So now th9's zap Dark Elixir?

[Bigtooth78]

I love all the haters when it comes to zapping, calling this tactic no skill and cheap. I then look at many of your signatures and see that most of you are farmers or are "proud" to be part of farming clans etc. Ok, so please tell me why zapping (at ANY level) is cheap while constantly beating up low TH with farming methods is any better... oh, and then leaving your TH outside of walls to get a free shield. Why is one cheap tactic more honourable than the other?

Many of you are hypocrites of the highest order.

Sure there are better ways to get de, but if you have 4 lightning spells why not get an easy 1000-1200de if you have to leave the game for a bit anyways. People usually always have too much elixer so makes sense to me if you come across a TH10 with a possible high de take.

I agree with you whole heartedly. There is no book on COC etiquette - just people who don't like certain tactics but justify others. Don't like it? Revenge. Being zapped by someone revenging you? Part of the game. As long as it's not against the rules it is fair play and last time I checked there is no rule against it. Clash and ZAP on!

[daz258]

I guess this tactic will always be around unless they change the mechanic of it.

Indeed, personally I do not like how DE lightning can be as profitable as it is. As it is a 0 risk strategy.

Even farming at gold leagues with a hall out has some risk involved, sure lower risk then Crystal or Masters - but still some risk. You are never guaranteed someone will take your hall and move on. Some take it and have a free swing at loot, or another high level farmer will find you and give you a real smacking.

But unless SuperCell change it, we have to live with it and move on. If someone with a strong base only used lightning on you, they will have got less then a full on successful attack - and not have you leaking further gold re arming traps. Getting hit with lightning by high level players is not the end of the world. They are also more likely to have some decent loot to revenge unlike TH7 bolters.

[Vengence]

So many posts arguing what is or isn't right. If you are not using the game's mechanics to your advantage that's your own fault. But calling others 'weak' or 'unskilled' because of it is just petty.

There is no honour badges in the game.

It's a war game, you do whatever it takes.

Its a game mechanic that was not intended, it's like all the complaints about hogs, they destroy it all so easy. Lighting is the same but easier, click and leave/snipe. Just like a hog attack but instead of destorying everything, just getting 4/5 of the storage. I can say 95% of the forums were complaining about the hogs, but according to you "If you are not using the game's mechanics to your advantage that's your own fault." yet I can safely say that if this was about hogs people wouldn't be agreeing with this.

[Slayer69420]

Its a game mechanic that was not intended, it's like all the complaints about hogs, they destroy it all so easy. Lighting is the same but easier, click and leave/snipe. Just like a hog attack but instead of destorying everything, just getting 4/5 of the storage.

Hogs and DE Lightning were intended to be part of the game mechanics, this is the biggest load of ♥♥ I have ever heard, unless you show me a picture of a Supercell Moderator telling me it isn't you are making a false accusation

[Slayer69420]

Its a game mechanic that was not intended, it's like all the complaints about hogs, they destroy it all so easy. Lighting is the same but easier, click and leave/snipe. Just like a hog attack but instead of destorying everything, just getting 4/5 of the storage. I can say 95% of the forums were complaining about the hogs, but according to you "If you are not using the game's mechanics to your advantage that's your own fault." yet I can safely say that if this was about hogs people wouldn't be agreeing with this.

Hogs were never overpowered I would agree if this was an argument used against Hogs being OP

[Vengence]

Hogs and DE Lightning were intended to be part of the game mechanics, this is the biggest load of ♥♥ I have ever heard, unless you show me a picture of a Supercell Moderator telling me it isn't you are making a false accusation

My proof is in the constant nerfs to the hogs, first damage and health decrease, then health decrease, and now cost increase. If it was intended to be so powerful SC wouldn't have nerfed. Its like lighting, increased health the de storage to help against lighting, I still think they are trying to find a solution. This is my opinion, agree or don't I can't care.

[Vengence]

Hogs were never overpowered I would agree if this was an argument used against Hogs being OP

Why were they nerfed then?

[daz258]

Its a game mechanic that was not intended...

Not sure about that. Even before dark elixir existed players could use lightning on storages. Back then though the spells cost gold, and took longer to cook.

Since then we have seen many changes, which is why it probably does need to be reviewed again.

In order that I can recall.

*Spell cooking time decreased.
*DE storage HP increased.
*Spell costs reduced.
*200% loot bonus dropped to 150% [since scrapped with new system]
*Spells now cost elixir.
*New loot system raised cap from 2 000 to 3 000 [For TH10]
*Spell boosts are cheaper then ever before.

Only one change that lasted [small HP increase] to fight it, which was something like 8 months ago.

While elixir spells, cheaper boosts and higher caps for ALL halls to take advantage of it have been introduced since; snowballing it.

[Inquisitor]

I can't believe a Town Hall 9 had zapped my Dark Elixir. Maybe he was mad I took 2500 from him and he couldn't touch mine. Either way, there is no reason a Town Hall 9 should be zapping. Pathetic

In revenge, every bet is off.

[Axe]

The real question is: Why not?