" designs rather than the ones that exploit the AI bugginess. I'm assuming that the designs dependent on the buggy AI will be fixed, although again I could be wrong. Those designs are already starting to diffuse through the community. If you just keep up to date with the forums, you'll see them.

If I could just get a couple real attacks with wallbreakers I might have something substantive to say.

To the CoC community I say, "Come at me, bro!"

Maybe try 1700+ and the level 6 troops may start flowing.

[Hannibal]

Yeah, get up too high and you start to see more true trophy attacks with fewer farming attacks. Since it's the farmers I'm interested in rather than the trophy hunters I didn't want to climb too far out of traditional farming ranges. But maybe I'll try it.