New Defense Idea: Lightning Shield

[LordDoofius]

everyone seems to hate getting their DE zapped away by lightning spells. i hate when people zap one of my air defenses and dragon raid me (i am currently th7).

how about creating a lightning shield that can be applied to a select building to protect it. it should need re-arming like a bomb or trap, and probably be fairly expensive to acquire like a seeking air mine.

also, if this is too much defensive power and you think it will unbalance the gameplay, you could make it less than 100% effective. it would reduce damage of lightning to prevent destruction or lessen the amount of stolen resources,
but lightning would still significantly weaken the target. (much like a seeking air mine's effect on dragons. they almost kill them but not quite).

[hesto25]

Wow! This is one of the first times I've seen a lightning shield for anything other than directly the DE storage.
(You wanted it for the AD, right?)

Dragons will always 100% TH7s, though, airdefense taken out or not

So no, this will not fly

[iceageg]

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As much as I hate to quote myself . . .

[rwelshjr]

everyone seems to hate getting their DE zapped away by lightning spells. i hate when people zap one of my air defenses and dragon raid me (i am currently th7).

how about creating a lightning shield that can be applied to a select building to protect it. it should need re-arming like a bomb or trap, and probably be fairly expensive to acquire like a seeking air mine.

also, if this is too much defensive power and you think it will unbalance the gameplay, you could make it less than 100% effective. it would reduce damage of lightning to prevent destruction or lessen the amount of stolen resources,
but lightning would still significantly weaken the target. (much like a seeking air mine's effect on dragons. they almost kill them but not quite).

Isn't the currently offered shield doing exactly those things? Except it doesn't have to be expensive, you can put your th out and get a 12 hour one on the cheap.

[rwelshjr]

As much as I hate to quote myself . . .

Sometimes its better to explain to them the issues with their idea they are overlooking rather than just keep wagging your finger at them for suggesting it.

[Scuba061]

Wow! This is one of the first times I've seen a lightning shield for anything other than directly the DE storage.
(You wanted it for the AD, right?)

Dragons will always 100% TH7s, though, airdefense taken out or not

So no, this will not fly

Count me as surprised too. Someone actually using their brain and understanding lightning damage on something other than a DE storage is more damaging to one's loot?

Won't happen for the same reasons, but it's refreshing to see the correct line of thinking for a change.

[LordDoofius]

Wow! This is one of the first times I've seen a lightning shield for anything other than directly the DE storage.
(You wanted it for the AD, right?)

Dragons will always 100% TH7s, though, airdefense taken out or not

So no, this will not fly

so i think this a major problem for th7. it is the only level at which it is super easy to 3 star another base at the same level. this seems broken or unbalanced. i do not believe this situation exists at other th levels.
sure it is usually easy to 100% any village that is lower level, but obtaining 100% on same level or higher should require some skill.

[LordDoofius]

Isn't the currently offered shield doing exactly those things? Except it doesn't have to be expensive, you can put your th out and get a 12 hour one on the cheap.

no this would function more like a trap. it would only affect a select building/tower/storage and would need to be re-armed. but most importantly you could still attack without breaking it like a normal shield.

sure the normal shield will protect all your stuff from all possible attacks, including the lightning attacks i described. the difference is you have to sit around doing nothing and can't attack anybody if you want that shield to stay active.

[Scuba061]

so i think this a major problem for th7. it is the only level at which it is super easy to 3 star another base at the same level. this seems broken or unbalanced. i do not believe this situation exists at other th levels.
sure it is usually easy to 100% any village that is lower level, but obtaining 100% on same level or higher should require some skill.

Like the other guy said, even without lightning, dragons on a TH7 are a cake walk. There's no way around it. It's not fun being a TH7 in clan wars since you're a punching bag. But just get through it and you'll have a chance to stop dragon 3 stars at TH8 with solid base design.

[Avikal]

everyone seems to hate getting their DE zapped away by lightning spells. i hate when people zap one of my air defenses and dragon raid me (i am currently th7).

how about creating a lightning shield that can be applied to a select building to protect it. it should need re-arming like a bomb or trap, and probably be fairly expensive to acquire like a seeking air mine.

also, if this is too much defensive power and you think it will unbalance the gameplay, you could make it less than 100% effective. it would reduce damage of lightning to prevent destruction or lessen the amount of stolen resources,
but lightning would still significantly weaken the target. (much like a seeking air mine's effect on dragons. they almost kill them but not quite).

lol..
seems like you r kidding..