I really liked the base I was using, but the fourth mortar is going to make me have to redesign the whole thing.

10/22/2014 11:02:16 AM

http://deadspin.com/a-clash-of-clans-addiction-nearly-sank-the-royals-seaso-1648848299

10/22/2014 1:29:26 PM

are the skeleton traps permanent or just for halloween?

10/23/2014 9:35:47 AM

permanent per the update notes iirc

10/23/2014 10:29:36 AM

If anyone is interested, a couple of other State people and me have started our own clan, called "Red Terrors."

I'm BG on there. We literally just started, so we only have four people, but once we get enough, I'd imagine we'll be warring pretty frequently.

Check us out!

11/3/2014 8:29:55 PM

11/3/2014 8:43:04 PM

Yeah man

11/3/2014 8:45:42 PM

If I were you, I'd throw your Town Hall in the corner. Not really worth pushing for trophies at a low level TH. More about protecting your gold and elixir storages to be able to upgrade stuff. I'm TH8 on my main account and still don't really worry about trophies.

11/3/2014 8:50:32 PM

I sort of disagree. Once you get to 1250 and get that gem bonus, then you can move your town hall to the corner.

11/5/2014 10:08:33 AM

Also:

Please come and join red terrors. We only need 5 people to be able to fight wars.

Anyone know a good way to get more people to join?

11/5/2014 10:09:25 AM

i'd join for the clan name alone... but i'd feel a little like a douche since i'm a co-leader in the big house

11/5/2014 11:19:00 AM

OH come on Fry. It's an awesome clan or it will be.

11/5/2014 12:27:04 PM

^^^^I think I got to Crystal league at TH7 with my TH in the middle...but honestly I'd still say keep it on the outside. Better chance of losing 8-10 trophies when somebody takes down your TH than losing ~30 trophies when somebody demolishes your whole base. And as long as you can play for an hour or two and gain 100 or so trophies each time you play, you'll get a net gain. But yeah, the gem bonuses for 1250 and then Crystal (2000 I think) are pretty nice.

Otherwise it's more important to keep your loot.

^What Town Hall are most of you guys? My little account is a couple days from TH5 so it's weak. But I'm a knowledgeable player

[Edited on November 5, 2014 at 5:39 PM. Reason : .]

11/5/2014 5:38:54 PM

Im TH8, for about a week or so now. But not much has been upgraded since TH7. Things take a lot of resources and take a lot of time I just started working my shift so for the next 4 days I can farm the fuck out of non-shielded sleeping players, hopefully get some more units upgraded in the research and start working on those DE Soldiers of War. My dragon runs aren't too successful against other TH8 bases. Time to hog 'em.

[Edited on November 5, 2014 at 9:36 PM. Reason : .]

11/5/2014 9:34:44 PM

South Park attacking games like this tonight, lol

11/5/2014 10:15:05 PM

i think going to th10 was a horrible mistake and may push me out altogether. the loot struggle grind is real yall. i was making bank at th9, now i barely ever see chances over 200k gold.

[Edited on November 5, 2014 at 11:51 PM. Reason : ]

11/5/2014 11:50:12 PM

You just have to attack TH9 constantly now instead of dipping down to TH8 since the loot penalty bonus is 2 levels below current town hall.

Before I went from TH7 to TH8, I maxed everything except my walls, and a few barracks. Before I go to TH9, I'm going to max everything, including walls (and DE troops)

[Edited on November 6, 2014 at 12:08 AM. Reason : .]

11/6/2014 12:07:26 AM

^this

11/6/2014 2:18:10 AM

I was struggling to find decent loot at TH10 until I moved up to Crystal 1. It sounds intimidating, but a LOT of bases have 200K+ loot up there, and the league bonus for winning is nice.

11/6/2014 8:48:54 PM

its all relative i'm sure. I hover nicely around 1400 trophies being that i'm TH8 and find the best loot for my ~50k elixer raids. 800 trophies was good for looting when I was a Th5

11/6/2014 9:08:13 PM

Tree- We range between TH 5-7. Come and join!

11/7/2014 8:58:31 AM

I definitely upgraded to TH 7 way too soon. I should have had all of my walls at level 6 before I did it. All of my defenses were at level 7 but they just destroy my walls and get in easily.

So after this next round of new defense upgrades, I'm concentrating on my walls until everything is at least level 5.

11/7/2014 9:01:06 AM

Fuck people who want you to TH snipe them, but put an defensive tower nearby so you have to destroy it too. Either let me TH snipe you, or GTFO.

11/7/2014 8:03:56 PM

That pisses me off too. I make sure to wipe out their shitty TH, then set barbarians and minions all over their map in an attempt to trigger all their traps and bombs.

If you want to make me spend my elixir on troops for your shenanigans... you are damn well going to spend some gold to reset your traps.

11/7/2014 8:50:37 PM

^^This.

I hate that.. they leave the TH out to lure you and then there are two hidden teslas. Grr!

11/7/2014 9:11:31 PM

And nowadays they'll definitely have their little skeletons too

11/7/2014 9:29:47 PM

I haven't run into anyone with a skeleton trap yet so I don't even know what it looks like.

Is it just temporary or is it a permanent update?

11/7/2014 10:10:01 PM

OH snap. Egy plays too?
Its a permanent update.

[Edited on November 7, 2014 at 10:52 PM. Reason : .]

11/7/2014 10:52:45 PM

The skeletons aren't really that strong, unless they're attacking Giants or some troop that simply won't fight back until all the defensive buildings are gone. Just pesky more than anything.

11/7/2014 11:07:26 PM

This is true. They have a pretty high attack. I'm sure it's posted somewhere, but they seem to do a bit of damage and can take some damage too. I'd put them on par with barbarians, little less hit points, a little more attack.

11/7/2014 11:17:56 PM

easy to take out if you're barching...just throw a few barbs and archers at them.

the air skeletons kinda suck too. at least if you face them during a dragon attack. but they can take out a minion or two.

11/7/2014 11:39:53 PM

So. for shits and giggles, I did an experiment.

I had tripped a skeltrap with 2 skeletons that was next to a TH. They killed my 2 archers, so they were still at full HP. I deployed 2 Lvl 5 barbs. I lost 1 barb but killed both skeletons.

So there you have it.

11/7/2014 11:42:30 PM

speaking of skeletons, it would be cool if you spawned a witch, and it drew a witch from an enemy clan castle. and the skeletons just fought and when they killed each other, both witches would just spawn more. until time ran out.

11/7/2014 11:47:59 PM

11/8/2014 12:45:21 AM

We only need one more person in Red Terrors to take part in wars! Come join us!

11/10/2014 11:11:27 AM

I'll probably join you this evening. My current clan has terrible participation and a couple of the elders just left (The Littlehouse) so I'd rather switch to the Red Terrors. I'm only a TH5 but I bring a wealth of knowledge

11/10/2014 12:05:27 PM

I'll check out Red Terrors too. I'm TH lvl 10, but upgraded to it way too soon in retrospect.

11/10/2014 12:11:47 PM

Awesome! Glad to have you both!

11/10/2014 1:45:43 PM

Nice! Can't wait.

11/10/2014 1:48:56 PM

keep in mind getting higher th's/stronger bases to join will make your opponents much harder in wars. The Big House actually handpicked a few low bases from TLH once just to balance out the matchmaking.

11/10/2014 1:49:40 PM

Yeah, that's a fair point, but we'd also just like to have enough to participate in a war at this point.

I think once we get to 10, and if all members can invite people in their leagues and stuff, we could fill out proportionally.

11/10/2014 3:20:37 PM

The 2 day wait to do anything "productive" in my settlement



Builders? Busy... next available in 2D9H, 2D20H, 3D11H, and 4D5H.
Research? Lvl3 Dragon... 6D7H



Sure, I could continue looting runs since I'm at 285k Gold and 127k Elixer, but my DE is at the max 20k and I want to stay in shield as loooong as I can....

[Edited on November 10, 2014 at 5:32 PM. Reason : .]

11/10/2014 5:29:53 PM

It doesn't always work out, but it's helpful to stagger your builders. 4 of my 5 are currently working:

7d22h on AD
2d11h on Archer tower
2d11h on Archer tower
1d4h on Tesla

4h16m in Lab

Can use 5th builder to clear trees or upgrade walls. But I'm probably gonna start Dark barracks upgrade soon.

I'll intentionally upgrade something dumb like a bomb (regular bomb, not big bomb) just because it will help that builder get free earlier. If that makes sense.

11/10/2014 5:37:02 PM

^

esp once the upgrades get into the multi-million range you will have to do this to keep them busy

11/10/2014 10:37:19 PM

Red Terrors doing work on some Russians

11/11/2014 11:10:19 PM

We just need 1 more person to join so we can do wars again since 2 people left....sigh

11/12/2014 11:48:17 AM

SO:

Nerd alert ahead.

So I am upgrading 2 of my level 10 gold mines which takes a total of 8 days.

That will get me an extra 1,000 gold an hour or 24,000/day.

The lost production though is 5,000/hour or 120,000/day or 960k/8 days.

It'll take me 68 days to "pay" for that.

This is bizarre how long it takes for me to make up that difference.

So the question is, is this worth it? Should I just be happy with 6 level 10 elixar collectors and 4 level 10 gold and 2 level 11 gold collectors?

[Edited on November 12, 2014 at 12:45 PM. Reason : .]

11/12/2014 12:42:44 PM

meh, over the long haul, it'll more than pay for itself, and you can always gem them to boost the production and catch up.

11/12/2014 1:15:32 PM

Yeah, you can easily get the 120k per day just by raiding. The level 11 collectors, once upgraded to level 11, will give you nice loot when you wake up in the morning with a shield and collect from them. ROI isn't that big a deal when you can raid.

11/12/2014 2:42:39 PM

Can you do odd numebr person wars?

Like we have 11 in our clan now? Should I kick someone out so the 10 I want to fight, will fight?

11/12/2014 5:18:54 PM