Why zapping is, in fact, an issue

[ronny2011]

kinda miss the zapper... i am floating around gold1 but only have 30k in my storage.

i guess my de is too low to be zap... i prefer zapper than those max th9 or th10 prying into my other storages with their max lv troops.

[dpclash]

i agree with the OP that some issues are best if looked at objectively. " I don't suffer from it, therefore it isn't a problem " isn't particularly helpful.

I've had my fair share of zaps, so know how annoying it is, and I'm inclined to use all my army on a revenge when it happens. I'm a farmer, and have been for most of my time in this game, but I don't think the game was designed to be played that way. If you consider the game from the point that gaining trophies is the aim ( short as well as long-term) then, I think zapping isn't an issue that needs to be fixed. It doesn't ensure a victory by the zapper, but almost guarrantees a defeat.
I feel that lightning wasn't intended to be used this way, either, but as with farming, people will always find different ways to use things in this game!

Your point that it's the only attack against which there is no defense is compelling, and it does apply to lightning, not other spells, as all other spells need to be used in conjunction with troops.

[willsolvit]

Tell me how a TH3,4 can counter attack from TH5 and above?
How TH5 counter attack from Th6 and above?
similar question for all TH. How do you counter higher TH than you?

The other day, in war, a TH10 bring 240 archer 7 attack one of our max TH8 base (max defense), 3*, easily. Not even one spell was drop.

Because even if you have the max defense on your TH lv, but the attacker know what they are doing, they tears you apart. When I attack a TH8, I took all of his loot, no matter what's his base design. Simple tell me how to counter that?

Zapping is not an issues. It's annoying, sure. I'm sitting with constantly > 50k DE on Gold III (50k DE give them max loot 2k5 when attack me), and yes, I got zap here and there. (5k in 12 hours is my record, by the way). It would be a benefit for me if they nerf zap. But I don't think it's fair for lower TH. You can bully them, they can zap you. All part of the game.

What does this have to do with DE zapping anyway? Isn't this another discussion for another thread? And even if a TH10 can 3 star a TH8 with 240 archers, the loot penalty makes it profitable for both sides. If they get 125k/125k, you'd lose double if you got the fair fight you wanted.

[Jappchillin]

i agree with the OP that some issues are best if looked at objectively. " I don't suffer from it, therefore it isn't a problem " isn't particularly helpful.

I've had my fair share of zaps, so know how annoying it is, and I'm inclined to use all my army on a revenge when it happens. I'm a farmer, and have been for most of my time in this game, but I don't think the game was designed to be played that way. If you consider the game from the point that gaining trophies is the aim ( short as well as long-term) then, I think zapping isn't an issue that needs to be fixed. It doesn't ensure a victory by the zapper, but almost guarrantees a defeat.
I feel that lightning wasn't intended to be used this way, either, but as with farming, people will always find different ways to use things in this game!

Your point that it's the only attack against which there is no defense is compelling, and it does apply to lightning, not other spells, as all other spells need to be used in conjunction with troops.

I'm pretty sure everyone who disagrees with the OP saying it isn't an issue have all been zapped multiple times before. It just happens to everyone but not everyone chooses to "suffer" from it because it's just a game get over it. The spell works exactly as intended, a spell that when dropped, deals damage in an area around it that is exactly what it does. People don't suffer from it because they don't let it get to them. Losing resources is part of the game why does it matter the matter in which they did it? If they did it legitimately then who cares.

[ChiKnows]

Just revenge them or Lower your trophies maybe

[Agrippa]

All those that say there is no skill to zapping are incorrect. There is a sweet spot on the storage. Miss it by a smidgen and you get less DE. I love zapping its an easy way of getting DE, and used in conjunction with lvl 7 barbs and archers is a viable attack strategy. Plus you can zap over 3000 DE especially if there are full drills next to the storage.

Why not use your spells to zap when you can use a barching army without spells to take as much DE as you can. Farming has many facets zapping is one of those.

agrippa

[HiFliya]

Like people have said before me, Zapping is an integral part of the game. People zap you, so go out and zap someone else. Max out collectors and sit on a shield to make up the loss. People aren't addressing the issue because there isn't one.

The best tactic in battle is the one that can't be countered. If it hurts your feeling so much than find and play a feel good game. Or stop pretending to be all high and mighty in a game and just do it yourself if you think it's so effective.

Jappchillin is right, Anything that can't be countered should be used. and again he is right in saying that if people feel that it is so effective, what is stopping you from doing it yourself?

[Spleenless9]

Edit: A popular response [from TH 10s and high 9s who aren't DE hungry] is that they don't mind zapping. Well, many of us do mind. This also doesn't address the issue. Whether or not zapping bothers you is irrelevant.

Well, you said it right there. The fact that zapping bothers you is irrelevant.

Lightning is a spell that causes damage to buildings or CC troops. When a resource building suffers damage, resources are lost. Therefore, when lightning strikes a DE storage or drill, you will lose DE. That is the way the game works, there is nothing broken.

I am an almost maxed TH8, just working on the new mortar and have golems still to do when my Valks get to lvl2, and I'll still zap th9 or 10 in revenge. Heck I'm thinking of boosting my SF every time I see a new thread on Zapping and zap as much as I can in 2 hours!

[azlaier]

I think that your whole response to people is going to be along the same lines isn't it?

As long as people fail to address the issue, yes. I've yet to see a single response doing this.

[ronny2011]

[Heck I'm thinking of boosting my SF every time I see a new thread on Zapping and zap as much as I can in 2 hours![/FONT]

it is good to know there is still some dedicated zapper out there