Reduction in Spell times long overdue!

[SuperSteve[Supercell]]

It's been a few updates now since the Spell times have been adjusted. With the addition of new weapons and upgrades the need for Spells has also risen. 45 minutes for a Rage spell? Seriously?!

I'm not proposing anything too drastic. Perhaps shaving 10-15 minutes off existing spell times would suffice.

Lightning - 30 minutes reduced to 20 minutes ; Rage - 45 minutes reduced to 30 Minutes etc.

While these small changes in times aren't going to make a huge difference, it will at least help us somewhat. I realise the Spell Factory now has a 4hr boost for 20 Gems and that's a move in the right direction, I still feel a reduction in Spell times is long overdue though.

Rage spells used to take 4 hours, remember?

I'll run this idea by the fellas.

[facescraper]

Rage spells used to take 4 hours, remember?

I'll run this idea by the fellas.

Yep, and 24hrs a Santa Spell!

Thanks Steve!

[Altin]

Yep, and 24hrs a Santa Spell!

Thanks Steve!

Correction: 25 hours
Because Christmas is on the 25th.

[AirmanRaider]

Lightning takes away the requirement of using strategy. Almost any decent dark elixir farmer out there will admit that dark elixir farming is challenging and takes a good bit of strategy. You have to find an army composition that works for you and your schedule and farm accordingly. Lightning is a cheap way for people not to use any skill and easily steal dark elixir. I'm truly surprised there hasn't been an update limiting the amount of dark elixir that can be gained from lightning spells. I can understand lightning spells being 30 minutes or shorter train time if it had a lesser effect on de, but I don't like it at all for now. It's great to have 1 to lightning cc archers, but that's about it for skilled players.

Lighting on de is only one use of lightning spells. What about all the cuppers who use it to take out the cc or to get that last few percent? Are you going to make them wait even longer for their raids?

[facescraper]

Correction: 25 hours
Because Christmas is on the 25th.

Mother of God, you're right! That's even longer! hehe

[Sabotage777]

Some great points here. The thing to remember is the game changes every month. New troops, new defences... The times need to be adjusted also to maintain the games balance.

Great thread face....couldn't agree more. Hate when my troops are done and even with zoomed spell factory 5th spell isn't finished. Don't often use 5 spells but you get the jist.

[Gulyas1]

I remeber when they took a life time, so I think they are great the way they are, it wasn't that long ago they took a huge reduction in time, also, with the new addition of the extra 3 1/4 hours of spell boost, I don't think its needed, if everything keeps taking huge chunks of reductions, then it just makes everything OP.

spells are fine.

Last update, spell cost switched for gold to elixir.
The 1 gem boost, over the Halloween period.
End of August, they reduced the price of spells
June was introduction of level 6 spells
April was the huge reduction in time.

Spells can really turn the tide of a raid, yea great on attack, but annoying on defence, players would explode on the forums, they have done a lot over the course of the game, I don't think in introduction of reduced time (again) is needed, spells are great how they are. If supercell change anything, it should be reverting them back to previous time just to remind players how slow they where before.

[locke]

I actually think the spell times are ok, but if reductions occur do not reduce lightning for the love of god.

i think for mean for the love of de and i agree with you. If we want to use 3 rages and a lightening we have to wait 165 minutes..or 2 hours and 45 minutes. thats quite a bit

Rage spells used to take 4 hours, remember?

I'll run this idea by the fellas.

ooohhh. thinking about that wait time gives me shivers. we have come a long way since then

[Mendax]

In my day we didn't even have spells, and when they were finally invented they took four hours to make. You whippersnappers with all your instant gratification are just spoiled.

[Boblo]

Possibly like 5 minutes on most but since it has recently been changed to elixir there is no need to lower the time