In my view the whole troop/spell system in CoC is a flop. When you first play the game and when you farm the game is quick, fun and exciting. This is the way clash should be played. It's a portable game, the game should have instant access with attacks. Once you enter the later end of the game with high trophy gameplay and heavy troop combos the game flops. Long cook time for heavy troops, the need for 5 spells every attack on max bases, using heroes then having to wait almost 2hrs to use them again and spending hours looking at a swirling magnifying glass trying to find a base to attack only to get this message because there's nobody to attack:
The game is a waste of time once you get into the more advanced style of playing at high trophy levels. Waiting literally 3+ hours like the OP mentions here between attacks is just ridiculous. SC's player base is mainly lower leagues. Champ league players accounted for less than 1% of the total players in their Reddit dev interview.
In my view the whole waiting on troops/spells/heroes should be scrapped completely. I am playing a game at the moment where you have instant attacks. You have an army camp limit, you hit attack, you can use whatever troops you have unlocked up to the army limit and you can attack from the win screen over and over. It's simply amazing and in my view the way a portable game such as this should be enjoyed. The times have never been in sync in this game. You boost spells and barracks and you will never have enough spells to attack with. They don't stack either meaning you can search in the clouds for an hour for a base to attack, come back to your base with 1hr of troops, 1hr of heroes regen but no spells. It's a complete flop... enjoy the game at low levels farming, it's about the only way you can play this game without beating your head against a brick wall.
