Bring back TH8 War!

[Pugilisk]

Dear Supercell,

Offense was overpowered at TH8 before the update, but now war is just ridiculous. It has become so easy to 3-star TH8 bases that you have removed all the skill from war at this level.

If course, it was always possible to 3-star all the TH8s anyway, but you needed to bring some talent, planning and variety to your attacks in order to get it done. In our clan, we brought goho, govalo, govaho, holo, gowipe, dragloon and a variety of different deployment styles for our hog attacks depending on the base we were attacking.

We have just come out of a war in which every single one of our TH8s was 3-starred by quad-quake gowipe, and most of these with the first attack. No skill, no planning, no tailoring the attack style to the strengths and weaknesses of the base. Just the same attack time after time.

The extra 30 seconds are unnecessary at TH8. And the gifted dark spell has completely broken TH8 war. From now on both sides will 3-star every base (in the same way that all TH7s have been 3-starred up til now), so TH8s will be irrelevant to the outcome of any war. Warring at TH8 will become pointless as well as monotonous.

I can only assume it is a deliberate ploy to make money by forcing people to upgrade to get to a TH level where war is balanced; but I wonder how many people you are going to lose in the meantime. And what does one say to noobs starting out in CoC - "Clan wars are awesome in this game, but you've got to farm for a year and a half to get to TH10 before you can enjoy that side of the game"? (that obviously assumes that TH10 will be balanced some day)

I've watched YouTube's from guys in the war community, complaining that you haven't brought out any recent updates to develop clan war. I imagine this is because they don't spend the money on gems that pushers and farmers do. Surely you guys could find a way of making money out of war without wrecking this part of the game?

Yours,

Pugilisk

[Radiating]

TH8 is meant to be harder than TH7, but easier than TH9, and having it the way it is already creates the optimum balance. So, I don't think TH8 war really needs to be changed...don't like it, move to TH9.

[Shamsss]

Agree with OP!

Th8 war attacks required skill pre-update, after this update even 4 EQ gowipe without any skill gets you three stars. The extra cc spell was totally unnecessary at Th8 and makes the game less fun for TH8s.

[Tobeee]

TH8 is meant to be harder than TH7, but easier than TH9, and having it the way it is already creates the optimum balance. So, I don't think TH8 war really needs to be changed...don't like it, move to TH9.

What aare you talking about. Th8 has gone soooo easy since now you can destroy two air defences. I agree with the post this has to end.

[Tootenheimer]

The extra 30 seconds is sick. We used to run out of time on many Gowipes, depending on base design. In the last two wars, we have had no such issues. Also, having two poison spells makes CC troops meaningless, since they can kill all but max dragons. And even there, one needs only a wiz or two to finish them off.

I support the update in so much as people are forced/enticed to attack more often. I'm happy to see that. But the fact that the attackers (particularly at TH8) seem to have way more of an advantage isn't all that cool.

[Radiating]

What aare you talking about. Th8 has gone soooo easy since now you can destroy two air defences. I agree with the post this has to end.

Would you say that it is easier than TH7 and if so how?

[Flashz]

Would you say that it is easier than TH7 and if so how?

This thread was about the easy attacking against TH8's in war when up against TH9's or TH8's with stolen and easy to use army compositions. Bringing up TH7 was completely irrelevant to the topic itself...

[Radiating]

This thread was about the easy attacking against TH8's in war when up against TH9's or TH8's with stolen and easy to use army compositions. Bringing up TH7 was completely irrelevant to the topic itself...

Brining up th7 was mewny to demonstrate that the game is mewnt to get harder as you progress and this is one of the ways of how they do it. Otherwise thered be a lot less profit...

[George1971]

Agree, mostly. A little bit of skill is still needed at TH8, more than at TH7.


I did say battles needed more time.

TH8 +10s
TH9 +20s
TH10 +30s

Now, having seen +30s all levels, I am sure I was right. Attacks on TH 6-9 now have too much time. (no firm opinion on TH2-5)

[Pugilisk]

TH8 is meant to be harder than TH7, but easier than TH9, and having it the way it is already creates the optimum balance. So, I don't think TH8 war really needs to be changed...don't like it, move to TH9.

I have no problem with TH8 being more difficult than 7, and less difficult than 9. I am happy with it.

That is the way it was before the update, and that is the way it is now. The update has not changed this.

Your point is irrelevant to my post, because I was talking about an aspect of the game that has changed with the update. Not one that stayed the same.