Update News: New Wall Breaker AI (LEAVE FEEDBACK HERE)

[Kiwim8]

Read this if you haven't yet (could be an eye opener): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...450795388.html

For those who are too lazy to read thru the whole article (although very interesting and recommended), just read the last sentence:

"The 10% who pay for in-game items sponsor the game for everybody else," Mr. Paananen said. "If you do it right, it's a very profitable model."

You can make your own opinion based on that

I too don't want to subscribe.. But fro the gist of what you've written, I'm taking it you are in the camp of the top 10% who play?? Then what camp am I in, where I spend a little? Still top 10%?
Because I am certainly not being looked after, that is unless I start spending more than I currently am and can afford. I still believe the majority of players are in my boat.. from what I read here and from my clan. I have been an elder in my clan for over 6 months. In my clan there isn't one player that is a prolific gemmer. However I can tell you the majority of players have made the odd purchase here and there. Still their No1 complaint is that they can't save enough for the big items.. That just got worse by at least 200% with the update because the wb's don't do their job any more and get you to the storage! I wonder what these players are going to do when they realize this!?

for my final 2cents I would like to say that a few years ago I was sent to a Sales Coarse by the Company I was working for at the time. It was run by some sales guru that had been shipped in from over-seas. After been given the book 'Who stole my Cheese' which talked about excepting and dealing with change, he told us this piece of information; You can increase your pricing structure by 10%, lose 10% of your customers as a result and still increase your profits by 20%!
It is plainly obvious that Supercell has adopted a similar strategy. However we were also told by this guru that your bread and butter customers are by far your most important. You must keep them happy using any and every method at your disposal. I'm afraid Supercell has by passed this extremely important part of their business model.

I don't think that this group of people will start leaving because of Supercells business tactics and contempt for them necessarily. But I do think the already frustrated will start to leave when they start realizing their frustrations are only getting compounded. I will stand to be corrected

[Aelmhult]

I too don't want to subscribe.. But fro the gist of what you've written, I'm taking it you are in the camp of the top 10% who play?? Then what camp am I in, where I spend a little? Still top 10%?
Because I am certainly not being looked after, that is unless I start spending more than I currently am and can afford. I still believe the majority of players are in my boat.. from what I read here and from my clan. I have been an elder in my clan for over 6 months. In my clan there isn't one player that is a prolific gemmer. However I can tell you the majority of players have made the odd purchase here and there. Still their No1 complaint is that they can't save enough for the big items.. That just got worse by at least 200% with the update because the wb's don't do their job any more and get you to the storage! I wonder what these players are going to do when they realize this!?

Sorry, that was not meant to make anybody subscribe to the wall street journal! The article was actually linked in the News & Press section of Supercell's website.

[Shrimpy]

Ok, so this guy attacked my base and dropped 5 wbs outside the base. Three ran directly towards the wall, while the other two tries to run thro the opening (with the pink wall) as you can see in the pic below. Needless to say, my attacker quitted after deploying his wall breakers, most probably out of frustration. any help explaining this behavior is very much appreciated.

My explanation is that the WB on the left was closer to the edge to detect that the 2nd layer walls should be the intended targets.

After seeing this, it makes me wonder if the other troops should also have more sense to make a turn and attack the 2nd layer walls instead. If brainless skeletons can have the "brains" to be so smart, what about those flesh and blood troops?

[Hestia]

Perfectly fine with the changes. One thing I am irritated about is... the archer AI.

[TJwTC]

This is the truth about the new Aritificial Dumbness.

[fowlerbt]

Perhaps someone from supercell is willing to chime in...

i can appreciate the effort to combat spiking - maybe it's possible to have old ai but with spiking intelligence?
i highly doubt you meant for wb to breach wall 1 then turn and curl to re-breach a joint it just went around. Maybe chime in to say it's being worked on? Or say it isn't so we can know for sure?

if this ai is the price paid to eradicate spiking I might like it better the way it was. Clearly not worth the 2 slots by virtually everyone's feedback.

If the point was to force an attacker to clear peripheral defenses before penetrating deeper, why not say so? When it happens like this it looks more like an "oops" than it does intentional.

[Mav8550]

The old way was a bit better as I could send the breaker in a straight line and he would proceed through three other walls. Now my breakers go all over the place and don't take the tactical route I want them too

[facescraper]

haha. epic. and pretty much on the money.

This is the truth about the new Aritificial Dumbness.

[Eka]

Just make them run to where other troops are trying to break the walls, and explode there. No AI, no hassle.
They are intended to help other troops, so let them do just that!

[Gubert]

I had never thought of really quitting the game, but this game has changed so much and is so pay2win now that im having no more fun, guess im quitting

seriously, idk who is the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ed that approve those update changing the gameplay but you really need to fire that guy and hire a new one, the game wont last long the way its going

and you should make some polls in game, not read just what users write in this forum, it is filled with ♥♥♥♥♥♥ed fanboys in here