I’m so frustrated

[Antonioca]

I believe I should be able to miniball that base (Balloonions) and take two of your elixir storages, the dark elixir storage and at least two of your gold storages. With my TH8 troops, that is. (Balloons lvl 5, Miniions lvl 3, Rage lvl 4)
I'd go in from the bottom with 28 balloons, a dragon and a balloon from the castle, 2 rage spells and then send in as many of my 30 minions as I need. I could not three-star it or take all three elixir storages though.

I don't think that to many people attack with that kind of army. That being said, the fact that you don't think you could take it all is saying something.

[Spearhead]

I second what Conan said. I also have kids (2), a job, and other interests, so I can't/don't play nonstop. Like you, I found that the transition to TH8 was very difficult. I had nearly maxxed out TH7, but I still found myself with TH7 troops, TH7 defenses, and the TH8 loot penalty, and I was getting rolled by TH9s because suddenly 95% of my loot was available to them (as opposed to 50%). Frankly, it sucked, but it got better after about a month, once I had some level 5 troops and had my new toys upgraded somewhat. And then the new loot system hit!

Unfortunately, that's another issue you're having to contend with: the general lack of loot. I upped my TH about a month before the last update, so although the first month was hard for me, loot was generally available overall. I can't imagine how much harder it must be for you given that the overall CoC economy at the higher THs is in turmoil and that TH8 seems to have taken the brunt of the impact.

At the risk of repeating the advice of others:

• Put your TH outside your walls and easy to get to, then put some traps between the TH and the rest of your base (where they'll only get triggered if the attacker tries to keep going after taking the TH). Ninety percent of the time you'll get a cheap shield out of it.
• Get the extra storages, and design your base so that each storage is in a separate compartment with 1–2 defenses. Make the enemy really work to get what you have.
• Buy all the new toys that come with TH8, and upgrade them. They're cheap and fast at first and provide at least a little protection/distraction between the enemy and your storages.
• Keep one builder free or on quickie jobs, so that you can pour any extra gold into walls before you log off. They can't steal walls.
• Farm for a while with fast, cheap troops (I use BAG with a few giants and wallbreakers).
• And finally, keep your DE stores low. It's in short supply higher up, so even if you have a decent amount of gold, a lot of attackers will pass you buy if you don't have any DE.

Good luck! You can get past this hump!

I'm in the same situation here: I've almost maxed out at TH8, but I'm not looking forwards to upgrading to TH9 because of the same reasons:

1. I can't/don't play nonstop
2. The usual transition hump is being made much harder because of the lack of loot since the last update!

Not sure what I'm going to do in a week or so! The only thing left for me to do at TH8 would be walls and more walls :-(

[Conan]

I'm in the same situation here: I've almost maxed out at TH8, but I'm not looking forwards to upgrading to TH9 because of the same reasons:

1. I can't/don't play nonstop
2. The usual transition hump is being made much harder because of the lack of loot since the last update!

Not sure what I'm going to do in a week or so! The only thing left for me to do at TH8 would be walls and more walls :-(

I've just started my TH 9 upgrade 10 minutes ago, if you want I can perhaps tell you how I'm doing and the challenges I will face? PM me if you want to stay in contact, I'd be happy if you could learn from my inevitable mistakes and experience.

cheers.

[tankgirl]

I've just started my TH 9 upgrade 10 minutes ago, if you want I can perhaps tell you how I'm doing and the challenges I will face? PM me if you want to stay in contact, I'd be happy if you could learn from my inevitable mistakes and experience.

cheers.

Hey Conan, I would love to be in on that conversation. I'm still about a month out from TH9 (more if I wait for my kids), but I'm already getting nervous.

[tankgirl]

Thanks for all your help guys.

After taking some of your advice, I have been able to get enough loot to upgrade my Archers. Plus I put my Town Hall outside and I was hit last night by 5 barbs, got a shield and lost only 1000 of each and this morning got hit again by an Archer Queen and they took only 500 of each. Only lost 10 trophies all together.

I feel so much better after talking with you guys.

I will carry on and watch some of those Daddy videos as well as change my base design.

Thanks again.

The power of the forums! (when we're not all squabbling with one another)

Here's a link to one of Daddy's videos that might be useful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR-Zx...lXQucULU3TpzoV

[Conan]

Hey Conan, I would love to be in on that conversation. I'm still about a month out from TH9 (more if I wait for my kids), but I'm already getting nervous.

Sounds good, I'll be TH 9 in 10 days, which will be February 1st. I think I will actually start a thread on this topic so everyone can follow along and see the answers to any questions you guys might have.

it'll also be great for me since your suggestions will probably help me as well.

cheers!

[Spearhead]

Sounds good, I'll be TH 9 in 10 days, which will be February 1st. I think I will actually start a thread on this topic so everyone can follow along and see the answers to any questions you guys might have.

it'll also be great for me since your suggestions will probably help me as well.

cheers!

Great idea! Thanks, Conan. I'll be following your journey closely :-)