Detering Zappers (those that zap your DE storage)

[FlyMolo23]

Okay then. Heck with it...since it's fair, lets ALL do it. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Right? Eventually those little Zapper Punks will get enough of their DE stolen from them that they will just stop.

Cool??

Nope. I personally admit i zapped a few times back when i was saving de for my barb king. But that was because i was a new th7 and still had lvl3 troops. There was almost no way for me to gety barb king in a day aftr being th7 if i didnt resort to zapping. But when my troops got to lvl4, then i stopped it since it really wasnt cost effective. It was far easier to use heal and totally wipe out bases to get ALL of their de rather than zapping and only getting a percentage of it.

Now im th8, i have never zapped de again after getting my barbking lvl1. Yeah i do get zapped evry now and then, but its no biggie, i can raid it back easily. You can also revenge those who zap you but for me, i dont do it if its a th7, since as many in other threads have already pointed and based on experience as well, that is the only legit way they can get de from a HIGHER th. But if its the same townhall, or a higher one, i revenge their bases and take back my de and some of theirs as well, preferably in the quickest time possible for maximum irritation(om their part).

And dont say that we should do it because everybody does it, because not everyone does it on a regular basis. Sure everyone did it a few times but they dont do it anymore. So you dont admit to zapping? Ever?

[ClasherRob]

Yep. The defense against zapping is trophy push up into C2 or higher and putting your TH outside. Zapping stops almost overnight.

Negative! I'm in C1 and my TH is out nearly 100% of the time. I still get zapped by TH9s in M3. Only place I never saw it was up in M1...and rarely in M2. I think that's because the people at that level have a better understanding of how hard DE is to come by. That and they have more loot to lose when they get revenged.

[Thinktank]

What if instead, we make a trap that acts as a forcefield bubble with a small radius to deflect spells

[JohnnyPC]

The suggestion I have for SC is that the % empty / % full should be connected to the hit points of all pumps and storages.

The first X% of hit points would destroy the empty X% of the building yielding no loot, while the remaining Y% will have all the loot. For example, if a storage is 40% full (60% empty) and it has 1000 hit points, then the attacker gets nothing for the first 600 hit points, while all the loot is rewarded while destroying the last 400 hit points. This will completely stop zapping (because the zaps will only be destroying the empty portion of the storage, yielding no loot) and it will force raiders to go for full destruction of a loot structure to get all the loot rather than just skimming off the top and bailing early. Anyone who already fully destroys loot buildings will be unaffected.

[ClasherRob]

Nope. I personally admit i zapped a few times back when i was saving de for my barb king. But that was because i was a new th7 and still had lvl3 troops. There was almost no way for me to gety barb king in a day aftr being th7 if i didnt resort to zapping. But when my troops got to lvl4, then i stopped it since it really wasnt cost effective. It was far easier to use heal and totally wipe out bases to get ALL of their de rather than zapping and only getting a percentage of it.

Now im th8, i have never zapped de again after getting my barbking lvl1. Yeah i do get zapped evry now and then, but its no biggie, i can raid it back easily. You can also revenge those who zap you but for me, i dont do it if its a th7, since as many in other threads have already pointed and based on experience as well, that is the only legit way they can get de from a HIGHER th. But if its the same townhall, or a higher one, i revenge their bases and take back my de and some of theirs as well, preferably in the quickest time possible for maximum irritation(om their part).

And dont say that we should do it because everybody does it, because not everyone does it on a regular basis. Sure everyone did it a few times but they dont do it anymore. So you dont admit to zapping? Ever?

First, I have NEVER zapped anyone's DE. Never had a reason to. I didn't get my BK on the 1st day because I had a fundmental understanding of how the game is played. You build your DE storage (and now your DE drill - something I didn't have) on the 1st day of TH7. Then with time and hard work, you raid and maybe even farm enough DE to get your BK within a week or two.

Second, being TH7 is no reason to use such a cowardly method to steal someone's DE. Raid and take it by force, as everyone else does. If you can't raid and take it by force, then your troops aren't strong enough. Keep working, you'll grow and get better as time passes.

Third, I revenge ALL DE zappers. And I do it will overkill. I will revenge a TH5 with full force if I have to make a point. And I will do it over and over again because it isn't about the DE or elixir that I have. It is about the cowardly method used to take it from me. I spend MILLIONS of gold and elixir, and in some case Gems trying to protect my DE, yet there is not a single way to protect it from Lighting Spells.

I'm not saying we should do it because everyone does it. I'm saying we should do it to prove a point. If it gets out of hand, maybe Supercell will finally see that it is a problem and do something to prevent it....or at least find a way to reduce the effects. There have been plenty of prevention methods proposed. It's time to do something about it.

Good Luck my friend,

[ClasherRob]

What if instead, we make a trap that acts as a forcefield bubble with a small radius to deflect spells

That's another viable option that Supercell should take into consideration.

Thanks,

[ClasherRob]

The suggestion I have for SC is that the % empty / % full should be connected to the hit points of all pumps and storages.

The first X% of hit points would destroy the empty X% of the building yielding no loot, while the remaining Y% will have all the loot. For example, if a storage is 40% full (60% empty) and it has 1000 hit points, then the attacker gets nothing for the first 600 hit points, while all the loot is rewarded while destroying the last 400 hit points. This will completely stop zapping (because the zaps will only be destroying the empty portion of the storage, yielding no loot) and it will force raiders to go for full destruction of a loot structure to get all the loot rather than just skimming off the top and bailing early. Anyone who already fully destroys loot buildings will be unaffected.

That is how it has worked for a very long time now. Watch your attack on a nearly empty LVL6 DE Storage. Archers will sit on it for 10-20 seconds and no DE is being taken...until it reaches a certain point.

[iceageg]

Negative! I'm in C1 and my TH is out nearly 100% of the time. I still get zapped by TH9s in M3. Only place I never saw it was up in M1...and rarely in M2. I think that's because the people at that level have a better understanding of how hard DE is to come by. That and they have more loot to lose when they get revenged.

Be thankful they wasted their time and elixir on lightning spells instead of an effective attack that would have taken more DE along with your gold and elixir. All that mathematically challenged parasite did was waste their own time to your benefit.

[ClasherRob]

Be thankful they wasted their time and elixir on lightning spells instead of an effective attack that would have taken more DE along with your gold and elixir. All that mathematically challenged parasite did was waste their own time to your benefit.

Tell me again how I benefit from losing 2000 DE each time I'm zapped? I was zapped 3 times in 2 days and lost nearly 6000 DE. I have been lucky enough to revenge 1 so far and recovered 2000 DE, but I had to put my hero upgrade on hold and have yet to catch the other two. Hopefully I can catch them with full storage or I'm out what they stole from me and what I will have to use to revenge them.

Had they tried attacking me and taken the full 3000 DE from my storage, I would have been fine with that. That is part of the game and I fully understand that. But since they chose to be cowards and zap my DE, I now I have to teach them a lesson and wipe them out completely to teach them that what they did isn't worth the effort.

Thanks,

[Kowalski711]

NO its not. its just part of the game. Just like it was just part of the game for you to push down to the weaker opponents to steal that DE in the fist place.

So there is nothing broken, no fix needed. The guys that are crying about zapping are just being poor sports.

You stole my thunder
Rwelshjr is right. If you go down to silver 1, you DESERVE to be zapped - not a th7s fault a th 10 is 3starring them and lightning is their only revenge option