Upgrade Level 8+ walls with Dark Elixir

[Erik4556]

Most of this subject is summed up within the Title so I'll fill in the blanks with this suggestion. Basically due to the fact that Level 8 walls have a similar color scheme to Dark Elixir and the fact that Level 8 walls are so much more expensive than its predecessors, I propose Dark Elixir be used as another form of upgrading walls. Due to the fact that in all comparable cases, 1 Dark Elixir is equivalent to 1000 regular elixir, this should be the the factor for setting the upgrade prices. Level 8 wall at 500,000 Gold/Elixir? 500 in Dark Elixir.

This would also help in strategies such as trophy pushing where people try to spend their gold and elixir on walls as soon as possible to avoid being attacked, those same people are still attacked due to the large quantites of Dark Elixir they possess. This would help them rid themselves of their excess resources in a way that removes some of the headaches TH8-10 players face with upgrading walls.

Thank you for your time,
Erik4556

[TheGamer22222]

We shouldn't waste it on walls!

[GuardianLegend]

I WOULD LOVE THIS!!! Maybe 1k de, 500 is too easy to come by. That is such a brilliant idea, I thought of it but I'm like nah they won't consider it.

[Wrath123]

I don't think they should make it easier any more. DE is the only thing unaffected by any kind of loot crisis, I think it should stay that way.

[Erik4556]

We shouldn't waste it on walls!

"Waste" it. It is still a good investment but note the cost of heros, it takes an incredible amount of Dark Elixir to get heros upgraded and that amount will get raided from you at incredible quantites. I specified on Trophy pushing for a reason, the intent of trophy pushing is to look like as little of a target as possible. The higher ups won't go for a base with 4k gold and 7k Elixir and only a few trophies for a win when they could go for a higher base for more loot and trophies, but when theres 1-2k Dark Elixir raidable... then the highups get excited and start to think they might raid. Also, I'm sure alot of us have gone through the hell of upgrading walls, its a massive money sink. The price of the walls in question can of course be debated and changed, I took the mathematical approach to an initial estimate value.

[Spinner7980]

considering they now allow to buy level 6 or 7 walls with regular elixer, i guess it would make sense at some point to use dark elixer.

i think level 8 would be too early because at that point you are still primarily using your DE to upgrade your hero's. i dont think anyone at that point would choose to upgrade a wall over a hero. maybe, they would. i know i wouldnt.

i think that it makes much more sense to incorporate DE for walls at level 10 or 11 because by then, most clashers probably have their heroes close to fully upgraded and at that point DE is mostly used for upgrading troops, so if the lab is going, it would make sense to spend some DE on a wall.

i am also curious how you came by your ratio of 1 DE to 1000 elixer.

[Erik4556]

My apologies spinner I intended to write 1 to 100, not 1 to 1000 but looking back on it, no decent human being is going to pay 5,000 de on one level 8 wall. My initial source for the ratio is from an exempt from the clash wiki on dark elixir storages:

Although the description refers the Dark Elixir as "three times as powerful", in the game it is in fact 100 times as powerful. This is observed by two facts: for example, both 1,000,000 Elixir and 10,000 Dark Elixir can be bought with 600 gems; the loading costs of a level 1 X-Bow is 50,000 Elixir, while the level 1 Inferno Tower consumes 500 Dark Elixir.

[Spinner7980]

My apologies spinner I intended to write 1 to 100, not 1 to 1000 but looking back on it, no decent human being is going to pay 5,000 de on one level 8 wall. My initial source for the ratio is from an exempt from the clash wiki on dark elixir storages:

Although the description refers the Dark Elixir as "three times as powerful", in the game it is in fact 100 times as powerful. This is observed by two facts: for example, both 1,000,000 Elixir and 10,000 Dark Elixir can be bought with 600 gems; the loading costs of a level 1 X-Bow is 50,000 Elixir, while the level 1 Inferno Tower consumes 500 Dark Elixir.

ok, fair enough.

[Benson822175]

500 DE is way too low. And stop asking for too much, be happy it can be upgraded with gold or elixir

[TheCheese]

500 DE is way too low. And stop asking for too much, be happy it can be upgraded with gold or elixir

I agree. This is hard to add because who should decide the ratio of DE and gold/elixir? Your 1:100 ratio makes the most sense to me so if it is added, it should be in this ratio.