X-Bow Targeting

[jakesoul]

I honestly wouldn't suggest "any troop," but more specifically hogs. any experienced player with maxed out hogs can easily 3 star an all maxed out TH9. this would really refine strategies such as anti hog bases and stop the complaining about "nerfing" the hogs again.

[MrScribbler]

Ok, let's figure out the motivation behind this. For hog attacks, this does nothing, because hogs are almost always the only troops down. For balloonian, it does almost nothing, unless you want your x-bows attacking minions and giving the balloons more time to take down your defenses. Likewise, it doesn't seem like it's going to do much to barch or giant-healer.

Thus, it looks like this idea should be called "nerf GoWiWi and GoWiPe." Obviously, this would destroy these strategies, which are dependent on the defenses targeting the golems while the high damage but low hp troops (wizards or witches and wizards) deal tons of damage. In particular, this would make witches disappear overnight, unless the x-bows could only target the witch and the skeletons, in which case witches might still be used occasionally.

If you want to nerf those strategies, that's fine, but virtually destroying them seems a bit excessive. Perhaps a decrease in golem hitpoints or the number of skeletons a witch spawns could achieve the same result without adding all the complications of troop selection on defense.

[MomoZB]

Ok I do not know high end strategies but this reminded me of the other thread suggesting defenses target healers because some town hall five base got 100000 god taken by a low town hall seven base.

Now I attacked xbow bases before and I felt they were a joke, till I ran to that base that forced all my troops to path around the premier and xbow ended up killing everything because of the huge range.

My point with this is I do not think the xbow was truly meant for best damage, rather having a huge range.

[Drakeishereandnow]

It would work if you could not set to ANY troop. Many attacks needs a healer. So, I think they shouldn't be able to target them.

But that's a good idea.

[SirBilello]

Champ: home of the GoWiWis, set an xbow to wizards, the entire attack is demolished, there could be no fire power with little health in the strat

[MalikOnClash]

Sounds like a great Idea Offense is way over powered at the moment.

[KurtHD]

Agree that Attack is overpowered at the moment. The easy fix is to use the HEROs in def, right now its way too easy to lure them away and kill them in a corner..Let us adjust attention radius on heros..

[NeuralFusion]

Bad idea - It'll break the giants rendering them 100% useless

although i've no experience with higher lvl troops and strategies, I don't think offense is so OP.

I mean, from what I've seen and heard - the people at top of leaderboards are not having very many problems defending

Seriously though, It'll break troops in a heart beat and only make defense OP. Then everyone will cry because they can't farm for resources because it's too hard

[GameloverHD]

This is a neat idea and something I would like to see in the game, especially picking an order on which the xbow attacks. I do see a slight problem though and that would be witches and their summons, setting it to aim for the witches would just null the skeletons.

I guess that could be exploited....then there would be no witch attack option?

Ok, let's figure out the motivation behind this. For hog attacks, this does nothing, because hogs are almost always the only troops down. For balloonian, it does almost nothing, unless you want your x-bows attacking minions and giving the balloons more time to take down your defenses. Likewise, it doesn't seem like it's going to do much to barch or giant-healer.

Thus, it looks like this idea should be called "nerf GoWiWi and GoWiPe." Obviously, this would destroy these strategies, which are dependent on the defenses targeting the golems while the high damage but low hp troops (wizards or witches and wizards) deal tons of damage. In particular, this would make witches disappear overnight, unless the x-bows could only target the witch and the skeletons, in which case witches might still be used occasionally.

If you want to nerf those strategies, that's fine, but virtually destroying them seems a bit excessive. Perhaps a decrease in golem hitpoints or the number of skeletons a witch spawns could achieve the same result without adding all the complications of troop selection on defense.

I didn't ever say it had to nerf those specific combos. I guess this X-Bow idea basically kills Golems because the entire point of those is to tank damage..... Either way X-Bows aren't very powerful. If you see them going at a golem they do almost nothing in comparison to Teslas.

Bad idea - It'll break the giants rendering them 100% useless

although i've no experience with higher lvl troops and strategies, I don't think offense is so OP.

I mean, from what I've seen and heard - the people at top of leaderboards are not having very many problems defending

Seriously though, It'll break troops in a heart beat and only make defense OP. Then everyone will cry because they can't farm for resources because it's too hard

Defense won't be all that OP. It would give defense a new meaning though....

[MomoZB]

I still disagree with it based on what others said, that is max town hall 10s is hard to star for other tens.

I really think the xbow niche is the range then damage, like I said even as a new eight (and back when I was a seven) some did next to nothing to me, others tore me apart from making my troops path and it pickin me off from the huge range