Sneak peeks!!!:d

[Jietoh]

This is one thing that baffles me about this game. Why all the secrecy over the update, like when it will happen, everything that will happen and how long it will take and so on.

I have been playing mmo and such for a long time, as in 'used-to-fly-air-warrior-pre-aol-release-via-bat-script-to-telnet into-server' long time ago and i can never remember a game or company that did not tell you the when where and what of an update... normally they market it for months...

Not here though... so what gives? i see no advantage or value in not telling us the when of the update, the what maybe they do not want to fall short of what has been told (usally you get the stealth nerf changes.) but man...

Because if they tell you when the update will be released, and then something happens to delay it, people go ape ****.

[Mezi2far]

So How far do my responsibilities for planning go, because I wasn't aware that I should innately know not to take the developers at their word? Should I have anticipated that the HayDay update would be rolled out first and that it's update would go poorly? When the FB page inferred that the end of the 1 gem boosting would be in 24 hours should I have checked on the weather in Helsinki and the relationship status updates of the developers to make sure everything was looking good? Seriously, blaming the players for things completely out of the control of players is a little like "victim blaming" (a little).

Building anticipation is great, good for the game and invigorating. Disappointing the most avid players with poor communication and then throwing out cheap collector boosts to placate the masses is bad planning; but not on the part of the players.
This feels less like building buzz and more like bad game management.
The only reasons I can come up with for NOT informing us directly is either they have no idea of when it will be ready and they are too proud to admit it or they have no idea and they just don't care how the lack of communication is perceived.
While that is obviously hyperbole, SC does seem to have some issues with communication. Rather than a flying dog replay I would have appreciated some simple honesty. But of course this is just one man's opinion.

First, maybe you should relax a little... it's a game!

Second, The update do not depends only of supercell, it have to be synchronise with Apple's schedule. And even if it's the supercell's fault... Chill out! It will happen, god!

[Maxmillian]

Revolutionary as much as the golems, it's a flying golem!

Ballons, Dragons Minions and Hounds... Personnaly the majority of my rush and war attacks are with flying units. So for me, it's a HUGE UPDATE!

Wal can be upgrade by elixir, Barchers level 7, Archer tower lvl 13, New dark troop, Heros regenrated time decrease...

What it takes to you to be a strong update?

Strong update for someone that nearly maxed the base is not yet another level of anything.

Strong update is about fixing the wars so any clan eventually wants to war (I bet you that nearly half of the clans just skip wars because there is not an opt-out and they do not want to part with otherwise loyal but not that skilled members). It would be about adding something that would be there for clans that won lots of wars - I know for sure that many of the people were already asking for that, including me.

Strong update is about adding a variety to the game, not adding more content that means repetitive grind for resources.

Strong update is about adding e.g. the Mastermind's idea with quests.

Strong update is about fixing the social aspect of the game. Connect with friends an easy in-game way (not gamecenter, not g+). Better chat system. Clan alliances with alliance chat. I am sure you can think of something you would like too.

Hero regen is fine, it took years to be fixed even though it's just a change in a database table. New troop, certainly nice to have, but that will fade out soon. New levels of anything - pointless (for players at least, but it will bring SC revenue to pay their employees so I get that).

[ibthanos]

many companies will give a tentative date and then tell the community if it will hold or be pushed back as the date approaches. People have been guessing if there would even be an update since before the 2 year anniversy..

[Bodhilv]

Well said bodhilv

Thanks! I renew my offer to be a PR flack for SC....

[Blazenar]

Because if they tell you when the update will be released, and then something happens to delay it, people go ape ****.

As if they aren't doing that already.

[Andycoc4]

Because if they tell you when the update will be released, and then something happens to delay it, people go ape ****.

SC could just tell us something about the current status of the update...
If it's uploading, if they are still working, etc.

[armus]

So it is better for some people to go ape when an update doesn't show up due to a fluke than for everyone to go ape for days before every update?

Yeah that makes sense

[blackcollector]

Unlike you, most TH9 haven't maxed all their elixir upgrade, so they cannot spend everything.

Same with TH10 in the crystal leagues.

So unless most stop upgrading their troops, they can't all spend their elixir each day.

For me, maxing walls as a TH9 is a waste of time. TH10 as so much to offer. Unless you are a barch player.

[markhalliday]

Has anyone considered having a lava hound in their cc if it will fit? Im guessing they are hard to kill with high hp and being a flying unit and they will release other units on death. Opinions please