Sneak peeks!!!:d

[Arrow1993]

Elixir will no doubt become more scarce after the update, but I think that's kinda a good thing given how many players literally set their elixir storages outside because they have nothing to spend it on. Now, will it hurt it to the point of making it like gold? Possibly, and that's a valid criticism of the move. However, the loot balance is something that can always be adjusted by SC, so it's not like this is a possible "gamebreaker" level disaster. They wouldn't let it get that far. But again, yeah, elixir will be more scarce, I agree.

I do wonder when the last time was SC actually adjusted something for the better. Whenever there are complaints, SC actually ignores them and keep doing their thing. Loot was adjusted once, and not for the better. It is not just elixir becoming scarce, it is basically turning a worthless resource of the game (aside of armies) into a resource that is as valuable as gold. It is turning something that was not valuable at all into something very valuable overnight. Just a one hour update and those resources are equal. This is a gamebreaker, especially as they never listen to anyone.

For those who farmed legos, lavas, even zaps, of course they don't like it. There's some legitimate outrage here, but personally I find it somewhat shortsighted. First of all these kind of price nerfs (although this one is indirect) have been happening for quite a long time now, so this is part of an established pattern by SC of lowering the costs of the highest priced things in the game. It's been done to various defenses over the past year, and I have no doubt that this trend will continue even after the (stronger) reactions from this.

As far as I recall, price changes have only happened whenever a new level of a building was introduced like tesla's or infernotowers. There were no random drops in prices. This is not an indirect price nerf, this is a direct nerf to let people with half the work get the same stuff as someone whom spend twice the time and effort on it.

But think about why they keep doing this. It's not a pointless excersize in frustrating their high level players (although I get how people can think that from their own perspective) and it's not foolhardy pandering to the noobs of the game who can't farm, it's a calculated attempt to reduce the gap between people who started the game early and those who picked it up more recently. If you assume constant prices (or constant value if you prefer that term) over time, 2 identical players who started exactly one year apart would always be one year apart in terms of progress. This does NOT work. You have to start lowering prices and upgrade times as time goes on so that people behind the new content curve can catch up to those who are mostly maxed. If it took you 18 months to max walls (making up a number here), it's perfectly reasonable for SC to want players who start in September 2014 to be able to do so in less time than that, holding dedication level and other factors constant.

Completely untrue. The progression is a logarithm i.e. it flattens out. If it is true what you tell me then upgrading everything at townhall level 2 would be as fast to upgrade as townhall level 10. Which is, as far as I remember, not the case. The first player will be at TH8 and the second as well, eventhough they are one year apart. Few defenses more upgraded etc etc, but overall progress is not 1 year apart anymore. They eventually catch up if they keep going. It is quite weird (lack of a better word) that SC decides to punish their longterm players in order to attract players whom have only been playing for a while. I would not call it "reasonable" to let players who started later get stuff faster than people who started earlier. A nice comparison is World of Warcraft where new players get instant level 90's. What happens? Massive outrage and the game is dying a painful dead.

I'm very sorry. This sneak peek will mess things up, a lot. Hitting loyal and longterm members in order to let new players get at the same level (at least) twice as fast.

King Midas
Insurgence Family

[HectorMM2]

With walls becoming upgradable with both gold and elixir, people will get high level walls much easier that means more and more people will turn to aerial troops for farming, but most current aerial troops are very heavy on elixir....so the requirement for elixir will become very important and none of it will be available because it is being being dumped into walls.

Also tbh there are not enough inactive bases available to support the kind of demand that this update will create.

Unless there is some change to the loot problem.......it will be harder and harder to farm.

[happygolucky]

Your going to quit over this? Then please, leave storages and mines away from defenses
You had no guarantee that SC would change the way to upgrade walls, so where is the problem!? Okay it took a while, and how are we going to start getting crappy troops? You have the choice to ask for what you receive.

And your moaning about gems? Why on earth would you spend gems on walls? Please stop moaning over nothing.
Farming Elixir can be as scarce as farming gold sometimes so there's no real major change? Okay you can do it x2 faster but still you've farmed them?

I'm not even going to entertain this person because he only has max skulls and 1 lego according to his signature.


I didn't even max my mines. Crappy troops because no one will want to waste elixers on you, if gold was used for donations, do you think I'll always be donating drags and wizards? It's because I have too much elixers that I make overnight donating armies. Next time you ask for archers/drags/wizzies.. and those occasional times when someone actually donates a drag/wizzie and you feel wow nice? Not going to happen cause all you'll get is archers. I did not spend gems on walls. Did you not read my 800mil++ gg? It's a lot more difficult actually farming for my walls than it is to gem them. But I did spend gems on boosting for them.

[Coathanger]

It'll work till lv 10 walls. It's not like you can add 1.5M gold to 1.5m elixer and get a single wall.

Also, you weren't already next'ing elixer bases?

From the sneak peek it is either or. I do not see how you get the two resources combined to upgrade a wall. You need 3 million gold or elixir.

[Mendicus]

The only issue I have is that it might stop people wanting to donate expensive troops during war. No issue that people wont want to attack with good troops in war, I will just kick anyone who doesn't want to give their all.

[KwonChu]

It's awesome that you can select the walls and upgrade them all. Saves time too instead of having to upgrade one by one.

[Relic]

The update will happen no matter how many hate threads there are, how bout you let the update come before the hate is leaked out..

[SyllyNL]

Exactly. They just took all the challenge out of walls.

My thoughts on this are if you use elixir, the price should be multiplied by 1.5. This will at least make things more difficult for those who didn't do it the original way.

This is exactly my opinion as well

[zombieslayer1234566]

The update is gonna happen, like it or not. The game doesn't only revolve around the high level people the low levels and new players have the right for new stuff too. And if someone is happy with the update doesn't mean that he is a "lazy farmer " or a "noob" .

[Freakimus]

Thank god you made this thread. Your voice was heard now they won't do the update.