Why do so many people have lv 7 walls?

[bog3nator]

i can tell you from experience, there is a huge difference from lvl 7-9 walls. maybe it does take the same amount of lvl 6 wb. but only lvl 6 which you can only get at th10. also it adds a huge intimidation factor. as a th10 i am sure i would get attacked 100% more since i am almost always showing 400/400/3000 if i had lvl 7 walls instead of lvl 9. also as a th9 or th10 even if your bases is maxed def wise you still look attackable and like a noob with lvl 7 walls.

[vinnyXo]

people are scared

[andrgin]

lvl5 walls (Gold) cost 30K and you will get 500 hit Points (+55%)
lvl6 walls (pink) cost 75K and you will get 600 hit Points (+43%)
lvl7 walls (purple) cost 200K and you will get 500 hit Points (+25%)
lvl8 walls (skulls) cost 500K and you will get 500 hit Points (+20%)
lvl9 walls (legos) cost 1000K and will get 1000 hit Points (+33%)

lvl8 walls are the worst Level, because you get not much hit Points. You can max all other defenses at th9 (if you had max th8 before) for the same cost as all skulls. Do you want to attack a maxed th9 with purples or a maxed th8 with skulls?
All lvl7 wizard Towers cost 21 Million. They make +25% more damage to all giants/hogs etc., kill most relevant low health troops with one shot (lvl6 and lvl7 archers, lvl5 goblins, lvl5 wall breakers). For the same Gold you only get 40 skull walls that take 20% more damage and get blown away they wall breakers anyway.

Another reason is that at th7 buildings are rather cheap, but they still take time to build (with 4 builders). If you also Need builders for barracks (lvl9 barracks for Dragons take 4 days) and all mines/collectors that you did not care about at th6, you have plenty of Gold to spend on walls.
At th8 the buildings get more expensive, but if you are doing buildings that take longer like the teslas, mortars or air defense, you will still have Gold to spend on walls.
At th9 all the buildings get much more expensive, but you do not get more loot. The buildings take a bit longer, but you may have a 5th builder and all most likely all mines maxed, so you have enough to do keeping your builders busy for defenses. No Gold to spend on walls (except for new th9s that dump Gold into walls to save elixir for their first troops). You also have stronger defenses and loose less Gold, so it is easier to save up for more expensive buildings while at th8 this is harder and you will be most likely Dumping every Gold you get to avoid getting raided.

Many Players are still barching at th9 and get even less loot than th7s or th8s at the Moment.

[Incurso]

People is lazy and doesnt care if their village looks noobish *hides*

[TheClanfellas]

But skull walls look so nice dont they? And they match TH9 Town Hall!!

[AxelR]

Building walls help beyond the WB, forces still have to churn through the interior walls.

That aside, upgraded walls separate the impatient 'make me strong now' from the patient 'work first, glory later' types of people.

Are either really wrong? I'd say the first type is if they end up playing for years. I'd say the second is wrong if they burn out before they complete their goal. However, if the first burns out after a year or so then they took the right path. If the second is still around after 1.5 to 2 years, they chose the right path.

[MrSmart]

Because level 8 walls are so expensive, and you said it took you 2-4 weeks and a casual player? Mate, you are addicted to this game. A lot. It took me months of hardcore farming to get mine to level 8.

[JL345]

People are at different stages in the game, that is why.

[jackedint]

My question is, why does anybody bother moving past level 7 walls?

cuz I have nothing else to spend my gold on

[CocChampion]

I just wonder. It didn't take much time at all to get those 250 slices upgraded to lv8, maybe 2-4 weeks and I'm a little bit more than a casual player (I dont boost barracks...).

I think the minimum for a "bit more than a casual player" would be a month.... Certainly not 2 weeks.