How SC damaged the whole mobile industry with this update

[ThisGameIsNotFunAnymore]

Clash of Clans attracted many different types of players from all walks of life. Soccermoms, professional athletes, schoolchildren, grandmas and grandpas... you name it. All of us had a place, and many of us became customers, making purchases through the game because it was enjoyable and entertaining for us.
Many of the people who are having trouble "adapting" as i see so many on here putting it, are not hardcore gamers, die hard farmers or trophy pushers. For years it was ok to let them play how they wanted and to take their money as far as SC was concerned.
Now everyone needs to be able to run "full attacks"... To be in their "correct league" whatever thats supposed to mean, and to build "stronger bases" even when we all know no base really has a chance of defending at any townhall. This sudden change has alienated huge sections of the community as this is not how people have played for the last 3 years. People are angry, feel decieved and stolen from, and with good reason. Maybe if this had been the game in the first place, many of us never would have played as much, spent any gems, or contributed to making it so successful.
So now SC has our money and has told us all to "adapt or die". Many players have quit already and many more will quit as it becomes clear SC doesnt care what we think.
While clash of clans attracted people who normally would never have spent so much time playing games on their phones or tablets, the latest update burned many of us. For future mobile game developers it may be difficult to get as broad of an audience to be willing to spend real money as we have had happen for years here. I know i for one wont be investing serious time or spending any real cash on any more mobile games, and even am reluctant to build or join anything that resembles a clan considering the way some of my friends have been pushed out.
There will always be a gaming community for mobile devs to serve, I just wonder how much smaller that community is after so many loyal and longtime players have been burned.

[Dysen]

Great post. Every game has its apologists, and you'll no doubt be swarmed with them soon. However, the fact of it is, this is exactly what so many people are feeling. The ones who don't have time or just don't want to commit so much time to a hobby. Why change what wasn't broken?

[Conan1600]

Pretty much all true

[CnConrad]

Lets not go overboard. I dislike the update but do not give supercell that much credit.

This is a fun little phone game, a envoy clone with chat and a few cool features.

The game is just that a game, its got 1-4 years left regardless of this update.

The good thing this game achieved was non obtrusive micro transactions.

Once it falls there are thousands lined up to take its place.

[ThisGameIsNotFunAnymore]

Lets not go overboard. I dislike the update but do not give supercell that much credit.

This is a fun little phone game, a envoy clone with chat and a few cool features.

The game is just that a game, its got 1-4 years left.

I said the same thing when i started playing in 2012...

[EveyHammond]

Absolutely true. Nice summary of what is wrong with this update. The fanboys who have all the time in the world to play games just don't get it. So many people who play(ed) this game have a life and no time to play it "the way it is supposed to be played". I certainly feel like SC has stolen my money and time and if there were any way I could significantly effect their bottom line I would.

[fette]

I agree OP. They have most certainly accomplished that in my case. I will never trust a mobile game again, like I foolishly had trusted clash.

[Rolopolo]

Couldn't agree more. I'm a mum and fit game in around my life but it's much harder to do that now.

Truthfully I'm seriously fed up with the confrontational and unsympathetic advice of adapt or quit that is so often touted here. People who say this do not understand that losing a whole swathe of the customer Base cannot be good for a game.

If people do not have any advice other than adapt then they should stop responding to threads as their posts are becoming more like aggressive spam than true helpful discussion.

[TheDefianceAlliance]

The beauty of clash is anyone,anywhere used to be able to play however they liked, everyone co-existed and had a place.

[CnConrad]

I said the same thing when i started playing in 2012...

Yea, it beat that life span but it changed completely in that time.

I am talking more than this update. Building training troops lost them, heros could be lured to corners tons of complexity changes.


The game is gonna have to get a whole lot worse for it to be killed by an update. Look at #2 that is the exact same game only it beats you over the head with micro transactions yet it still is going.

This is a good game, worse after the update but it never was ground breaking.