I want to start off by saying, don't worry. This isn't another idea reguarding builder upgrades, doubling up builders on an upgrade, or a new hero builder (that last one I made up... I hope). My idea is a small change that would not be some huge game changer to try and help newer, lower leveled players catch up to higher leveled players. My idea is related towards all of the complaints people have with gold.
My idea is a new option for builders. When a builder is not busy with an upgrade, you have the option to have him "work" on an elixir collector or gold mine (Note: I did not include dark elixir mines as an option). While a builder is working on a mine or collector, that collector/mine receives a 2x production bonus (this boost has recently been debated down to 1.5x to stack with gems). That's right, a man bashing his mallet thingy on a mine or collector punishes that mine/collector into working harder! One builder max can work on a mine or collector, and can be stopped at any time. I personally think that thhis feature should come at no cost, therefore you would be able to have a builder begin or stop working on a mine/collector freely at no cost or cooldown.
Purpose of idea:
-To help eleviate many people's issues with gold (we all know some people will never be satified with this
).
-To give players who do not have enough resources to use their builders for upgrades a way to still utilize the builders.
-To eventually slightly increase available loot inactives and actives can offer if their builders are working on mines.
-All players, high level and low, can use this to help with upgrading walls (especially TH 10's).
-Gives another reason for casual and hardcore players alike to upgrade and max their mines and collectors!
-To keep builders busy to help maintain their weight (we don't want them outgrowing their puny huts)
-I'm sure there's something else!
The (debatable) mechanics: *NOTE: These are edited based on your comments!
-An open builder can be placed on a single mine/collector for NO cost
-Mines/collectors will have the "work" option available for a free builder to work on it when there is not arleady a builder working on it
-The builder can be stopped at any time
-This boost gives a 1.5x or 2.0x production increase to that mine/collector
-This boost can be stacked with gems for a total of a 2.5x (or 3.0x) production rate increase
-Builders can "work" on dark elixir drills... But DE drills would be given a smaller boost from the builder
*The boost for drills would be 1.25 if the boost for mines/collectors is 1.5x. If the mine/collector boost were to be 2.0x, the drill boost would only be 1.5x. This compensates the higher worth of DE compared to gold and elixir.
-Limitations: A player starts off without this feature. At level 20 the player unlocks this ability, but is limited to using one builder at a time on a mine, collector or drill. Every 20 levels a player increase this limit by 1, allowing a level 100 player with 5 builders to put all 5 to work! This feature now only gives players incentive to purchase/earn builders early on, but it also gives more purpose to the level of the player, making leveling more exciting!
EDIT: Thanks to your feedback and participation in the poll, a couple of trends have come to light:
-There is an even split currently on whether the builder's boost should be 1.5x or 2.0x. This split is evident in both the poll and with the comments. Please continue this debate!
-Many of you cannot read :/
Why I think that this idea makes sense:
-People cannot "abuse" this feature, because if they put their builders to work on mines/collectors, they are choosing this over upgrading structures!
-People who choose to put all of their builders on mines/collectors don't receive that huge of a boost to income, so I feel that this would not be unfair, especially since lower TH's have lower leveled mines/collectors.
Hope you find this idea to be a positive one. All comments are welcome, especially constructive criticism!
If you disagree with this idea for any reasons, due please explain to me why, thanks
Originally Posted by iDANglin
Not hating! Are you suggesting that there would have to be a minimum time length involved? In other words, when you set a builder to work on a mine or collector, you can't free him until he has worked for at least 12 hours? I know that many players who lack resources to keep their builder busy would set builders to work for days at a time. High level players would set builders almost indefinitely once they run low on upgrades and need gold for walls or DE for troops, hero upgrades, etc. Thanks for the help
