TH Dark Elixir Storage?

[Tex6170]

I was wondering if the TH could hold a small amount of dark elixir at TH 7+. Maybe around 50, so for those TH 7 people that get dark elixir in raids before storage is built. Open to ideas on how to tweak.

[sr55651]

I could see it working, make it something like 10 though, 100 is a bit high
(cause 1 dark elixir = 100 elixir)

[Xitra]

I could see it working, make it something like 10 though, 100 is a bit high
(cause 1 dark elixir = 100 elixir)

I would say 50. It's enough to buy 8 L1 minions, 7 L2 minions, or a hog (L1 or L2).

And with DE being lost to TH snipes, it would definitely be a factor in TH sniping at TH7, maybe a little at TH8. Not a big factor, but something to consider.

Edit: hehe, I guess L2 minions and hogs don't matter, since having them implies they have a DE storage to pay for the lab research. So maybe just 40 DE? Enough to buy a L1 hog, or 6 minions?

[Tex6170]

Thought I would bump an idea from a while back. Any comments?

[Dadsvillage]

Maybe increase the storage to around 75?

[Warfed1337]

I was wondering if the TH could hold a small amount of dark elixir at TH 7+. Maybe around 50, so for those TH 7 people that get dark elixir in raids before storage is built. Open to ideas on how to tweak.

^ lol so what will U DO WHEN U START FARMIN HUH? minus 50 every time?

[Xitra]

^ lol so what will U DO WHEN U START FARMIN HUH? minus 50 every time?

Basically, yeah.

I don't have a particular problem with this. "Farming" might be part of the game, but leaving your TH outside to be sniped for a free 12-hour shield (when it's 100 gems for a 24-hour shield) is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ed.

And yes, my TH is outside on all my accounts. Did you miss the part about the free 12-hour shield? No gems needed? Sign me up for that! Instead of 50 gems, I'll gladly pay 50 DE, if it means not being raided for 1500+ DE.

[Xitra]

Basically, yeah.

I don't have a particular problem with this. "Farming" might be part of the game, but leaving your TH outside to be sniped for a free 12-hour shield (when it's 100 gems for a 24-hour shield) is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ed.

And yes, my TH is outside on all my accounts. Did you miss the part about the free 12-hour shield? No gems needed? Sign me up for that! Instead of 50 gems, I'll gladly pay 50 DE, if it means not being raided for 1500+ DE.

BTW, the distribution of DE between the TH and the DE storage would need to be carefully controlled. For example, if you have 500 DE at TH7, you would only be offering 30 DE in a raid. If you had 50 DE in the TH, and 450 in the DE storage, then you'd be offering 77 DE (50 from TH, 27 from storage). That's clearly a bad situation to be in, because when you're low on DE, you'd always be losing at least 50.

The simple solution, before people start crying, is to make it so that the TH only holds a small percentage of your DE, assuming you have a DE storage. I'm not sure what percentage is fair, but probably something very small, like 2%.

What would that look like? To make it easier (because of rounding), let's say you have 1000 DE. Let's say the TH takes 2% of your DE.

DE in TH?	TH Storage	DE Storage	6% of DE Storage	Available DE
No	0	1000	60	60
Yes	20	980	58.8 (59)	79

Okay, so even with just 2% of DE in the TH, the amount available to raid went up from 6% of your DE to almost 8% of your DE. Not a big surprise.

But remember, it caps at 50 DE (at TH7). So let's see what happens if you have 10,000 DE, enough for a level 1 king or a level 2 minion upgrade.

DE in TH?	TH Storage	DE storage	6% of DE Storage	Available DE
No	0	10,000	600	600
Yes	50	9,950	597	647

As you can see, once you cap the TH, it would only add 47 DE to your DE that's available to loot. It's not the end of the world.

The percentage could even be as low as 1% in the TH, if Supercell is worried about people throwing a hissy fit. Honestly, if that 1% (capped at 50) is a problem for your farming, then you're doing it wrong.