Things you thought when you first started playing but now seem ridiculous/silly

[Allybug01]

I put my base up against the edge with no walls, didn't know people could spawn on the border.

[CashVillan]

When I first started playing, I was so greedy that I thought that it was bad for people to steal my gold, so I would buy and sell flags nonstop, losing 50,000 gold evrey time, until I had none.

[Pfeagle]

Gemming my th2 which is pretty embarrassing considering the upgrade times are less than an hour. I also didn't build any walls until th4 because I thought the obstacles would protect my base. I also didn't build my clan castle until th5 because I though the 10k gold to get it was too expensive.

[Ricxy]

when I thought that my army camp was a defensive building so I had one with barbs and archers and another with giants and barbs and thought if somebody attacked me they'd have to fight my army.... oh how I've grown

I guess you aren't the only one with that thinking

[sr55651]

up to TH7 I always put my air defenses in the corners

[elangomatt]

When I first started playing I thought I found some secret bug when you queue up troops in your barracks before going raiding. Then when I finished a raid I came back to my base and already have some of the troops trained.

[antimatter]

I thought if you destroyed something while it was upgrading it would stop upgrading.
I thought trophies were everything ( i farm now )
I thought if you upgraded your troops it would only work for 1 raid then you would have to buy the upgrades again.
I thought you would have to build your Clan Castle if it was destroyed.

wow nice necro

[YellowGoblin]

1. I used to think lvl 5 walls were expensive
2. I used to think mortars were most OP thing ever.
3. I can reach masters using only giant/healer at th7.

[Coloradokiwiboy]

a) I thought that i would have to rebuild my cc whenever it was destroyed
b) I didn't know annything about the loot penalty and went to th8 as soon as possible. Spent 8 months recovering.
c) Friends told me that wiz towers are useless and don't bother upgrading them. So yeah wiz towers sucked.
d) When i first started i did my wall compartments as segments of 4 buildings with extra compartments chucked on as i got new stuff and more walls. Note this was before layout editor- base designing was a huge hassle.

[DrRubix]

What are some things you guys thought about the game when you first downloaded it that in hindsight seem ridiculous or just flat out silly?

I remember wondering for weeks if I would ever randomly get attacked by troops that came from the woods because there were little paths. I also thought that at a higher level I would be upgraded to a better plot of land haha

I thought that I had to put walls around my army camps and builder huts to protect them so I didn't lose them.