How to get rid of "farming" PERMANENTLY

[mediapluck]

Why not just make the TH hold 100k or so? I know I wouldn't trade 100k of my resources for a free shield...

This would make the situation better for farmers. You would be giving an incentive to destroy a town hall rather than drop trophies. Farmers want shields, not trophies. They will set their town hall out to get the shield for 100k gold, and people will be eager to collect. Anyone who doesn't have their town hall out will get trophies dropped on them.

Heck, some people might make a living by collecting these ransoms, dropping trophies, and starting again. Wait, that sounds like farming.

Great plan. When can we start?

[asilagyi]

This would make the situation better for farmers. You would be giving an incentive to destroy a town hall rather than drop trophies. Farmers want shields, not trophies. They will set their town hall out to get the shield for 100k gold, and people will be eager to collect. Anyone who doesn't have their town hall out will get trophies dropped on them.

Heck, some people might make a living by collecting these ransoms, dropping trophies, and starting again. Wait, that sounds like farming.

Great plan. When can we start?

Haha.

I think if someone wants to pay 100k for a shield, they can. And for others, you could actually trophy hunt and keep up with your upgrades by killing TH's.

2 mill stored in your TH is extreme, but something like 100k, I think people would continue to farm, but trophy hunters may still be able to pay for their army/ upgrades.

It's just a little incentive, but I think it would work.

[dahimi]

Why not just make the TH hold 100k or so? I know I wouldn't trade 100k of my resources for a free shield...

I would. If you aren't shielded for long periods of time you can and usually will get hit for more than that if you have decently leveled collectors.

Also, lightning to DE storage comes to mind.

[asilagyi]

I would. If you aren't shielded for long periods of time you can and usually will get hit for more than that if you have decently leveled collectors.

Also, lightning to DE storage comes to mind.

Okay, so farmers could continue to farm and pay for their shields.

Trophy hunters could continue to trophy hunt because you earn more resources from TH. So it works for both worlds of the game.

I don't think the problem is to get rid of farming, but just to reward people who want to earn trophies, example being getting more loot if you were to destroy a TH.

I would probably try to destroy TH's just for an extra 100k. More people would want to defend them as well.

Let's say your TH held 200k, would you still exchange that for a shield?

[LouSir]

Okay, so farmers could continue to farm and pay for their shields.

Trophy hunters could continue to trophy hunt because you earn more resources from TH. So it works for both worlds of the game.

I don't think the problem is to get rid of farming, but just to reward people who want to earn trophies, example being getting more loot if you were to destroy a TH.

I would probably try to destroy TH's just for an extra 100k. More people would want to defend them as well.

Let's say your TH held 200k, would you still exchange that for a shield?

I still would, that about the cost of 1 raid, to protect 4mil from raid over and over.

[asilagyi]

I still would, that about the cost of 1 raid, to protect 4mil from raid over and over.

Exactly.

You could continue to farm, and it now wouldn't be called getting a "free shield", so people would stop whining.

People would also stop whining about no incentive to trophy hunt, because army's cost too much. This would give you more loot if you are in fact a TH destroyer.

I think it could work.

[humuhumu]

OP,

I'm confused as to what your end goal is.

Can you please answer this one question: Why are you opposed to farming?

After you answer that question, answer these questions:

If farming was not a practice that is exercised by the majority of the players of CoC, what do you think the landscape will be like instead:

1) Will it be a trophy race all the time?
2) Will it be harder or easier to attack bases and get resources, and why?

After you answer those questions, answer the million dollar question:

3) What is your ideal CoC gameplay environment? What do you want to achieve by getting rid of farming?

humuhumu the man with a lot of questions

[KAHN]

I do not know what the word on the street is, do most people appreciate farming for what it is, or do they resent farming as it results in a large number of players who hold most of the game's resources then get "free" twelve hour shields by isolating their Town Hall from their main base?

Opinions aside, I have come up with a practical solution that would get rid of these "free-loading" "farmers" for good!
Its quite simple really... you know how town halls hold 1,000 of each resource (which was cute at TH 1, but hasn't increased sense)? My solution is this, increase the resources held by your town hall as you level it up, with a final destination of holding 2,000,000 of each resource (dark elixir not included).

This also fixes the problem supercell is about to run into of "hey... If level 6 archers and barbarians cost upwards of 7M elixir... We will need to charge more than that for wizards and other higher units new tiers." (It increases our maximum storage capacity without SLAMMING us with another storage!)

Really, in all reality, finally, to conclude... This will help bring balance back to the games economy, because people will no longer be able to (as easily) slip away with their 12 hour shields, taking their farmed resources with them, never to be seen again and with no fair chance of people to recapture those resources.

ps. This is not a post to gain support from players. I assume that most players who use these forums are the players who farm anyways, those who care enough to use a forums, and may be resistant to this change and fail to see what it may bring to the table.

OP, what level t h are you, and how many trophies do you have?
Have you ever hit a person with a lower level than you?
Have you ever hit an open t h to get trophies?
Unless you have the morals of a saint, I would think you have used the mechanics of the game to your own advantage.

So stop crying and play the game, if you quit now, you can go play some other game like spartan wars where farming is a normal part of the game... or is it?

Before you go, collectors and storages to one side please!


BTW... I don't appreciate you making me go against my signature...
One more post like this, and I will have to change it!

[Daddy]

Just checking in - have you managed to get rid of farming yet?

lol

[KAHN]

Just checking in - have you managed to get rid of farming yet?

lol

Yes we did! Now we all just sit around watching our collectors collect. It's fun!!!