Protection from lightning spells?

[TheRealchrism]

And lvl 5 hogs. Lvl 4 drags. Lvl 6 wizards. Lvl 6 minions.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! now you can drop the mic and walk off stage!!!!

[Momomatthew]

If rather have someone zap me for 1k than raid me for 3k. But of you want an honest raid and you want to lose more, that's youe opinion. Just put your th outside, get a shield, move on with your life.

My TH is outside and I sm farming, but people go for the DE with lightning spells and the TH with a few troops.

[Momomatthew]

How is it balanced when a TH 7 can use it to steal far more than a 10 can do in return? Don't forget the loot penalty / bonus for TH differentials. As such, revenge is also usually pointless as you get little for it as the higher level TH.

currently, it's rewarding lower players. Period.

I agree with you. Most people who lightning me are the low level people in TH6, 7, or 8, and when I want to revenge, either they have a ton of loot, but I can hardly get any because I'm TH10, or they just don't have a lot of loot. The only good time to revenge people that Low is when they have full collectors.

[Mktelf]

Sure it is balanced. A maxed 8 can crush a new 8 for way more. a 9 can do even worse.

So, either you can't read or don't understand how loot penalties / bonuses work based on TH levels....

Or, like many on the Internet, you don't bother to read but are happy to throw out a non-sequitor

[Momomatthew]

My TH has been outside my walls since nearly the start of my playing. Pointless statement as you're not always going to be shielded. You're going to get raided.

again, I get why people, esp at lower levels, like it. But, I still maintain it's not balanced.

Agreed. The only way to balance the spells, and now having to nerf them is being able to have lightning shields.

[toogs]

So, either you can't read or don't understand how loot penalties / bonuses work based on TH levels....

Or, like many on the Internet, you don't bother to read but are happy to throw out a non-sequitor

I read the whole thing, and understand everything. Do you have a specific critique of my post?

[Mktelf]

I read the whole thing, and understand everything. Do you have a specific critique of my post?

You were talking about an 8 versus an 8 or a 9.

My post talked about a 7 versus a 10 and how the lightning strikes favor the lower level player over the higher as the 7 can attack a 10, with the 10 having no way to mitigate or defend, and the 7 gets a loot bonus.

The 7, on the other hand, is never worth attacking if your a 10 because of the loot penalties.

So, again, lightning is unbalanced as it favors lower levels over higher. It shouldn't favor either.

[toogs]

Literally every other thing in the game favors the higher TH. There's your balance.

[krixykuno]

COC's goal is just the same. Steal all the shnutz if you can. It isn't discussed how you should do your stealing so yeah zapping is valid and will forever be.

[Sokitani]

I had the idea recently, after having around 1000 dark Elixer taken away from me each defense because of lightning spells that there should be an item added that you are able to place above any structure within your village and will act as a shield against lightning spells. I would say the maximum level for this would be 5, because each level that it gains, it should be able to block another lightning spell (ex. Lvl 5 lightning shield will stop a maximum of 5 lightning spells before it needs to be re-armed).
If this were added, I would say let it become unlocked when the spell factory becomes available (Town Hall 6) and then allow upgrades to the shield itself whenever a new upgrade to the spell factory is available (I.E. The sane upgrade process as the Spell factory)
i think only 1 of these should be allowed throughout the whole game, so you can choose precisely which object you would like to protect (ex. My dark elixer)
If it is let's say level 2 and it is hit by 3 lightning spells, the 2nd lightning spell would break it (and the shield would make a shattering glass noise) and then the 3rd lightning spell would work on that building. The shield would be invisible to the attacker just like any other trap, unless it is activated (with the lightning spell)

When you are a low level town hall 7 wanting their barbarian king how do you expect them to quickly get their dark elixir.
Even when people steal 1k+ dark elixir by zapping, a decent player should be able to easily get that back in 2-3 raids.