Prep Day is ♥♥

[SharkyFinn]

Need to put a BATTLE READY button in leaders screen in both clans. Keep the 24 hour timer but as long as both clans are ready it doesn't make sense to wait 20 hours when both clans are ready to fight. Any thoughts...?

I'd never use it. I can't see how it would benefit me to have the battle start and end at some random time, not of my choosing. We plan our battles when it's most convenient for our players. When the battle time starts becoming inconvenient, we move it. I'd never turn the start time over to my opponent.

You probably imagine that you'd hit the BATTLE READY button and the battle would start, but far more likely, your opponent won't have hit their button and now you're stuck waiting for an indeterminate amount of time for it to begin sometime in the next 24 hours.

It's 5pm on Friday and you're matched for war. You brewed troops and got all your CC's filled and you're ready to go at 6pm. You hit your BATTLE READY button and nothing. Ok. They're not ready yet. You check back in a half hour. No battle. Ok. Give it another half hour. Still no battle. It's 7pm and you're headed out to dinner with friends. You keep checking your phone all through dinner, but still no battle. You check again before bed. No battle. You've missed out on raiding, because your army camps are full of battle troops, even your CC. So you use them on a raid. Maybe that dragon spam was a little overkill for a 105k elixir raid, but better than nothing. You set your barracks and request hogs for your CC to get ready to battle again tomorrow.

You go to bed, wake up, and check again. Someone attacked you and cleared out your CC. Stupid hogs. Looks like you'll have to request again. The exclamation mark! Battle has begun. Wait. It looks like your opponent pressed their BATTLE READY button at 4am your time. "Why are we battling at 4am? This stinks." They have a crushing lead, nothing you haven't beaten before, but your members aren't particularly enthused about risking their resources now that they know what they're up against. "We should just save our elixir and dark elixir for next war. These guys are too good." A couple remind you, "I told you I wouldn't be around much on Saturday. If only the battle began on Friday. Or even if it ended on Sunday, I'd be able to get both my attacks in. Why are we battling at 4am?"

You deal with all the arguing and complaining. You may have to boot someone when the war is over, but you manage to rally your troops to mount a counter-offensive. Things are looking good. It's really close and your clan still has attacks left. Some still have both left, but maybe they're waiting until the last minute. If they don't use their attacks, you'll have to boot them, too. If only you could stay up all night until 4am to see how it turns out. Maybe you'll set your alarm clock. You wonder how many other players will set theirs. You wonder why you're the only one who cares how this battle turns out. Hey did someone just attack without CC troops and no spells? "Sorry, Chief, it was either attack now or not at all. Didn't want to get kicked. Why are we battling at 4am?"

[blackcollector]

You have a good pointPhyxios. What about people who barely log each day around 9pm, to find out that the war is ending in 8 minutes?

not everybody is online 3-4 times a day to check if war has started

[1thatknocks]

Keep it the way it is...people have lives, kids, jobs, etc... and don't need to worry about having to go to war at a moments notice. We declare war on sunday....you need to be ready at this time on monday.

Then I can imagine the complaint threads....

"My co-leader declared war and then started war 2 hours later. I wasn't ready....."

[crackshot]

I'd never use it. I can't see how it would benefit me to have the battle start and end at some random time, not of my choosing. We plan our battles when it's most convenient for our players. When the battle time starts becoming inconvenient, we move it. I'd never turn the start time over to my opponent.

You probably imagine that you'd hit the BATTLE READY button and the battle would start, but far more likely, your opponent won't have hit their button and now you're stuck waiting for an indeterminate amount of time for it to begin sometime in the next 24 hours.

It's 5pm on Friday and you're matched for war. You brewed troops and got all your CC's filled and you're ready to go at 6pm. You hit your BATTLE READY button and nothing. Ok. They're not ready yet. You check back in a half hour. No battle. Ok. Give it another half hour. Still no battle. It's 7pm and you're headed out to dinner with friends. You keep checking your phone all through dinner, but still no battle. You check again before bed. No battle. You've missed out on raiding, because your army camps are full of battle troops, even your CC. So you use them on a raid. Maybe that dragon spam was a little overkill for a 105k elixir raid, but better than nothing. You set your barracks and request hogs for your CC to get ready to battle again tomorrow.

You go to bed, wake up, and check again. Someone attacked you and cleared out your CC. Stupid hogs. Looks like you'll have to request again. The exclamation mark! Battle has begun. Wait. It looks like your opponent pressed their BATTLE READY button at 4am your time. "Why are we battling at 4am? This stinks." They have a crushing lead, nothing you haven't beaten before, but your members aren't particularly enthused about risking their resources now that they know what they're up against. "We should just save our elixir and dark elixir for next war. These guys are too good." A couple remind you, "I told you I wouldn't be around much on Saturday. If only the battle began on Friday. Or even if it ended on Sunday, I'd be able to get both my attacks in. Why are we battling at 4am?"

You deal with all the arguing and complaining. You may have to boot someone when the war is over, but you manage to rally your troops to mount a counter-offensive. Things are looking good. It's really close and your clan still has attacks left. Some still have both left, but maybe they're waiting until the last minute. If they don't use their attacks, you'll have to boot them, too. If only you could stay up all night until 4am to see how it turns out. Maybe you'll set your alarm clock. You wonder how many other players will set theirs. You wonder why you're the only one who cares how this battle turns out. Hey did someone just attack without CC troops and no spells? "Sorry, Chief, it was either attack now or not at all. Didn't want to get kicked. Why are we battling at 4am?"

What he said ^

[IGVegas]

I hear you buddy haha. I love warring more then most and would love for the prep day not to exist but when you look at it from the outside it is for sure needed. This is because many players need time to scout the other clan, fill war ccs, and sleep.

[Samm]

well since there's already a prep day changing it would only mess everyone up, plus it gives people plenty of time to scout bases if they can't be online all day.

[Stiehl9s]

And what if someone had upgraded a TH since the last war and had new buildings, walls and traps to add? You've just denied them any prep time to add or adjust to any seen weaknesses from the last war.

[1thatknocks]

And what if someone had upgraded a TH since the last war and had new buildings, walls and traps to add? You've just denied them any prep time to add or adjust to any seen weaknesses from the last war.

That right there...just won the arguement. Damn good point!!!!

[Keving42]

For all those against ... I can see the reasoning but for those that comment on having patience and lives and kids let me just tell ya. I work a 60 to 80 hour week, I have six kids and am chock full of patience my friends lol. It wouldn't matter if the war started at 3 4 or 5 am because if you do what your supposed to in war and you have 24 hours to battle then it shouldn't make a difference. You'll still have time to get all your battles in and the outcome will not make a difference when the battle starts. Also getting attacked and losing cc troops to an attacker while you're in a war is no different than it is now regardless of the time it starts.

If in case the war starts at an unforseen time due to an opponent having an advantage of when it starts is ludicrous because you still have 24 HOURS to attack. Even if they do get a head start on attacking and jump out to a big lead does that mean your little feelings get hurt and ya go hide in a corner til its over...uhh no ... don't know about anyone else but I'm gonna do as I always do and put the hurt on someone's village and get as many stars as I can and as I know my clan will as well. Faced with adversity you either MAN UP or lay down.

[Aspekt]

it 24 hours because people do sleep, and this game is international.

1 clan may be in the US, another may be in CHINA.


YOU NEVER KNOW

it also gives ppl a GUARANTEED time of when it starts

i'd hate to walk away once prep day starts, to come back 24-30 hours later to find out I missed the war.

You have a good pointPhyxios. What about people who barely log each day around 9pm, to find out that the war is ending in 8 minutes?

not everybody is online 3-4 times a day to check if war has started

Keep it the way it is...people have lives, kids, jobs, etc... and don't need to worry about having to go to war at a moments notice. We declare war on sunday....you need to be ready at this time on monday.

Then I can imagine the complaint threads....

"My co-leader declared war and then started war 2 hours later. I wasn't ready....."

And what if someone had upgraded a TH since the last war and had new buildings, walls and traps to add? You've just denied them any prep time to add or adjust to any seen weaknesses from the last war.

These sums it up.