I'd never imagined, but this update...well for me it improved things pretty much!

[Kevfromle]

most styles of play are still alive...its just harder to execute them
I'm not a pro-update supporter because of the impact on my clan.
ive found several approaches that work for me personally.

I just wish that Supercell would make a statement about their next intentions!

[sonnet]

It is an effective attack, but not an effective farming strategy. When I think farming I envisage loot/time. When you have to wait 45 minutes for Golems and hours for spells it is not a farming strategy.

My Heroes are maxed so I kinda Barch with Hogs... for farming. It's a strange combo but has a fast build time. No spells unless I have to.

I don't wait 45 min..I actually wait between 90-120 minutes.
But the beauty of that is that you don't stay attached to the screen. You do all your activities during the day, and from time to time you get 5-10 min break and do your battle in clash.

Like I said, if we were not in this period I'd be doing a bit less, but I'm also spending less time in the game to get similar results and that's a big pro for me.

[WiseGuyClasher]

The people who still need DE and elixir and can't raid several times a day are screwed. Before, the game fit many different styles and playing times. Now it is suited for the people who can raid a lot and hit storages with some efficiency. I do think more DE/elixir is leaving, then coming in, which might turn into a problem.

This is exactly the problem. Glad there is at least one high level player who recognizes this.

[sonnet]

Almost every troops is maxed and so are both heroes meaning it's likely the base is also maxed. There is no need to raid over and over once you hit that level. You can sit back and raid every hour with a big army like this when saving DE is not an issue. It's also quite likely that when you do log out you won't be attacked either except by a bigger fish. Nobody wants to work that hard for that kind of loot. Except for this player of course. It's nice to have the luxury to go big or go home, but for someone going to TH11 with no need for DE, you could get a lot of work done stress free without having to be so picky about your targets.

So while it's not a true "farming" strategy it's quite effective considering where this player is in the game. Not so many people are that lucky though or willing to trade DE for the other resources.

No my base is not maxed. I have IT and xbows maxed ,and aside from that everything is lvl 9 defence.
That's because I rushed to TH9 when I started playing and so I started to upgrade the AQ (and the king who was already lvl 10) after just 2 months I was playing.

I get attacked actually and bleed resources. But you should keep in mind that I fill the storages in about 2 days.
Given that I'm trying to keep DE as low as possible, during those 2 days, nobody attack me in the first day (as my deposit are not filled enough to be a valuable target) and on day 2, I get attacked (thanks to the pbt) at most 3 times during which I loose between 30-70% (I'd say 50% on average) of my resources. It's like not having performed 2 attacks out of the 15-20 I perform during the 2 days.

It might not be the most profitable, but it's very comfortable playing style.

[toefu]

The update has added lots of juicy storage raids. Only problem is you need a war army to raid now. That's fine for me, I'm maxed heroes at TH11 and have little use for DE(witches cooking). So all I need is elixir(not upgrading defenses). I get some pretty good raids up in champs, not complaining. But having to defend(they should call it having to get pummeled), every time my shield drops, kinda sucks.

The people who still need DE and elixir and can't raid several times a day are screwed. Before, the game fit many different styles and playing times. Now it is suited for the people who can raid a lot and hit storages with some efficiency. I do think more DE/elixir is leaving, then coming in, which might turn into a problem.

please just stop. before the patch there was plenty of storage raids in m3-champ2. You just needed a war army to take them back then as well. And the patch brought nothing new to the table. This whole breaking shield nonsense.

Prepatch you could break shield anytime you wanted and would be back under a shield within 10 seconds of logoff. This is what many people did including myself, so it was basically an infinite shield.

The only people who love this change are trophy pushers who can now push 3 times up for trophies before losing getting 1*ed down. Making big armies for storage raids is nothing new, and the patch didn't make it any better than before. And for all the people rejoicing about no more collector raids, you could have just nexted them before and went after big fish. Going after abandoned bases was YOUR choice, you chose to rob yourself of casual war attacks.

All SC did was eliminate a large portion of weaker players and slowed progression down for the rest. Congrats.

[hpychan]

I see a new strategy from this post. Raid. Wait for the troops. Drop trophy. Drop trophies. Drop trophies. Troops ready. Raid