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[zachUVA]

I can see this going two ways: 1.) The loot is good, people are challenged, everyone's happy. 2. Hundreds of whining threads "You destroyed farming! You destroyed farming!" hundreds of people quit, leaving only the most dedicated players.

People will be perfectly satisfied as long as they can win resources. Farming is merely a means to an end.

[Baconman]

People will be perfectly satisfied as long as they can win resources. Farming is merely a means to an end.

True, but what I'm saying is, if the loot is bad, number 2 will inevitably happen.

[zachUVA]

True, but what I'm saying is, if the loot is bad, number 2 will inevitably happen.

No doubt about it.

They are really playing with some dangerous stuff here. If they were to do this, and this is highly unconfirmed and there is no timetable, they would have to get it right. If they were to make winning loot significantly harder, they would have massive problems on their hands. I know many farmers that would probably quit the game in a heartbeat if farming was removed without a viable alternative instituted.

[Baconman]

No doubt about it.

They are really playing with some dangerous stuff here. If they were to do this, and this is highly unconfirmed and there is no timetable, they would have to get it right. If they were to make winning loot significantly harder, they would have massive problems on their hands. I know many farmers that would probably quit the game in a heartbeat if farming was removed without a viable alternative instituted.

My point exactly. I'm all for a reason to want trophies, but if I'm getting no loot, I won't be a happy camper.

[SunTzuSkillz]

that is one game that i never quite got. i played because of my huge amount of love and respect for the simpsons but it seemed to be utterly pointless! when the halloween release had stuff you could only get by paying $10 to $20 bucks for i deleted that mess.

Don't wanna derail the thread but yeah, it gets pretty boring pretty fast.

[TimTheEnchanter]

i think it would be a good change. i'm getting a bit bored with the grind, being able to trophy hunt and loot hunt at the same time sounds appealing. how it actually works out for real will be interesting though.

i think it is inevitable that the day after a change like this occurs this forum will be nothing but rants. some people will never welcome the need to attack harder bases to get loot.

i think this actually would change the TH8 to TH9 dynamic, getting to TH 9 and having all the extra defenses would be key.

[SunTzuSkillz]

That is what I mean. This will convert the vast majority of non-forumers, at least in the beginning, into pure trophy hunters. I think after clear boundaries between TH 7 and TH 8/9 trophy ranges are set up, the entire grid will slide down a little so as to still pick on the little guys with a slight penalty.

The thing is, though, that they could circumvent this theoretical turn of events if they KEPT some sort of TH based loot penalty. If they did that, which now that I think about seems realistic, then that takes away the way out. They could strenghten them so that it becomes either unprofitable, or at least relatively unprofitable, to attack lower Th levels. They could get away with this because there would then be a legitimate way to get resources off of those with equivalent/higher Th levels. This has enormous potential.

This is how I see it playing out as well. Plus if TH penalty is maintained, battle searching is going to become even more ridiculous if you're below your "intended league".

[test]

No doubt about it.

They are really playing with some dangerous stuff here.

Something has to be done to reward trophies. Funny enough, at the very high trophy level 3000+, it doesn't really matter how much loot bonus they give, it wont really matter. At the very low end most players are inactive. The bonus/penalty in the middle trophy range will likely be on par with what it is now, not sure this will change much.

[SunTzuSkillz]

this is probably not about a trophy based penalty. note how players with high level trophies are rewarded with a rank, and how the loot bonus(?) is attacked to it

If the format is the same as the current TH-level system then these would be penalty multipliers. What remains to be seen is if SC is replacing or adding penalties.

[Dwarffmaster]

My point exactly. I'm all for a reason to want trophies, but if I'm getting no loot, I won't be a happy camper.

just wondering how you would get no loot. This change is an improvement for getting loot, not the opposite right? So I don't see why farmers would complain.. Of course there are always some whiners but let them whine. The game gets better when trophies actually earn you something.