Why Zapping Is An Issue, But Something We Should Live With.

[Gama321]

Well, if your going to call them noobs, wouldn't it be nice to give an explanation as to why their called noobs?

Zapping was only ever an issue for th9s and 10s, if we assume that most players here are under that then its only natural that they dont see zapping as something that needs to be fixed
No one that supports zapping has come up with a reason that it should be allowed to subvert defences completely and just take resources (which only takes away from the strategy aspect and takes away from a better gaming experience, one that actually requires troops and spells to be used in tandem to achieve your objective), other than the fact that it can be done already, which isn't even a legitimate argument

[Ahorer]

Just noo -_-

[Tomaster1275]

How's it unethical and heartless to zap? It's part of the game, it isn't even c h e a ting, people are just using a different way of getting loot. Think of it this way: They use lots of elixir, wait for a long time, and loose trophies if they zap, in return, they get resources back that don't even equal the amount they spent.



There shouldn't be any guilt in zapping, for it is part of the game, it's a strategy that SuperCell put in that game. Everyone can zap, so it's called fair.

If you can't see why zapping is immoral then i feel sorry for you..
obviously this problem will never be fixed cuz supercell doesnt give a flying cookie about fairness, but it makes me sad to be in a world where players like you think zapping is fair.

Ive emailed supercell many times asking them to fix zapping, but as expected they couldnt care less, as this world has been turned into a battlefield where everyone is fighting for money. (Warning:supercell fanboys incoming)
i give up on humanity...

[victort]

If you can't see why zapping is immoral then i feel sorry for you..
obviously this problem will never be fixed cuz supercell doesnt give a flying cookie about fairness, but it makes me sad to be in a world where players like you think zapping is fair.

Ive emailed supercell many times asking them to fix zapping, but as expected they couldnt care less, as this world has been turned into a battlefield where everyone is fighting for money. (Warning:supercell fanboys incoming)
i give up on humanity...

i'd give up on coc as well then ..... it's a game where you steal somebodys fictional resources.....why one way of stealing is more or less moral than another, is something yet to be explained......

go and swap hay bales in farmville if you get that wound up over it ........

[mido2malik]

I think zapping DE Storages is a normal thing.

I zap peoples' storages and people zap mine.

It's a part of the game.

YES, maybe being zapped bothers me but this is the game.

I thaught of a new thing called (lightning absorber) hhhhhhhhhh
It's a shield that can be put on one building and absorbs a percentage of the damage that a lightining spell does EDIT: You can upgrade it and the more you upgrade the more it protects the building. It must be re-armed after every absorption-defense-usage.

I am Neutral with this idea, sometimes I feel its bad and sometimes I feel its amazing.

Anyway, I am okay with zapping

[Spinner7980]

"Sure there should be something to defend, absorb or deflect the lightning spell. Everything should have a potential counter measure, like rock paper scissors. Barbarians and archers get countered with splash damage defenses, while giants absorb the hits better from splash but get taken out quicker by single target defenses. Healers help the giants absorb the hits but get taken out by air defenses. Lava hounds absorb the hits so that other air troops like the healer can continue to protect. However lava hounds deliver small damage so on their own they become ineffective. The list goes on and on and on. A counter for every move that is played during the battle and the other spells act as temporary enhancers. But if the troop strategy isn't played right, the spells themselves can become useless. But not lightning.

Could you imagine if in rock paper scissors there was a fourth object that could beat rock, paper, and scissors and none of them could counter it. Everyone would always choose the fourth object. How much fun would that be?"

there is kind of a counter to the lightning spell
its called "how much it costs to use one vs how much you actually get in return"
also, you cannot win with just lightning spells so your ridiculous PRS analogy does not fit.
taking a small percentage of loot does not equate to winning. sorry.

also there is the bigger point that there is no counter to any of the spells. you cannot counter any spell. i drop a healing spell on my troop, it heals. period. nothing you can do about that. i drop a rage spell and my troop gets bigger faster stronger. etc. i drop a lightning spell and it does splash damage to whatever building is in the vicinity. damage on resource buildings gives me the loot.

the bottom line, well actually, there is two bottom lines.
first - you just dont like it. well, thats too bad sunshine.
second - we the player do not have to put forth any reason whatsoever why it should be in the game. that is not our job. because it is in the game. it is up to you, the crier and moaner that thinks it is so unfair to provide the argument for why it should not be in the game.

fyi - because there is no counter, because you don't like it, because it is a pain or annoying are apparently not valid arguments. if they were, supercell probably would have done something about them by now. but they have not. they have also, allegedly, had an employee say that they do not have any plans of changing it. they may not have outright said they have ruled out completely never to change it, but they have said they dont plan on it right now.

you have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.

just let it go man

[Defiant]

its impossible to take away zapping..

[willsolvit]

there is kind of a counter to the lightning spell
its called "how much it costs to use one vs how much you actually get in return"
also, you cannot win with just lightning spells so your ridiculous PRS analogy does not fit.
taking a small percentage of loot does not equate to winning. sorry.

also there is the bigger point that there is no counter to any of the spells. you cannot counter any spell. i drop a healing spell on my troop, it heals. period. nothing you can do about that. i drop a rage spell and my troop gets bigger faster stronger. etc. i drop a lightning spell and it does splash damage to whatever building is in the vicinity. damage on resource buildings gives me the loot.

I don't know why anyone would think that's a counter, but it's not.

And there doesn't need to be a counter to spells in specific because you're still battling the troops. Your defenses can out DPS a heal spell if it's on a single target plus Infernos. Raged Pekka? Throw a skelly in there and see how fast she runs out. You can change your base layout to help. Jumping into walls? Upgrade your walls so they don't jump out or build a better base. Freeze spells are just balancing the Infernos
Winning with 2-3 stars without spells is kinda impossible anyway so spells are fine but zapping DE isn't

[Spinner7980]

why is that not a legitimate counter?
my level 4 lightning spells cost 20k elixer, each
the only time i ever walk away with more than 750 DE is when i am able to take out the maxed out drills
a single lightning spell would get me, maybe, 150 DE and that is if i only zap someone with over 1k DE available

the thing is that myself and pro zappers cannot comprehend why anyone cares so much about a spell that anyone can use. you can use it too. but since you want to put yourself on some high horse and be above zapping, you think that everyone else should to. well, it doesnt work that way. ANYYONE can use the lightning spell as they see fit.

DEAL WITH IT

[anarchy86]

why is that not a legitimate counter?
my level 4 lightning spells cost 20k elixer, each
the only time i ever walk away with more than 750 DE is when i am able to take out the maxed out drills
a single lightning spell would get me, maybe, 150 DE and that is if i only zap someone with over 1k DE available

the thing is that myself and pro zappers cannot comprehend why anyone cares so much about a spell that anyone can use. you can use it too. but since you want to put yourself on some high horse and be above zapping, you think that everyone else should to. well, it doesnt work that way. ANYYONE can use the lightning spell as they see fit.

DEAL WITH IT

If 5 maxed lightning is able to destroy a TH, would you still say that it is fine because everyone can do it?

The issue is not whether i can do it or you can do it, the issue is that the amount of DE being taken due to zapping is, in most players' opinions, too high.

Trust me, if 5 lightnings steals only 200 DE on a capped storage you will never hear a single complaint about this.