Why is there such an obsession with wall upgrade?

[RagingTyrant]

I see lots of bases with super high walls (TH8s with skulls, TH7 with purples) but no where near maxed defenses. Why? Half the troops in the game ignore walls anyway. With the high cost of walls, four or five pieces will generally pay for a defense upgrade. So why do I see so many people doing walls first. I'm convinced they should be last and I wouldn't even bother with the last level before a TH upgrade. Is it just cause they look neat? Can someone explain?

[Avery99]

I see lots of bases with super high walls (TH8s with skulls, TH7 with purples) but no where near maxed defenses. Why? Half the troops in the game ignore walls anyway. With the high cost of walls, four or five pieces will generally pay for a defense upgrade. So why do I see so many people doing walls first. I'm convinced they should be last and I wouldn't even bother with the last level before a TH upgrade. Is it just cause they look neat? Can someone explain?

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[Xizeta]

It takes a ton of time to upgrade structures, so in the meantime resources can be dumped into walls. Better the resources be in the walls than in the hands of the enemy.

[klem70]

I see lots of bases with super high walls (TH8s with skulls, TH7 with purples) but no where near maxed defenses. Why? Half the troops in the game ignore walls anyway. With the high cost of walls, four or five pieces will generally pay for a defense upgrade. So why do I see so many people doing walls first. I'm convinced they should be last and I wouldn't even bother with the last level before a TH upgrade. Is it just cause they look neat? Can someone explain?

A really good raider will update their walls well before the defenses can be done, even when they have 5 builders.

I completed my skulls on TH 8 2 week's before my Th leveled to T9. All defenses apart from last telsa were maxed. last telsa maxed 18 hours into Th 9.

[fette]

Because walls are awesome

[RagingTyrant]

A really good raider will update their walls well before the defenses can be done, even when they have 5 builders.

So are you leaving one builder available just to do walls or what? Or do you just dump it into walls down to what you need for your next upgrade?

[klem70]

I am at the moment yes. I raid so much a day and with long build times can not have a builder free everyday.

Plus it will be my queen and king holding me up at end.

Too many have 5 idle builders at end for 3 or 4 week's. 1 idle builder makes more sense.

I always have enough when I do next upgrade or research on gold and elixir front. DE getting harder now. Need to get my balloons to level 6 and go up the crystal when I get to insane amount DE needed.

If raid lots having a builder free can be a good idea. On TH 8 always had all builders working and did walls just before I started next upgrade.

[Pete82]

So are you leaving one builder available just to do walls or what? Or do you just dump it into walls down to what you need for your next upgrade?

Either one. Active raiders have tons of gold to dump. I finished my walls at TH8 and each level below long before my structures were done, even without leaving a builder open.

I don't think they are necessarily worth the gold, but since gold is unlimited it has to go somewhere. If I have had to choose between walls or defenses it would be defenses no question.

[youwire]

Because people are following this leveling up strategy:

1. Do elixir upgrades (offense) first. Dump all gold to the walls.
2. Do gold upgrade next. Dump all elixir to the walls.
3. dump both gold and elixir to the walls while finishing up lab, heros.

Plus TH outside. You almost won't get attacked ever.

[D3X]

I see lots of bases with super high walls (TH8s with skulls, TH7 with purples)

I lol'd.