My first two weeks as a TH10

[NoOnetoAttack]

Well basically that's the point: people complain because they need to complain about something.
For anyone skilled, loot has never been a problem.
There are surely period of time where loot is better/worse, but a skilled player finds his way to gold no matter what.
So I can't speak for TH10 as I'm only upgrading my TH to 10 right now, but I can tell you all TH9 players complaining about loot are morons.
I do perfectly fine as a TH9, so the problem is on their side.

nah, others are gemming their barracks/spell factory to have more loot/hr. That's not skill. And if I'm always gemming my barracks and spell factory, I wont complain either.

[Terraist]

I will give you the benefit of doubt since you sounded sincere. But why are there still so many th 9 and 10 complaining about loot problems? A lot of them definitely know how to farm...

Are you just lucky? ��

I highly doubt that as I have a hard time believing that ALL these other TH10 who next around 1800-2000 are not finding similar bases that I find. I rarely next more than 3-4 times without seeing a base with 200-800k combined. Sure, the bases may be tough with AQ, BK and high level defenses... but the loot is still there, you just have to work for it. I think many or most simply just skip these bases and look for something easier. I don't.

[NoOnetoAttack]

To OP, are you gemming your barracks and spell factory? Or are you really active all the time lol.

[Terraist]

To OP, are you gemming your barracks and spell factory? Or are you really active all the time lol.

I have only ever gemmed twice in 14 months. Once during a one gem break... and once when pushing to 3000 trophies. The rest of my gems have went to all 5 builders. I play more than I should though for sure

[Coldfury]

Let me first say that is not a thread to complain or praise the loot system, or anything else of that nature. This is simply just my observations of being a new TH10 two weeks in. After being on the forums for a while and hearing all the tales of woe from so many TH10 I was terrified to move on up, so I'm simply sharing this so maybe other TH9 have something to think about before doing the same.

So, as a TH9 I was defensively maxed 100% before deciding to go up to TH10. My heroes were relatively low at L14 and L10 and my golem is only L3 but with all other troops/spells being done in the lab. I decided that it was time to move up for two main reasons. The first being that farming walls is incredibly boring (I have 150 L9. More than enough for me) and I tire of it easily. The second being I wanted my inferno towers!

On the day my TH got some lava flowing on it I transitioned with full storages of elixir and gold. I instantly dropped elixir on my spell factory, lab and my new DE drill. My 8 million gold went to one IT, and I quickly farmed enough gold to four hours later start my second IT. 2 weeks in my upgrades are as followed...

- Both IT on their way to L2. One with 3 days remaining, one with 7.
- My third xbow on its way to L2 with 9 days remaining.
- L6 cc on its way with 4.5 days remaining.
- New archer tower and cannon both L7
- New traps bought and one GB to L3.
- New mines at L5
- Third DE drill at L3
- L3 golem had 7 days left in my lab when new to TH10... now freeze spell is 2 days away from L2.
- BK to L15 and AQ to L11 (tomorrow)

- 2.6 million in gold atm and 2 million elixir.

As for loot in general my first two weeks have left me in awe of how easy it has been to get gold and de as a TH10. After being on the forums all the time so many people make it sound like the end of the world while in my experience thus far (remember, my experience) the loot has been just fine. I decided to just stick around my normal TH9 farming range of 1800-2100 trophies and I've yet to have a problem. I am not a BAM, barch or mass archer farmer and I go after storages when I farm so really things have been great! Do I miss not being able to steamroll TH8 with full storages for easy 500k raids? Absolutely I do, but there are so many TH9-10 with maxed storages that are making up for it. Whether I am going with giant/healer combos, loonions or mass hog raids I am doing very well and very rarely need to next more than 15-25 times.

For 2-3 months as a TH9 I was always full on elixir... always. For the first time now I am struggling to keep up with elixir and the new upgrades. Especially with all the lab upgrades being so costly. My lab was dead for the first time in 14 months a few days back which bothered me but luckily I finally got enough to get my L2 freeze going. Elixir is going to be my grind!

That being said while a TH9 I would normally not battle unless there was at least 400k-500k combined that I knew I had a chance at, but as a TH10 I'm not happy knowing that I have the chance to get 300k-400k combined. When using loonions or mass hogs I'm still normally taking in 500k-600 combined though. All this being said, I'm still losing some raids going after tough bases and this needs to be factored in.

The biggest thing I've noticed however though is that I've only had two attacks on my base since building my IT. 2. Thats it. Sure, I've had TH snipes a plenty and people failing with barch or mass archers which I don't count. But only two actual attempts at going for my storages. One was a mass hog that got 21% and the other was a giant/healer combo with two L26 heroes which did all the work and got 2600de from me as two of each storage. That's it, nothing more. Not even when I had the maximum 800k combined a few times. I find this absolutely crazy but I guess I pass on every base with two IT as well when farming.

No one has attacked me in CW yet either since building the IT.

So. As a new TH10 all systems are go and I'm still having a great time. A bit bored that no one is raiding me, but farming has actually gotten more fun as I like tough battles to earn my loot and having to go after TH9-10 is giving me many of these types of battles. Don't get me wrong, there are still the occasional battles where I clean out a premmie easily, but the collector raids have been veeeeery few.

Just my thoughts and what has happened in my first few weeks. Hope it helps some that may plan on moving up to TH10 soon. Don't fret people, if you have any skill at raiding your loot will be fine, maybe even better!

Thanks for sharing and I'm in almost the identical boat except my defenses aren't completely maxed. ;-)

I've had the same experience as you with loot, but I've mostly been farming in the 1900-2050 range using BAM. Things are rocking and rolling and my biggest challenge is figuring out what to upgrade with all this new juicy stuff we get at TH10. lol
I hit TH10 almost exactly two weeks ago and here's what I've done.

AQ form 8 to 10
1 Camp finished to 8
2 more camps started
DE drill to 2
CC 5 in progress
2 lvl 1 IT completed
3rd xbow lvl 2 in progress
spell factory 5 completed
Golem lvl 3 in lab
lab 8 in progress
baby AT/cannon both to lvl 5 (love the fast/cheap build times. lol)
5th giant bomb built/upgraded to 3
~15 new lava walls built

Sitting on 93k DE and plan to push my BK 11 with next builder and do minion upgrade as soon as lab finishes.

I debated on holding off on TH10 until my defenses were maxed, but I was only about 6 weeks out from maxed so I said what the heck and just went for it. CW pushed me over the top a little because I wanted the IT's for defense.

I am going to keep just one builder busy in the core with IT/X-bow upgrades and as soon as my camps are finished I'll be working to finish out all my TH9 defensive upgrades. Lab is already TH9 maxed except golem/valk/pekka so I'm going to do Minion, Wiz, Freeze, Dragon, then Golem there.

[GameloverHD]

I was actually about to make a thread like this myself! I'm also two weeks into TH10 (you started your upgrade a few days after me, I remember the post) and I'm having almost as much success as you. Granted I haven't been all that active during this time period given exams and stuff at school but I'm doing fairly well. Contrary to your approach I've decided to get my copied buildings up first (Archer Tower, Cannon etc.) before my newer buildings such as the Inferno Tower. My Cannon is going to Level 11 to match the rest and my Archer Tower is going to 10. Right after that I will start it to 11 to match my old ones. My Infernoes are both still Level 1 but I have my X-Bow going to 2. My new collectors are both 11 already and my drill is going to 4 (going to upgrade it non-stop until 6). I have my new Giant Bomb and Air bombs to Level 3, 4, and 2 (which were the previous maxed levels). I have however started up my Level 6 CC upgrade instead of an Inferno to Level 2 as I believe it will benefit me more in the long run.

I've noticed the same Elixir problem as you but definitely no shortage of gold. I'm seemingly having problems getting my Elixir above 4 million while my gold can go to 8m and back down as I start a costly upgrade. I already have the Level 5 Spell Factory but interestingly enough, I still haven't upgraded my lab. A lot of people ask me why as it is normally the first thing to upgrade but if you think about it, there is nothing to upgrade in there. Wall Breakers (which I never use), Goblins (which I never use), Wizards (which I rarely use), Dragons (which I rarely use), P.E.K.K.A, Valks, and Golems (which aren't maxed for TH9 as I rarely use any of those). The only troop in the lab that I find myself using would be the Minion which I use all day every day (Balloonion or BAM) but I would rather use that 100K DE on my heroes as they will be more useful in the long run. I also get a Lightning Spell and Freeze Spell upgrade but again, I never use those. I'm the weirdest ever aren't I

In short, I farm in Master league raking in 6m gold a day which plentifully fuels my upgrades but because I use 20 Balloons and approximately one Rage Spell a battle I hardly make any Elixir! I would use Hogs but those guys just DESTROY my DE intake so I would never be able to get any. I'm going to have to search out the internet on Elixir farming strategies for TH10 besides Hogs as those kill DE. I would use BAM in lower leagues but I've noticed it doesn't fit my playing style much as I like the thrill of close battles and beating the tough bases in Master league. Any tips would definitely be welcome!

[Inquisitor]

Both IT, third xbow, lab, sf under construction.

New AT, cannon to level 4.

Once lab is done, minions to lvl 6, aq to lvl 21.

When sf is done, one army camp to lvl 8.

[Jiggy82]

3 weeks into TH10 and I have been doing good enough loot wise.

So far I have completed the Lab, Spell Factory, 1 army camp, 2 more upgrading now, and new drill to level 3.

One inferno tower upgrading to level 3 the other upgrading to level 2 (neither one has fired a shot yet as they have been on constant upgrade from day one), new X-bow built, new archer tower and cannon to level 6, CC level 6 finished.

Minions level 6 finished.

While I can't say loot is plentiful for me at the moment farming with BAM in low crystal III, I am making more than enough to keep my builders going non-stop on some of the biggest upgrades TH10 offers. Once I finish my last camp and DE drill I will move up the leagues a bit to farm with Balloonion or something.

Its definitely not as difficult at TH10 as many on the forums would have you believe, but TH10 is most definitely a grind for me so far mostly due to the massive amount of nexting I do with my BAM army. Hopefully once I move up a bit and start using balloonions this will get a bit better.

[Coldfury]

I was actually about to make a thread like this myself! I'm also two weeks into TH10 (you started your upgrade a few days after me, I remember the post) and I'm having almost as much success as you. Granted I haven't been all that active during this time period given exams and stuff at school but I'm doing fairly well. Contrary to your approach I've decided to get my copied buildings up first (Archer Tower, Cannon etc.) before my newer buildings such as the Inferno Tower. My Cannon is going to Level 11 to match the rest and my Archer Tower is going to 10. Right after that I will start it to 11 to match my old ones. My Infernoes are both still Level 1 but I have my X-Bow going to 2. My new collectors are both 11 already and my drill is going to 4 (going to upgrade it non-stop until 6). I have my new Giant Bomb and Air bombs to Level 3, 4, and 2 (which were the previous maxed levels). I have however started up my Level 6 CC upgrade instead of an Inferno to Level 2 as I believe it will benefit me more in the long run.

I've noticed the same Elixir problem as you but definitely no shortage of gold. I'm seemingly having problems getting my Elixir above 4 million while my gold can go to 8m and back down as I start a costly upgrade. I already have the Level 5 Spell Factory but interestingly enough, I still haven't upgraded my lab. A lot of people ask me why as it is normally the first thing to upgrade but if you think about it, there is nothing to upgrade in there. Wall Breakers (which I never use), Goblins (which I never use), Wizards (which I rarely use), Dragons (which I rarely use), P.E.K.K.A, Valks, and Golems (which aren't maxed for TH9 as I rarely use any of those). The only troop in the lab that I find myself using would be the Minion which I use all day every day (Balloonion or BAM) but I would rather use that 100K DE on my heroes as they will be more useful in the long run. I also get a Lightning Spell and Freeze Spell upgrade but again, I never use those. I'm the weirdest ever aren't I

In short, I farm in Master league raking in 6m gold a day which plentifully fuels my upgrades but because I use 20 Balloons and approximately one Rage Spell a battle I hardly make any Elixir! I would use Hogs but those guys just DESTROY my DE intake so I would never be able to get any. I'm going to have to search out the internet on Elixir farming strategies for TH10 besides Hogs as those kill DE. I would use BAM in lower leagues but I've noticed it doesn't fit my playing style much as I like the thrill of close battles and beating the tough bases in Master league. Any tips would definitely be welcome!

Ditto on the elixir shortages, but that's obviously only a short term problem until we get the camps/lab/factory upgraded.
Personally, I'm shifting my farming to an elixir heavy focus and I feel BAM is the most efficient at farming elixir.

With any farming strategy there are pro's and con's. Balloonians work great for farming DE and Gold, but not so much for elixir. Same thing with Hogs, they're great for Elixir and Gold, but horrible for farming DE.
I'm hitting bases with lots of elixir and don't really care what the gold is for now to maximize elixir acquisition. Once I get my last camp started (in the next couple days) I'll shift back to a gold focused BAM strategy and start rocking on my lava walls again.

As for tips, I think that BAM or BARCH are by far the best approach to farm elixir, but as you mentioned it may not fit your playing style because it does require jumping on for a few hours of raiding.
Obviously balloonians can go net positive on elixir with good base selection but it's quite a bit slower.

If I could only play now and again I would without a doubt use hogs and focus on heavy elixir bases in Crystal II/III. Sure, it hurts hero upgrades, but it's only for a few weeks and then you'll be able to shift back to ballinions once your elixir needs are met.

Good hunting!

[Terraist]

A few of us forumers made the jump together it seems

Glad everyone else is doing well and great to see the differences in who upgraded/build what first!