What are your thoughts on Post-Update Farming?

[Arjunm]

Hey guys, this is Arjun. All of you know that SC recently launched an update with the new TH11, Grand Warden, and Eagle Artillery. In this update, they also included certain things, like the new shield system, new matchmaking criteria, etc. which, according to some Clashers, has made farming harder.

However, this might not be the same with everyone. I just wanted to know your thoughts on post-update farming, its pros and cons, why it's a pro or a con, and if possible, new strategies to improve the loot income. The basic idea behind this is that people can help each other to farm better with the new update.

Personally, I don't have any problem with the new update (just that it makes my phone lag a bit). I just aim for the storages and try and get to the core, where the TH and storages are usually located. I still get a shield by putting 30% of my buildings outside (which are useless for defence). I also get great loot from wars.My suggestion to the Clashers out there is to just adapt. Find out new ways to farm. How do you think the strategy of hitting inactive collectors and putting TH outside was found? Just adapt to the game, and you'll find that it will become enjoyable eventually.

So please post your feedback on post-update farming, whether it's a pro or a con and why, and if possible, new strategies to increase loot income. Looking forward to hearing from all of you!

Cheers!
Arjun

[Naieast]

I'm probably one of the few on the forums that can actually say this but I prefer post update farming more than pre update farming. The gem boost is 5gems for 1 hour so I can boost more, loot is overall better for me, and I don't get hit nearly as hard as before if I have full storages.

[Saleh47]

One thing great about update is it made me use goblins & minions to farm lol
Before I was use GBArch. Now goblins are the right way to farm. It seems things are not going the right way in terms of farming me as for now

[bouges]

I'm trying all kinds of different combos and one thing I do know is that I don't want to have to depend on spells to core a base.... But the WB'ers are just sad. You get giants inside a base and WB'ers are exclusively break outside sections. With all other troops placing them to hit a desired target is very feasible, but not wall breakers, they just go where they want, they WILL run to a further target to hit an available first layer than go inside. Really really really wish SC would look into this..

[DaiGuren]

refer to title.

unless you want to settle for 100K Gibarch raids against max inferno melting your giants faces off.
i feel this reality is just on the horizon as more and more TH9 and unders lose out in the development race.

[Godzilla86]

Farming is so good for me I haven't done an attack in two days.

I can't handle this much loot

[HenamaGahapiya]

just downloaded hayday

[MisterOz]

TLDR: I'm doing fine. My only concern is a future lack of elixir in the economy but I have faith SC is keeping an eye on this and will rectify any issues.

My maxed TH9 is doing fine. I raid for dex and that has improved since the update as I now see loads of bases with over 2k dex to take.

My TH7 is going so well I will soon have an abundance of elixir and nothing to spend it on. All four builders have not stopped. Neither has the lab.

I started a new mini during sneak peeks. It's TH5 now and going gangbusters.

I have no problem finding the rss I need to keep my builders working non stop in my TH7 or TH5.

TH9 is in Masters 2

TH7 is in Gold 2

TH5 is in Silver 2

I'd like to get the 7 and 5 into Crystal and then Masters.

I don't like getting smashed by higher THs every 12 hours. But it is part of the game now and I ALWAYS raid way more than I lose. So I am in front anyway. Overall, I am enjoying the update. My raiding style hasn't changed. I had some issues/concerns pre update and voiced them. And I have issues post update... but they aren't about free shields or lack of loot atm... they are about my Concern for the eventual drying up of elixir. But I have faith SC will be keeping a sharp eye on it like they did with the skull wall experiment.

Pre update I had, on occasion, spent over 200k in search fees in Masters looking for a good base to hit. So when I hear people post update whining about not finding dead bases or good loot or whatever, I am always apt to ask... Where are you searching? What are you searching for (what do you call good loot)? How many times are you clicking Next? And, are you checking clashforecaster to see if you are raiding at the time most optimal for loot? But I know there is no talking to those people. They never reveal these things otherwise we might see there is no legitimacy to their sooking. If they spent their time searching and clicking next instead of scrolling through the forums starting new threads covering the same whiny topics, they might find good rss.

[SuperTech]

What is this farming you speak of? I can't find any references to it in the how to play COC hand guide.

[ColdSide]

There are no "new ways to farm". I have been from Silver 2 to Champs 2 and loot is just poor compared to how it was before. I am a TH10 - there is no option but to attack other TH10s for loot as that's almost all I see in matchmaking now. There is no adaptation to be had here, it's just worse than it was before.

I'm guessing the OP isn't TH10 as he says he is getting "great loot from wars". I lose at an absolute minimum 5k DE per war even if we win. I don't really care about that as I have maxxed heroes but for someone who doesn't and is getting smashed for 3k DE on defence now I would imagine they wouldn't think they were getting great loot. Not to mention that even if we win 4 wars in a row, the cumulative gold is only enough to get 1 out of 275 walls from level 10 to level 11.