Give us other things to spend our elixir at TH8!

[Drackos]

I just got to 8. So in tempted to see those spreadsheets of how long it takes and the loot capital.

Pm me when you gather these

[dahimi]

That can easily be solved by upgrading your town hall.

I see what you did there.

[dahimi]

I just got to 8. So in tempted to see those spreadsheets of how long it takes and the loot capital.

Pm me when you gather these

The wiki also has this info.

http://clashofclans.wikia.com/wiki/Cumulative_Costs

[awesomness2016]

Except that it is a real problem.
No, we aren't.
The same argument could have been made about the whiny TH9/10's when they said there wasn't enough elixir in the game: "Don't like it? Well you can CHOOSE to farm a little longer, or hit Next a few more times until you find a base with more elixir, or improve your base layout/upgrade your defenses so that your collectors can collect it without you getting very much taken away from raids, or raid bases at your own TH level and steal elixir from them.

Anyway, a really good solution (it needs tweaking/improvement - but the general idea is what's important) that would make it more fair for everyone was posted here: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...r-with-a-twist

Yeah, read it, may have commented on it, not really a fan, doubt it will happen.

But the thing is it's NOT the same argument at all. Not enough elixir in the economy doesn't actually get fixed by any of the supposed choices you mentioned. What it DOES do is drive people to decide that they are a) not making enough elixir back in their raids and/or b) have to next so many times that they're not making enough gold for it to be worth it, so they decide to stop playing, which among other things costs Supercell money.

Having too much elixir, on the other hand, may cause whining, and it may cause people to make more expensive armies (god forbid) or put their e storages on the outside along with their TH to let raiders have some of their excess (and thereby protect their gold better), and it may prompt people to upgrade their TH before their walls are maxed, but I don't think it ever caused anyone to stop playing.

The difference is that choosing to upgrade your TH or not is a matter of strategy that you have control over, while how many times you have to hit next to find a suitable base to raid, how much gold and elixir is in the economy in general, and how long you'd have to wait to make the amount you need with your collectors is not.

[Katsukic7]

Oh my god yes... I'm maxed on elixir and I have NOTHING to upgrade. My elixir is just sitting there, getting molded. LOL

[ironagedave]

OK so I was looking at my th8 account and it occurred to me that I think there is something that can be done marginally and that is to let th8s upgrade the dark elixr drill to lvl 4.
Golems upgrading to two is expensive and saving up makes you a target for zappers and th9s level 4 drills will help take the sting out of such attacks meanwhile an extra 6 mill of elixr would be used up in upgrades but it is also expensive enough not to have a direct impact on th9 raids as it is still a significant amount to store up.