The Clash of Clans thread

• McFly1955

  

  jmog;1721360 wrote:Yeah, so far everything has been like every other real time tower defense game. Build your resource generators early, storage in the center, defenses all around it, things that don't matter outside the wall.
  
  I am more interested at this point in some early battle strategies (you mentioned the barching, which I have mostly done so far as I only have those 2 and giants available).
  
  It became obvious early to spread the troops around since mortars will destroy bunches real quick, are giants to take the damage and archers to do ranged damage a better plan than barching against multiple mortars?

  I was at your stage like 16 months ago, so I don't remember if this applies in the early game, but....
  
  The best way to farm in the game for pretty much any level is barch, or maybe barch with a few giants mixed in...It is cheap and fast to build.
  
  The key to barching in most cases is to just keep hitting next until you find a base with full (or mostly full) pumps and collectors, preferably located outside of walls, which they generally are...Then just spam in a bunch of barbs followed by a bunch of archers systematically around the base. Elixir pumps are really easy to tell if they are full, so just be on the lookout for that as an indicator that the person hasn't collected their resources and it is free for the taking. You might next 50+ times to get it, but when you find it, it will pay for all of that nexting and then some.
  
  Get more builders if you can...If you are active enough you can keep them all busy all the way through TH9....
  
  If that was all there was to the game I would have quit a long time ago...For me, the fun part is the wars and attack strategies...I was already a TH7 or TH8 when wars were introduced, so I don't know much about low level warring, but things get really fun at TH8 or higher and can keep the game fun and interesting for a long time if you get into the right clan and enjoy the strategy of selecting war targets and coming up with an attack plan.
• ohiobucks1

  

  OSH;1721336 wrote:Most of ours are TH9 too. Taking it easy in upgrading everything. We had a TH10 jump way too early and caused a lot of losses in our wars. I think you'd fit fine.
  
  And...we just made clan lvl 4! So, it's nice to have donating ability of 6. 5 is extremely nice.

  
  What's the name of the clan?
• bases_loaded

  

  When "nexting" wait till 28 seconds left on clock, eliminates the annoying "searching" part.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Jmog just farm as much as possible
  
  I really don't think drills and collectors are that important.
• OSH

  

  ohiobucks1;1721368 wrote:What's the name of the clan?

  dover clan
  
  Shield is red with a white diagonal stripe. If you join, tell them ThePonchat sent you.
• ohiobucks1

  

  OSH;1721481 wrote:dover clan
  
  Shield is red with a white diagonal stripe. If you join, tell them ThePonchat sent you.

  Fuck you, I'm coming tomorrow. Dbro10. Let me in.
• jmog

  How do you search for a clan tag? I can't find a specific clan that I have the clan tag to join.
• bases_loaded

  

  Who will get put off by Trojan first...
  
  
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• O-Trap

  

  bases_loaded;1721873 wrote:Who will get put off by Trojan first...
  
  
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  What?
• GOONx19

  

  O-Trap;1721928 wrote:What?

  One of the guys in the clan thinks he's a god at the game and is really unbearable lol
• O-Trap

  

  GOONx19;1721937 wrote:One of the guys in the clan thinks he's a god at the game and is really unbearable lol

  Sounds like someone should kick him.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Yeah I've kinda noticed he's a bit obnoxious lol oh well. You'll have that.
• bases_loaded

  

  O-Trap;1721938 wrote:Sounds like someone should kick him.

  It's just how he is lol. Been that way his whole life, most of us know each other personally so we just shrug it off.
  
  
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• OSH

  

  He's funny...and definitely obnoxious, but he's helped me out a lot in what needs to be done.
• McFly1955

  

  New update hit today...Initial impressions from watching some vids is that I'm not a big fan of the new "air sweeper" defense...Lava attacks were the only viable TH10 3-star attack and I have to imagine this will make it pretty much impossible, there was already such little margin for error with go-lava hybrid attacks at TH10.
• GOONx19

  

  I often ran out of time with level 3 dragons before. Now there's no chance.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Sorry guys, had to bail for a bit, should be back. Dover clan is legit. By far the best clan I've ever been in.
• OSH

  

  ohiobucks1;1725866 wrote:Sorry guys, had to bail for a bit, should be back. Dover clan is legit. By far the best clan I've ever been in.

  I'll forgive you for a bit...only because I raise my rank during wars with you gone.
• jmog

  Upgrading question...
  
  I have been following the model of upgrading the Town Hall only when there is nothing else left to build/upgrade.
  
  I currently have a lvl 5 TH. All walls are gold, all defenses are fully upgraded, army camps, barracks, lab, spell fact, etc. The only things left to upgrade before going to lvl 6 TH are collectors and mines.
  
  I have 5 of each, and I haven't upgraded them past like lvl 7 because I farm enough that I am never out. I concentrated on defenses and troop stuff.
  
  So, even with 3 builders, it will take me 2 solid weeks to get all of the ECs and GMs up to lvl 10 (max level for a lvl 5 TH).
  
  Do I do that still or say screw it and upgrade the TH to get more defense capabilities?
  
  Oh, all storage units are maxed as well. I have like 50 man days (14 days with 3 builders, 2 of which still upgrading gold mines while the TH goes to lvl 6).
  
  How strict are you guys on the 'don't upgrade the TH' rule? What bad things can happen?
• SportsAndLady

  

  Upgrade the TH. I put very little value in collectors/mines.
  
  
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• jmog

  SportsAndLady;1726995 wrote:Upgrade the TH. I put very little value in collectors/mines.
  
  
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  I use my ECs and GMs as barriers to distract troops while they are getting hit with defense towers. That's all they are really good for to me .
• Glory Days

  

  it all depends. I really only raid on the weekends, so I boost collectors on the weekdays when my shield is up.
• O-Trap

  

  Yeah, I go a minimum of about four hours between attacks, so the max collectors make me a nice chunk of change while my spells are cooking.
• GOONx19

  

  O-Trap;1727167 wrote:Yeah, I go a minimum of about four hours between attacks, so the max collectors make me a nice chunk of change while my spells cooking.

  This.
• bases_loaded

  

  ob1 did you say you were joining up with your brother? bring him with when you return