So how’s this CWL going?

[Popovichtown]

Our day 1 they turned up with a full set of 13s..
We received news our #1 isnt participating, but still need her base..
4 missed attacks later, absolutely creamed and last..
Looking like 2 or 3 missed attacks day 2, but are only behind 6th on goal difference (destruction) with 2 hours left..
If the others dont have a late flurry of attacks, things wont be so bad leading into day 3, and the shoot out for potentially last place against the other lightweights in the group..
Fingers crossed.

My clan is in the same boat as yours JGD; just trying to not get demoted. We're currently running a 6/9 lineup. The other clans in our group have more 13s, but we seem to have the advantage at the bottom since none of our 12s are rushed. I think we'll be alright as long as everyone attacks. Hopefully there are at least a couple of clans that don't bother to attack and you can keep your spot in C1.

[joshsgrandad]

My cats won't be herded!

Our first attack was a zero star from #11 (15v, 1st season in Masters 3) & every single clanmate from #10 upwards, bar one, attacked their mirror; the bar one was a missed attack. Furious! Lost 23-28, but should have been much closer & a win was feasible if unlikely, but definitely feasible with smarter play.

I've been on at them for months to get away from the obsession that their mirror is theirs and no-one else's. But having risen through 5 leagues, they just won't be told that what worked then won't work now. But they seem to think that Moses descended from Mount Sinai with a third tablet: #11, thou shalt always attack thy opposite number in Clash; #12, thou shalt not covert thy clanmate's mirror; etc...

So I've taken myself out of tomorrow's war & opted out of the rest of the campaign. Might seem a bit drastic, but I don't see the point of trying to lead a clan that won't be led. They can learn, for themselves, the hard way that "mirrors" doesn't pass for tactics at this level. If it shakes out any lingering resentment that I got promoted to Leader five weeks ago & not someone who feels they should have; it's a bonus.

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Made the mistake of leaving my solo clan (Silver 2) with a dozen very new 9s open after I'd been helping elsewhere with Clan Games. 3 other accounts were there; a 5, a 6 (both inactive) & a decent 9 (who; ultimately filled the CC's), so what the hell I spun even though I was planning on parking those accounts for a while. Won the first war 38-14 against a "tadpole" clan: a couple of heavyweights with a long, thin tail. Totally outgunned today (3/4/3/3/2), but should easily pick up another couple of wins, maybe more, from low participation clans. I'd begun to forget how much I enjoyed TH9, so having a blast with those minis. Probably kept me from rage quitting my main clan!

Takes me back over a year.. i rage quit cwl season, then subsequently handed over leadership, then marched my army of accounts out of the clan..
Good thing was that I got to taste a 1 man clan.. Had a years worth of fun before the shine wore off with that.

That must be like a disaster. Try to check the activity of all players before taking them in roster. Feels bad for you mate


Same goes for us in master 3 (15 vs 15). Last time we did well but this time the opponents are like they should have been in master 1 or champs. All max th13's along with fully maxed heroes. We are crushed in all the wars till now and looks like we will be demoted. Now i feel that these th12 and rushed th13 should not be there but what can i do, we don't have many maxers.

BUT happy on the other hand as we would be too strong for crystal 1 next time and can get back again in masters. Also getting no.1 will allow us to give more bonus medals.
THOUGH SAD FOR THIS MONTH

It isnt a lot of fun mate.. But is normal.
only a few of us do regular war, and many that are on the war day roster in cwl are farmers with a perma red tag..
The fact most turn up rather than us getting 8 or 9 hits per war is a bonus in many ways..
But we cant plan, cant do anything except mirrors, and can only hope for a show of force..
We dont have the war accounts for anything else.. Mixed hall wars and all that.

But not complaining.. this is the clan I rage quit a year and a bit ago, after handing it over..
So cant be all bad, since I am back and enjoying life.

We won day 3 against other makeweight easily.. 13 raids done.. bit of daylight in 6th place.. 16 star cushion
Race for the exit between us and 2 other clans.. Hopefully we want crystal 1 more than those 2.

[Kaledonian]

Takes me back over a year.. i rage quit cwl season, then subsequently handed over leadership, then marched my army of accounts out of the clan..
Good thing was that I got to taste a 1 man clan.. Had a years worth of fun before the shine wore off with that.

I dropped in on main to see if there were any freebies or a BoH from the Trader & they are at least having a conversation about mirrors. Didn't join the conversation, they're still blasting away at their opposites. I'm beyond the point of rage quitting, but I think I will probably move on, as I really don't see how I can stay. Dishing out hard lessons comes at a cost & pretty much guaranteeing demotion will have consequences.

Bizarrely tho', I won the lopsided match 8-0! No attacks, none, from them (or my only clanmate). I kept going 'til the law of diminishing returns made it pointless. Just shows that you should never give up though. Third on percentage & equal on points with the top 2, so beginning to think promotion isn't out of the question. Big lead over 4th & one of the rivals only attacked 8 times.

Funny old game. Started out entirely focused on main with no interest in doing CWL with the minis. Now I'm out of CWL on main & having a ton of fun with the minis.

[joshsgrandad]

I dropped in on main to see if there were any freebies or a BoH from the Trader & they are at least having a conversation about mirrors. Didn't join the conversation, they're still blasting away at their opposites. I'm beyond the point of rage quitting, but I think I will probably move on, as I really don't see how I can stay. Dishing out hard lessons comes at a cost & pretty much guaranteeing demotion will have consequences.

Bizarrely tho', I won the lopsided match 8-0! No attacks, none, from them (or my only clanmate). I kept going 'til the law of diminishing returns made it pointless. Just shows that you should never give up though. Third on percentage & equal on points with the top 2, so beginning to think promotion isn't out of the question. Big lead over 4th & one of the rivals only attacked 8 times.

Funny old game. Started out entirely focused on main with no interest in doing CWL with the minis. Now I'm out of CWL on main & having a ton of fun with the minis.

I cant make your decisions but can share my thoughts and experiences.. You are maybe 15 months behind exactly where I was..

The clan went from war focused to very casual very quickly once we opened the doors.. A clan with connections with one of the guys disbanded and everyone migrated over.
They were good guys and gals, but rubbish at war, very good at active chat.

i still wanted war.. but our log took a hit, and the cwl tier progress stalled..
Friction and arguments in chat got worse, to the point whereby I quit cwl mid season.. We were barely covering half the map due to no shows.
i handed over leadership before the next season came around.. Hardly anyone was chatting, I had dropped pretty much everyone from the war team, and it was a terrible place to be.
Chat began to improve thereafter, due mainly to our new leader, but most werent interested in war nor were encouraged (my mate likes a war log too).
But the damage was done with me and the team.. During the next cwl, where activity hadnt improved, I announced I was leaving at the end.

For me, it allowed me to look further at the MMA, and do my own thing.. With nobody to argue with.
I bookmarked the clan to watch their progress.. Was no way I could return, but was still my creation, so still felt some emotional bond.. Funny how that works.

A year or so later, I returned to see my old mate, and things were settled, but he struggled for war members.. Could never do more than 5v war size even tho clan was close to full.
I offered to bulk up the war accounts.. that was a few months ago.
Some still dont talk.. but the few of us that war regularly plus the kids usually keep chat going.

My advice..
If you like where the clan is at, war is good, and are comfortable around them, then pause for thought.
You choose between having a casual/semi casual clan that hits mirrors, or look to join or create a real war focused clan.
You need to decide before the divisions within the clan make it impossible to continue there..
I do have a lot of regrets about my personal behaviour back when I destroyed the fabric of the clan from within.
But make those choices based on what you want for you in the longer term.

And I loved my alt clan..
Loved doing wars with the mini's, is a different game once you been hitting with big boys, making perfect wars the main challenge rather than winning.
But cwl week was tough.. 15 raids per day for 7 days whilst working shifts dont allow for anything except hitting with troops cooked the previous day.

Have fun, or make peace mate.

[Kaledonian]

...Have fun, or make peace mate.

Thanks for sharing JGD.

I think I'll opt for fun. After all I didn't download Clash to stress out every month & unfortunately that's what CWL has become. I was Leader of the clan previously (end of 2018), but was always in charge of CWL bar a couple of exceptions.

Rising through the leagues isn't difficult for an active clan, it'll outgrow the opposition after a few months, but unfortunately success is a bad teacher & complacency kicks in; hitting mirrors has always worked, therefore, it'll always work mentality. I've been banging on for many, many months that we need to hit up for 2's to give the bigger accounts better chances at triples. Far too often we've let wins slip away because they'll login and attack their mirrors, even when there's been a fail down low; I honestly think they don't even check.

I was busy the other day & couldn't get involved much, but I did leave a message in chat pointing out the low fail, but not one of them reacted. That's the real issue for me, "Leader" means absolutely nothing if everyone is just going to please themselves. Even though I couldn't get down to business until the last hour, I still had to finish the following day's CC's, which didn't improve my mood. Checked what had happened so far & the 1* on #1 & a fail at #3 was the last straw, when there were 4 bases at #8 - #11 to choose from (the no-show should've been obvious). So I pulled my accounts, filled the replacement CC's & sent a mail saying that I was out for the duration.

Regrets? Many, but the alternative was an increasingly frustrating week & I'd probably have done something terminal. As things stand, I can leave calmly & let them know why I feel it's over. For now at any rate.

[Obaidkhan121]

CWL are so trash . We never win, its Day 3 and we loses all because of matched with high level players and clan its imposible to win CWL our clan is doing its best but what will they do about higher TH's this game is becoming trash please improve it or you will face alot of loss because of this .

[Munitor]

Real horror stories there JGD and Kaledonian. Only advice I can give is to go where the fun is.

This CWL so far has been odd. On fourth day now against mostly heavier rosters. Whole group seems to be low activity clans, which has led me to win 3 wars with quite a margin. There's a real possibility that I'll promote, but we'll see.

[joshsgrandad]

Thanks for sharing JGD.

I think I'll opt for fun. After all I didn't download Clash to stress out every month & unfortunately that's what CWL has become. I was Leader of the clan previously (end of 2018), but was always in charge of CWL bar a couple of exceptions.

Regrets? Many, but the alternative was an increasingly frustrating week & I'd probably have done something terminal. As things stand, I can leave calmly & let them know why I feel it's over. For now at any rate.

Yeah mate.. I been there.. And am back funnily enough.
To be fair, I am quite relaxed.. With one major exception.
Red tags are a risk.. they are officially out, so is up to them whether they contribute.

But we have one guy with 2 high accounts.. He does both regular and cwl.. regular is with his smaller account, a 12.
But that account has probably the easiest 3 star war base in the entire clash world..
When I suggest he change up with a copy and paste internet base that will take seconds to complete, he gives the thumbs up.. then nothing.. Every war, thumbs up then nothing.. good job its easy to not use expletives when typing.. Drives me nuts, yet expects to be included in every war.. When he doesnt forget there is a war on that is.. How can you forget there is a war on when you already been online and requested?, or attack with one account then forget about the other?.. Rant over lol.

CWL are so trash . We never win, its Day 3 and we loses all because of matched with high level players and clan its imposible to win CWL our clan is doing its best but what will they do about higher TH's this game is becoming trash please improve it or you will face alot of loss because of this .

Mate.. CWL is a progression tool for the most part.. It is only trash if you expect to compete and win some wars without the account size.
So long as activity is up, the accounts advance..
And so long as the accounts advance, you take one step closer to being competitive each month.

For those unwilling to accept the format, sign up period is only 2 days, then can start spinning classic again.
If cwl is causing people to quit when it aint a compulsory event, then they were going to quit anyway at some point when things get tough.

Real horror stories there JGD and Kaledonian. Only advice I can give is to go where the fun is.

This CWL so far has been odd. On fourth day now against mostly heavier rosters. Whole group seems to be low activity clans, which has led me to win 3 wars with quite a margin. There's a real possibility that I'll promote, but we'll see.

Thanks Munitor.. It can be rough mate for the committed.. But am back anyway for another go.

Good luck with the season mate.. War day activity has promoted me a couple of times despite the odds with the mini.
All part of the recipe for success.. Will help that you and your guys can play against heavier bases than their own, so kudos to you guys, despite the low activity league.. You still need to get the stars.

[2222]

CWL are so trash . We never win, its Day 3 and we loses all because of matched with high level players and clan its imposible to win CWL our clan is doing its best but what will they do about higher TH's this game is becoming trash please improve it or you will face alot of loss because of this .

If you never win, then you drop down to a lower league where you will be the one with the stronger bases.

[ExploringGalaxy]

If you never win, then you drop down to a lower league where you will be the one with the stronger bases.

That is not always the case, loosing all wars can still remain in that leauge at lower position like 6.