Balancing Clash with Real Life?

[Adunham536]

Hi, I'm a 17 year old that loves to farm in Clash of Clans and upgrade my base. With a job and school I'm wondering how you guys balance playing Clash of Clans with your real life responsibilities? If you have any tips and tricks to having a busy life and maximizing your progress on your base. I'm a max defense th9 working on lava walls and heroes right now so it's tough to farm these while not having a lot of time to raid

I have plenty of gems to boost and try to sit down and boost/raid for 2 hours a day. But even this is becoming a burden in my schedule. Anyone have any tips to progressing your base while being busy?

[BabylonCloud]

Hi, I'm a 17 year old that loves to farm in Clash of Clans and upgrade my base. With a job and school I'm wondering how you guys balance playing Clash of Clans with your real life responsibilities? If you have any tips and tricks to having a busy life and maximizing your progress on your base. I'm a max defense th9 working on lava walls and heroes right now so it's tough to farm these while not having a lot of time to raid

I have plenty of gems to boost and try to sit down and boost/raid for 2 hours a day. But even this is becoming a burden in my schedule. Anyone have any tips to progressing your base while being busy?

To be honest, personally I have found no real "balance". Unless you are talking about a balance that is heavily shifted one way or another.

But I have an all or nothing type personality, so maybe you could be different.

[Perdita]

- When studying, use the Pomodoro Technique (focus for 25 mins/play for 5mins) which is apparently the perfect ratio for concentration vs rest, and also is about the right amount of time to train a nice Giant/arch/heal type army. I used to do this on my endless nights of grading student essays.
- Boost on long commutes/journeys (I used to travel 3hrs a day to and from work)
- Don't clash in class. People like me will confiscate your phone (though really we want to check out your base).
- Clash while pooing. Obviously.

[kirky74]

I've gotten into a pretty nice groove recently of just casual CoC playing. I collect my collectors, do a raid, grab a shield then go about my day. in the evening if I have free time, I'll put in a session if not no big deal. collect, raid, grab shield just before my shield from the morning runs out and im set over night. repeat daily. do I keep 4 builders busy? nope but I also don't sit inside and stare at my tablet when I could be doing something constructive or more interesting, or just go fishing...

[Adunham536]

- When studying, use the Pomodoro Technique (focus for 25 mins/play for 5mins) which is apparently the perfect ratio for concentration vs rest, and also is about the right amount of time to train a nice Giant/arch/heal type army. I used to do this on my endless nights of grading student essays.
- Boost on long commutes/journeys (I used to travel 3hrs a day to and from work)
- Don't clash in class. People like me will confiscate your phone (though really we want to check out your base).
- Clash while pooing. Obviously.

Yeah....already been clashing in class quite a bit. Thanks for the pomodoro technique that's kinda what i was looking for. I've currently been studying and waiting for troops to cook at the same time it works pretty well so far was just wondering if anyone had any other good ideas to fit clash into daily life

[hawkmoons]

Just play as much as you can... There is not a certain amount of time you have to put in... It took me 3 months for full legos at th9 that's because I started to play casually... It would've taken me 3-4 weeks if I played as much as I used to... I'm now a th10 since april and I manage to upgrade 4 buildings and a hero all the time with around 80-120 attacks in a season (3-4 per day) I also do surrender wars which helps a lot... My gold grab was at 500m in april (was my 1 year anniversary) and now I have a gold grab of 570m... So you see, I raided 500m within a year and around 5months later I only got 70m as I stopped playing that much

[DaOneNOnly799]

Play in boosted spans, one in morning, day and night! Each for around an hour or so.

[Corbear007]

I work long hours, what i do is the following

Cook a big army before bed (sometimes this doesnt work) wake up 5 minutes early, raid with said army, you could do a small cook or another large, this nets me a huge boost

Raid when i get to work, sometimes this doesnt work (most of the time that is) no phones allowed, so left in car, go to work, get off on lunch, go to car, eat lunch chat with wife over text, raid. Cook another big army

Get off work, sit in car 5-10 minutes, raid, cook small army, commute home.

Raid when i get home, in the drive way, cook big army, home eat sleep, wake up (sometimes can get another raid in)

Im pushing also, this doesnt work well as i cook big, hit for 14-20, lose 14-20, rinse repeat, sitting in 3200 for about a month straight now, tip: dont have hours to raid? Dont push lol

Balance your life first, fit clashing in your free time, cook 30 minute cooks, or big cooks depending on your schedule, the bit of time i spent farming big cooks helped me cash on the big whales that i found (farmers) while the smalls kept me at a good brisk pace for loot and made up for the big army costs at a smaller cost and profit overall, but at a much faster (and thus more lucrative) pace when i actually have free time to blow (very rare these days)

Your life, friends, family and your schooling will follow you forever, clash will not. Why ive lived by, and my clan and online friends live by this, life>gaming no matter what the circumstances

[Tiberius94]

Honestly, dude I had the same problem. But it can be solved with a little work. First, get a calendar. and write down everyday you have school (which im guessing its mon-friday), then every day you have work. After you have written everything down, you should be able to dictate when you have a couple free hours when you don't have work, or school work. For example, say on Thursday, you come home from school, you don't have work, and you finished your homework. thats when you get to play. but if you have work on friday, you would come home, and decide if you have time to do school work and such, then go to work, no clashing today. Just map out your schedule, and you should be able to decide whether you can play or not. Make sure to always put school, schoolwork, and your job before clashing, there r more important things than clash.

[Oneyed]

Just go on the doll, e.g, Centerlink. 90% of maxed muppets on the game are unemployed and on some sort of govourment payments.

You our will get some sort of income every week, and you will have all the time in the world to farm for that lovely and O so glorious Gold, Exlier and DE. Your base will be in top shape in no time. Just finish school first mate, education is very important these days.