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Title: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on April 24, 2014, 09:24:50 AM
Any Clash of Clan players here?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MikeDeanesDarkGlasses on April 24, 2014, 09:31:34 AM
Is the game worth downloading?  I actually just got done playing a round of Civ II. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on April 24, 2014, 09:37:55 AM
I'm addicted.  It's a lot of fun.  It's even more fun now that they released Clan wars. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on April 24, 2014, 09:39:08 AM
Any Clash of Clan players here?

My kids play, does that count?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on April 24, 2014, 09:45:16 AM
My kids play, does that count?

My kids play too but I play a lot more than they do.  I just started my own clan so that I can watch who they chat with and to make sure the language is under control.  The leader of my previous clan started dropping f bombs so it was time to leave. 

I'd like to get the clan up to 10 people so I can start a clan war.  The clan name is the same as my screen name, MARQTTE.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 24, 2014, 11:59:43 AM
I'll join your clan.  But I have a lot of f-bombs pent up from not being able to drop them on MUScoop, so you may have to ban me eventually.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on April 24, 2014, 01:58:54 PM
My pupils play CoC and it looks interesting.

What makes it enjoyable as an adult gamer?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Spotcheck Billy on April 24, 2014, 02:05:07 PM
My pupils play CoC and it looks interesting.

What makes it enjoyable as an adult gamer?

the F-bombs of course
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on April 24, 2014, 02:17:10 PM
I like the game because it's not too complicated, there's some strategy, and you always seem to progress by making your village bigger and better.

Advantages: 
No annoying ads, anywhere.  They must make their money from people buying gems which allows you buy more items and buy them faster.
Doesn't require a ton of time.  You can check on your village, make a few tweaks and log off.
Can chat with friends/family if you are in the same clan.
Clan Wars allows you to fight other clans.

Disadvantages: Need an internet connection to the play the game.  Meaning you have to have a connection to play the game every time.  So if you have it loaded on an ipod or ipad, you need wifi to play.
Finding a good clan:  no explanation needed.
If you don't check on your village at least once a day, it will definitely get raided and destroyed (really not that big of deal).
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on April 24, 2014, 05:14:36 PM
My kids play too but I play a lot more than they do.  I just started my own clan so that I can watch who they chat with and to make sure the language is under control.  The leader of my previous clan started dropping f bombs so it was time to leave. 

I'd like to get the clan up to 10 people so I can start a clan war.  The clan name is the same as my screen name, MARQTTE.

Why not join the clan already named Marquette?  They look like they have enough members for a clan war.

Is the game worth downloading?  I actually just got done playing a round of Civ II. 

Yes.  After all, it's free... you don't like, you delete.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on April 24, 2014, 06:44:10 PM
My kids play, does that count?

Yeah, right.... "My kids play"
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: keefe on April 24, 2014, 08:11:58 PM

Disadvantages: Need an internet connection to the play the game. 

That would make it tough to play in Seattle. One would be limited to everywhere
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on April 24, 2014, 08:27:17 PM
Done. Will join soon.

Also downloaded Family Guy. Hilarious. VERY ADULT.

Already play Simpsons.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on April 24, 2014, 11:20:27 PM
OK, I'll give it a whirl...kids say it is fun

Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on April 25, 2014, 07:03:31 AM
My kids play too but I play a lot more than they do.  I just started my own clan so that I can watch who they chat with and to make sure the language is under control.  The leader of my previous clan started dropping f bombs so it was time to leave. 

I'd like to get the clan up to 10 people so I can start a clan war.  The clan name is the same as my screen name, MARQTTE.

Just started, says invite only.  Help a brotha out, screen name, obvi is reinko
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on April 25, 2014, 07:06:45 AM
My kids play, does that count?

My kids play Minecraft and I have to usually have to pull the plug on them.  And that's usually followed by a "Well Grammy said, you and your brother used to play Atari all the time." 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on April 25, 2014, 07:54:40 AM
So just to clarify - if you want to join my clan, or any clan for that matter, you have to search the clan name, click on it, and request to join. To search a clan, click on your clan castle, click on the clan icon, and then click on the Search clan tab:

 Clans can be of three different types:
closed: meaning not taking new clan members
anyone can join: just like it sounds
invite only: meaning you have to request to join.  leaders and elders can accept these requests

Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 25, 2014, 08:09:45 AM
I've been playing CoC for a couple months .. for anyone here starting up, a few things I wish I'd known:

1. Don't so much worry about being attacked.  It's going to happen.  You're going to lose.  About the best thing you can hope for is to (eventually) make your castle look too scary to attack, then people will pass it up.  Eventually, someone will crush you.  But that's ok, you only lose gold and elixir and just a fraction of what you really have.  (You don't lose any of the things you've built.)   -- For the same reason, don't worry about losing your shield.  If you've sat down to play, play.

2. Upgrade your town hall until level 6.  Once that happens, things get tougher, in that, all the raids you go on, you'll be penalized for having a higher town hall than your victim, so you get tiny amounts of gold/elixir if you win.   I didn't know that, and when I upgraded to TH7, suddenly most raids either weren't worth the effort, or were way too hard to be competitive.  Sit at level 6 until most everything is upgraded.  True, level 7 gives you another camp, which means you have 40 more guys to throw into raids and that helps.. but the raids are worth so much less.

3. Naturally, your raids have a cost.  Example ..10 giants cost you 15,000 elixir.  No point in attacking someone with less than 15,000, as you have little to gain.  

4. Gems .. if you don't mind spending real $$, do what you wish.  If you do, never spend gems on "speeding things up".  Admittedly, I invested $10 in gems and bought two builders.  That helps you get things started quickly .. after a few months, though, I'll often have a builder or two not working because you won't have enough elixir to get them working, so they sit unused.


Any other tips from players?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 25, 2014, 08:14:33 AM
My kids play Minecraft and I have to usually have to pull the plug on them.  And that's usually followed by a "Well Grammy said, you and your brother used to play Atari all the time." 

The draw to play Minecraft in my house is intense, and mom is constantly nagging the kids to stop.

BTW, do you or your kids know about StampyLongnose on Youtube?   He puts out a 25 minute Minecraft video every day.  After 3 days, it'll have 1m views.   How much does he get?  Around $9,000 for each video.  Can you imagine that?   Each day, you wake up and decide .. should I screw around (??) and do nothing all day .. or play a video game for a half hour and make 9 grand.

Guy is my freaking hero.  23 years old.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on April 25, 2014, 08:24:35 AM
The draw to play Minecraft in my house is intense, and mom is constantly nagging the kids to stop.

BTW, do you or your kids know about StampyLongnose on Youtube?   He puts out a 25 minute Minecraft video every day.  After 3 days, it'll have 1m views.   How much does he get?  Around $9,000 for each video.  Can you imagine that?   Each day, you wake up and decide .. should I screw around (??) and do nothing all day .. or play a video game for a half hour and make 9 grand.

Guy is my freaking hero.  23 years old.

I always seem to catch them on the iPod watching a "new" video on "ideas for" Minecraft and have to ask don't you know how to play already, so I assume it's StampyLongnose. 

$9,000 a video?  Every day?  Snikes!
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Hards Alumni on April 25, 2014, 08:30:02 AM
Never played Minecraft... never really got it... kind of seems like legos on the computer, and then monsters try to attack your lego house.  Sure I've seen some really amazing 'art' and people recreating movies and cities on it, but that is way too much work for me.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 25, 2014, 08:42:12 AM
Never played Minecraft... never really got it... kind of seems like legos on the computer, and then monsters try to attack your lego house.  Sure I've seen some really amazing 'art' and people recreating movies and cities on it, but that is way too much work for me.

We agree.  It's kinda fun for 5-10 minutes .. I suppose fun to see what other people have created. 

Somehow, it's crack cocaine to those < 15 years old.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on April 25, 2014, 08:48:41 AM
I've been playing CoC for a couple months .. for anyone here starting up, a few things I wish I'd known:

1. Don't so much worry about being attacked.  It's going to happen.  You're going to lose.  About the best thing you can hope for is to (eventually) make your castle look too scary to attack, then people will pass it up.  Eventually, someone will crush you.  But that's ok, you only lose gold and elixir and just a fraction of what you really have.  (You don't lose any of the things you've built.)   -- For the same reason, don't worry about losing your shield.  If you've sat down to play, play.

2. Upgrade your town hall until level 6.  Once that happens, things get tougher, in that, all the raids you go on, you'll be penalized for having a higher town hall than your victim, so you get tiny amounts of gold/elixir if you win.   I didn't know that, and when I upgraded to TH7, suddenly most raids either weren't worth the effort, or were way too hard to be competitive.  Sit at level 6 until most everything is upgraded.  True, level 7 gives you another camp, which means you have 40 more guys to throw into raids and that helps.. but the raids are worth so much less.

3. Naturally, your raids have a cost.  Example ..10 giants cost you 15,000 elixir.  No point in attacking someone with less than 15,000, as you have little to gain.  

4. Gems .. if you don't mind spending real $$, do what you wish.  If you do, never spend gems on "speeding things up".  Admittedly, I invested $10 in gems and bought two builders.  That helps you get things started quickly .. after a few months, though, I'll often have a builder or two not working because you won't have enough elixir to get them working, so they sit unused.


Any other tips from players?

I agree with your tips.  I am also at town hall 7 and don't plan to go to 8 even if I have to.  

Some of my tips:
1. If you attack fairly often, you don't need many or high level elixir or gold collectors because you get a lot more loot from attacks.  Plus, I believe that full resource collectors attrack people to attack you.  On the other hand, if you don't attack very often, make sure to upgrade your collectors.

2. Try to always keep one builder free.  You can then upgrade your walls whenever you want.  

3. Place traps/mines etc. inside your walls and place them in small passageways where giants will pass.

4. Try to get the third builder as soon as you can.  You can do this by getting an additional 500 gems from achievements.

5. You can get more loot by dropping trophies.  But, it's much harder to steal dark elixir because not many people have it with fewer trophies.  

6. Be selective on who you attack.  I will sometimes go through 40 or 50 villages to find the right one.  The right one is usually one with the collectors completely full.  Look at the elixir collectors, they inidicate if they are full or not.

7.  Use the revenge feature on a occasion.  It's nice to steal back the stuff they stole from you!  

There's a ton more but these's are the one's off the top of my head.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on April 25, 2014, 09:18:59 AM
1. Especially at higher TH levels, the revenge feature is a cheap (free) way to choose who you want to raid.  Scout the guys who have attacked you, look at their gold/elixir storages, etc.  You don't have to waste 600-700 gold a pop passing on random villages you don't want to attack.

2. Through TH8, maximizing the number of builders speeds up your progress exponentially... I have four builders and they were always working until I got to TH8, then it dropped to 2 or 3 at a time, and now at TH9 (on verge of TH10), I've got 3 of 4 builders sitting idle at any given time since it takes me a week or more to build up the 3.5-5M gold needed for a building/defense upgrade.  I still recommend 3 or 4 builders early on, though.

3. Use obstacles (trees, bushes, etc.) and decorations strategically to "distract" attacks on your village.  Decorations are more of a psychological barrier since you can drop troops on them and/or the troops walk right through them, but troops can't walk through obstacles... especially with defending against wall breakers, the extra half second it takes them to walk around an obstacle might be just enough time for your tower or cannon to finish him off.

4. When I'm in non-war or "resource preservation" mode, I keep my TH on the outside of my walls.  It's an easy attack for trophy hunters who will only take 1,000 gold & elixir, and gives you a 12 hour shield.

5. Place your clan castles and heroes nearest to the center as possible.  You don't want your castle troops or heroes to be triggered until the attacking troops are engaged with buildings/defenses.  Especially important during clan wars.

6.  Make sure that every defense is within strike range of at least one extra defense.  Put "splash" defenses (cannons, wizard towers, etc.) behind the "front line" of archer towers and cannons... if possible make sure your storages are within strike range of wizard towers to protect against goblin attacks.

7. Army camps generally have the highest HP of buildings... put them within range of an archer tower so that you can maximize kills while opposing troops are distracted with such time-consuming attacks.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 25, 2014, 09:52:41 AM
5. Place your clan castles and heroes nearest to the center as possible.  You don't want your castle troops or heroes to be triggered until the attacking troops are engaged with buildings/defenses.  Especially important during clan wars.

Are you sure about that "especially during clan wars" bit?  Maybe I'm getting the terminology wrong, but I thought clan wars have only been going on for about 10 days now.   It seems as if there are two troop donation "banks" .. the clan castle and the war troops.  I would think if your castle troops were triggered, it wouldn't affect your war troop bank, even during a defense.  No?

Otherwise .. good tips, hadn't thought about some of that.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on April 25, 2014, 10:53:58 AM
My kids play Minecraft and I have to usually have to pull the plug on them.  And that's usually followed by a "Well Grammy said, you and your brother used to play Atari all the time." 

Yup, my kids play Minecraft as well.  I set up a server for them so they play with their cousins in Nor. Cal and in Texas.


As for this Clash of Clans thing, my kids set me up last night but looks like I have a few days of protection or shield or something.  All I know is I'm building stuff right now, kind of boring.  My kids insist it will get better in a few days.  Don't think I can join a clan until then?  Not sure.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on April 25, 2014, 11:11:25 AM
Yup, my kids play Minecraft as well.  I set up a server for them so they play with their cousins in Nor. Cal and in Texas.


As for this Clash of Clans thing, my kids set me up last night but looks like I have a few days of protection or shield or something.  All I know is I'm building stuff right now, kind of boring.  My kids insist it will get better in a few days.  Don't think I can join a clan until then?  Not sure.

Correct, you have do upgrades to your town hall and storages so you can afford the 40,000 in gold needed to fix your clan castle.  Without a rebuilt clan castle, you can't join a clan.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: g0lden3agle on April 25, 2014, 11:17:32 AM
Are you sure about that "especially during clan wars" bit?  Maybe I'm getting the terminology wrong, but I thought clan wars have only been going on for about 10 days now.   It seems as if there are two troop donation "banks" .. the clan castle and the war troops.  I would think if your castle troops were triggered, it wouldn't affect your war troop bank, even during a defense.  No?

Otherwise .. good tips, hadn't thought about some of that.

You are correct that there are two troop donation "banks".  The ones donated to you on the war screen end up playing defense for you during the clan war.  Then you can still request for troops from your clan castle on your normal village screen and use those troops on the attack if you want.  Either way, having your clan castle somewhere where they can't easily bait your units out and destroy them is for the best.  I actually should change my town up a little bit to reflect that suggestion...
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 25, 2014, 11:24:28 AM
As for this Clash of Clans thing, my kids set me up last night but looks like I have a few days of protection or shield or something.  All I know is I'm building stuff right now, kind of boring.  My kids insist it will get better in a few days.  Don't think I can join a clan until then?  Not sure.

Yeah, the first few days are a bit tedious.   Having a 3rd or 4th builder at that point helps you get a running start.

As for joining a clan .. honestly, being in a clan is nothing special.  Ok, you occasionally get some troops donated from your mates, and you donate to them as well (some do, most do not.)  And, oh golly, you get to send stupid chat messages to clanmates .. big whoopdidoo.

The clan wars are .. mildly interesting, but a small facet of the game .. they've tacked it on only in the past couple weeks.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on April 25, 2014, 11:29:12 AM
You are correct that there are two troop donation "banks".  The ones donated to you on the war screen end up playing defense for you during the clan war.  Then you can still request for troops from your clan castle on your normal village screen and use those troops on the attack if you want.  Either way, having your clan castle somewhere where they can't easily bait your units out and destroy them is for the best.  I actually should change my town up a little bit to reflect that suggestion...

Exactly.  There's only way for a TH9 or lower to defend against the seemingly indefensible "hog/heal" attack, and that's to have castle troops that won't be baited & killed before the attack is launched.  Once you get that third X-bow and the inferno towers at TH10, put your castle wherever you'd like.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on April 25, 2014, 11:48:57 AM
Yeah, the first few days are a bit tedious.   Having a 3rd or 4th builder at that point helps you get a running start.

As for joining a clan .. honestly, being in a clan is nothing special.  Ok, you occasionally get some troops donated from your mates, and you donate to them as well (some do, most do not.)  And, oh golly, you get to send stupid chat messages to clanmates .. big whoopdidoo.

The clan wars are .. mildly interesting, but a small facet of the game .. they've tacked it on only in the past couple weeks.


Being in a good clan can be worth up to 800,000 gold/elixir in clan war "loot" every two days.  Not being in a clan at all makes your village much more attractive to would-be attackers (who know there aren't any defenses in your castle).  Even if you start your own clan and don't invite anyone, there's a benefit to having a clan shield on your castle to ward off the borderline attackers - particularly farmers - because those are the guys who will raid your resources and bolt before 39% damage (meaning you're not left with a shield and can be attacked by another farmer right away).

As to the chat thing... don't join a clan full of kids, and you won't have a problem.  It's funny to watch how many people join our clan, try to strike up an "a/s/l" conversation with people, and leave less than 5 minutes later because nobody wants to talk to them.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 25, 2014, 01:23:12 PM
Being in a good clan can be worth up to 800,000 gold/elixir in clan war "loot" every two days. 

Whoa.  I've only completed one clan war, and the loot was 44,000.  I suppose you are way higher level, maybe that's why your loot is 20x that example.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on April 25, 2014, 01:25:28 PM
Couldnt get into it. Still have it on my phone but I kinda stopped once I got my town hall up to level 5.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on April 25, 2014, 01:36:55 PM
Your loot from your clan war depends on two things:
1. If you win, you get all the loot.  If you lose, you only get 10-20%
2. Who you attach during the clan war.  If you attack easy lower level villages, you don't get much.  But if you attack higher level, you get much more loot.

The key to winning a clan war is clan participation and don't attack anyone at your level or higher unless you are pretty darn sure you can beat him.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on April 27, 2014, 07:53:10 PM
any of y'all dorks wanna play farmville 2 while you're at it?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Jay Bee on April 27, 2014, 11:09:33 PM
Guys playing this are the same dudes watching game of thrones and breaking bread.

Fun life! Whatever floats your boat. Do you guys pay for any of this? Do people in general?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on April 28, 2014, 02:28:12 AM
Guys playing this are the same dudes watching game of thrones and breaking bread.

Fun life! Whatever floats your boat. Do you guys pay for any of this? Do people in general?

Got any better ideas of things to do while on the can?!
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on April 28, 2014, 07:31:54 AM
Got any better ideas of things to do while on the can?!

Spider Solitaire.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on April 28, 2014, 08:55:38 AM
Spider Solitaire.

You bringing your desktop into the crapter?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Stronghold on April 28, 2014, 10:06:36 AM
Yeah, the first few days are a bit tedious.   Having a 3rd or 4th builder at that point helps you get a running start.

As for joining a clan .. honestly, being in a clan is nothing special.  Ok, you occasionally get some troops donated from your mates, and you donate to them as well (some do, most do not.)  And, oh golly, you get to send stupid chat messages to clanmates .. big whoopdidoo.

The clan wars are .. mildly interesting, but a small facet of the game .. they've tacked it on only in the past couple weeks.


Being in a clan definitely puts you at a advantage over non-clan players.  No defense troops available without the clan castle and you get an extra ~10% or so troop capacity to deploy for attacks.  Not to mention these can be upgraded troops donated from higher clan members.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 28, 2014, 11:28:00 AM
Being in a clan definitely puts you at a advantage over non-clan players.  No defense troops available without the clan castle and you get an extra ~10% or so troop capacity to deploy for attacks.  Not to mention these can be upgraded troops donated from higher clan members.

Those are known.  Having 15 extra troops (usually B's or A's) never tipped the balance for me, offensively or defensively. 

The MARQTTE clan is nicer, no doubt, so maybe my view of clans are changing..  it's certainly more interesting being in that clan than with a bunch of random people, many of whom rarely play anyhow.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on April 28, 2014, 11:36:36 AM
Guys playing this are the same dudes watching game of thrones and breaking bread.

Fun life! Whatever floats your boat. Do you guys pay for any of this? Do people in general?

I think you're confusing Clash of Clans with World of Warcraft... whereas WoW required several hours/day in order to do anything meaningful, the "cooldown" timers in CoC effectively prevent you from playing it for more than 5-10 minutes at a time (although you could, but you'd just be watching timers 95% of the time - or you want to "buy" time with real $$$, which some but not all players do).  Plus, there's no fantasy or RPG component to CoC; so rest assured that no one's getting dressed up in costumes to play the game (you'd spend more time getting dressed than you would playing).... it's really geared towards casual gameplay.

The game's developers - by luck or design - put together a game that could be played just a few minutes at a time with an evolving gameplay/strategy that makes the game more enjoyable and appealing to gamers internationally of all genders, ages and types (beginners to hardcore gamers).  Not even Super Mario Brothers or Zelda had that kind of universal appeal.

Now if video games aren't your thing, then obviously, you're better off sticking to your Weather Channel and horoscope apps.  But like most warm-blooded GenX males, I grew up playing video games and still enjoy them.  Not to mention, I spend 2-3x more time on Scoop than I do CoC, and I've never seen Game of Thrones... evidently there are dragons that are coming (but haven't yet arrived) and penises being waved around all over the place.

The "fun" life must be the one where you don't have 10 minutes a day to waste on something that's entertaining.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on April 30, 2014, 04:56:47 PM
OK, game at least got a little fun.  Looks like I'm pulling up the rear in this thing, chasing Reinko. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU B2002 on April 30, 2014, 09:20:41 PM
So just to clarify - if you want to join my clan, or any clan for that matter, you have to search the clan name, click on it, and request to join. To search a clan, click on your clan castle, click on the clan icon, and then click on the Search clan tab:

 Clans can be of three different types:
closed: meaning not taking new clan members
anyone can join: just like it sounds
invite only: meaning you have to request to join.  leaders and elders can accept these requests




Alright, I am going to try and request to join, but I have to fork over the 40k first I guess.

Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on May 01, 2014, 09:14:58 AM
OK, game at least got a little fun.  Looks like I'm pulling up the rear in this thing, chasing Reinko. 

Addict.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on May 01, 2014, 11:05:53 AM
how do I join this fookin clan?  ZFB is my name.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on May 01, 2014, 11:27:44 AM
Search the clans for "MARQTTE" and then request to join. 

It's a good group, way more fun than playing with random people.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on May 01, 2014, 11:33:44 AM
Search the clans for "MARQTTE" and then request to join. 

It's a good group, way more fun than playing with random people.

I found the group, just don't know how to request to join.  do I have to build a certain amount of $hit first?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on May 01, 2014, 11:51:25 AM
I found the group, just don't know how to request to join.  do I have to build a certain amount of $hit first?

Took me awhile to figure it out, but you have to rebuild your castle initially, however much that is, then you can request to join a clan.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on May 04, 2014, 03:58:44 PM
Guys playing this are the same dudes watching game of thrones and breaking bread.


It's my "game" while on the "throne".
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on May 05, 2014, 02:43:12 PM
I've closed the clan for now.  I prefer to keep the clan small.... It's just easier.  But if you want to join and it's closed, send me a PM or better yet an email. 

Also, for the guys already on, I think some of you are scoopers but I don't recognize your screen name (other than Reinko, ZFB, and chico).  It would be cool to connect your name here. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on May 05, 2014, 03:50:40 PM
I am Homer.  My son(s) (and me) are OD.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on May 05, 2014, 04:45:07 PM
Apparently, CoC is great for spending time with the family.  I think four of our clanmates are three brothers and their dad.  I think another two are cousins.  Then we have a couple sets of roommates.

On the other hand, all my kid wants to do is touch the Barb King and Arch Queen back and forth.  Baaaaawwww.  Hoo-ahhh.  Baaaaaawwww.  Hoo-ahhh.  And then after he's done that for about five minutes, he proceeds to screw up my walls.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on May 05, 2014, 07:34:52 PM
Well ill say one thing, being in a clan now sure makes me care more about the game.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on May 06, 2014, 03:58:05 PM
Pretty good stuff here in case anybody is interested.

http://clashofclans.wikia.com/wiki/Flammy%27s_Strategy_Guides (http://clashofclans.wikia.com/wiki/Flammy%27s_Strategy_Guides)
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on May 06, 2014, 05:20:34 PM
I've closed the clan for now.  I prefer to keep the clan small.... It's just easier.  But if you want to join and it's closed, send me a PM or better yet an email.  

Also, for the guys already on, I think some of you are scoopers but I don't recognize your screen name (other than Reinko, ZFB, and chico).  It would be cool to connect your name here.  

Wait, someone signed up with a Chico name?


 ;)

No idea what I'm doing.  I wake up in the morning and it looks like a bunch of people attacked me and I either have a + trophies or a - trophies.  I do like the replay button, that's kind of cool.  Some dude attacked me overnight with balloons or something. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Marqus Howard on May 08, 2014, 12:13:57 PM
Wish you guys had started this clan about a month ago, and I would have joined. I'm the co-leader of a clan now that i've been in for about 5 months, and I just upgraded my town hall to level 8.

Anyway, I agree with most of the stuff that was said here. The one thing I would add is that clan wars are usually unprofitable for the people who are donating troops to war bases. The top five guys in our clan donate about 10 level 3 dragons to everyone's war bases, which costs about 400k elixir. We haven't lost a war yet, but we recently decided to initiate wars every Wednesday and Friday night, so that we have a 3 day period to focus on upgrades. This seems to work a lot better and keeps everyone happy.

Also, dragons are the best, defensively, for war bases. Don't fool around with wizards and stuff.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on May 09, 2014, 01:38:04 PM
Wish you guys had started this clan about a month ago, and I would have joined. I'm the co-leader of a clan now that i've been in for about 5 months, and I just upgraded my town hall to level 8.

Anyway, I agree with most of the stuff that was said here. The one thing I would add is that clan wars are usually unprofitable for the people who are donating troops to war bases. The top five guys in our clan donate about 10 level 3 dragons to everyone's war bases, which costs about 400k elixir. We haven't lost a war yet, but we recently decided to initiate wars every Wednesday and Friday night, so that we have a 3 day period to focus on upgrades. This seems to work a lot better and keeps everyone happy.

Also, dragons are the best, defensively, for war bases. Don't fool around with wizards and stuff.

Dragons are great for defense until you get to TH9 and TH10 where you start getting hit with hog/heal attacks.  Then they're worthless.  Dragons are too slow in both movement and attack to keep up with healing hogs, whereas 3-4 wizards can wipe out an entire pack of hogs in mere seconds.

I donate around 100 wizards every clan war between war bases and clanmate attacks... call it 350,000-400,000 elixir.  When we win, my loot bonus is typically 600,000 plus.  But all of my mines, storages, barracks, spells and army camps are maxed out, so I've got no use for elixir right now other than creating troops (and refilling x-bows).  Hence, gold is exponentially more valuable, and clan wars don't cost any gold.  So I don't care if I spend 500,000 elixir on a losing campaign... I'm still going to get at least 50,000 or 60,000 "free" gold out of it and maybe as much as 700,000 if we do win.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Marqus Howard on May 09, 2014, 02:21:51 PM
Dragons are great for defense until you get to TH9 and TH10 where you start getting hit with hog/heal attacks.  Then they're worthless.  Dragons are too slow in both movement and attack to keep up with healing hogs, whereas 3-4 wizards can wipe out an entire pack of hogs in mere seconds.

I donate around 100 wizards every clan war between war bases and clanmate attacks... call it 350,000-400,000 elixir.  When we win, my loot bonus is typically 600,000 plus.  But all of my mines, storages, barracks, spells and army camps are maxed out, so I've got no use for elixir right now other than creating troops (and refilling x-bows).  Hence, gold is exponentially more valuable, and clan wars don't cost any gold.  So I don't care if I spend 500,000 elixir on a losing campaign... I'm still going to get at least 50,000 or 60,000 "free" gold out of it and maybe as much as 700,000 if we do win.

Makes sense. I spent about a month in Crystal I and I got hit with hog/heal attacks from TH9 and TH10 pretty frequently -- I can understand how wizards would be better in that scenario.

For us, most of our clan is TH7 or TH8, so the loot bonus is only about 450k to 500k -- that makes it harder for the top guys who are trying to upgrade troops to level 5 and 6. Overall though, I agree; gold is way more valuable and makes the wars worthwhile. Especially when you're trying to farm for level 8+ walls, which gets fairly challenging.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU B2002 on May 12, 2014, 10:30:35 AM

4. When I'm in non-war or "resource preservation" mode, I keep my TH on the outside of my walls.  It's an easy attack for trophy hunters who will only take 1,000 gold & elixir, and gives you a 12 hour shield.


This was a great suggestion. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on May 12, 2014, 10:32:48 AM
This was a great suggestion. 

I like it!
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on May 12, 2014, 02:17:05 PM
One other tid-bit about a clan war. 

The last two, team MARQTTE has been handily ahead as time ran out.  I'll make sure I three star one enemy, then not use my 2nd attack until everyone else has had their chance, especially the newer players.

It came to me that .. my attack wasn't really worthwhile, the team didn't need any more stars.   Turned out the top rated enemy had already been 2-starred .. and had his town hall exposed, undefended.   I used two archers and a minute later, had my 1-star victory with 225k war loot.

Same scenario happened in the next clan war.  Obviously, not everyone can do it, and you may need to 3-star someone to win, so obviously you support the team then.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU B2002 on May 12, 2014, 02:37:32 PM
One other tid-bit about a clan war. 

The last two, team MARQTTE has been handily ahead as time ran out.  I'll make sure I three star one enemy, then not use my 2nd attack until everyone else has had their chance, especially the newer players.

It came to me that .. my attack wasn't really worthwhile, the team didn't need any more stars.   Turned out the top rated enemy had already been 2-starred .. and had his town hall exposed, undefended.   I used two archers and a minute later, had my 1-star victory with 225k war loot.

Same scenario happened in the next clan war.  Obviously, not everyone can do it, and you may need to 3-star someone to win, so obviously you support the team then.


What?  I thought each new attack started fresh.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on May 12, 2014, 09:44:09 PM

What?  I thought each new attack started fresh.

Not sure what you're getting at.  Yes, each new attack (of the two you have) starts fresh. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: g0lden3agle on May 13, 2014, 07:15:05 AM

What?  I thought each new attack started fresh.

He meant to say someone had already two-starred this guy that had failed to protect his town hall before the war began, but because his clan was winning he had no problem using his attack to net his clan no new stars but gained himself 225k war loot. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU B2002 on May 13, 2014, 08:19:55 AM
Not sure what you're getting at.  Yes, each new attack (of the two you have) starts fresh. 

What I am getting at, is that I am a moron.  For whatever reason I thought that because he was 2 starred it meant his TH was just sitting on the edge to be destroyed. 

Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on May 13, 2014, 10:02:29 AM
One other tid-bit about a clan war. 

The last two, team MARQTTE has been handily ahead as time ran out.  I'll make sure I three star one enemy, then not use my 2nd attack until everyone else has had their chance, especially the newer players.

It came to me that .. my attack wasn't really worthwhile, the team didn't need any more stars.   Turned out the top rated enemy had already been 2-starred .. and had his town hall exposed, undefended.   I used two archers and a minute later, had my 1-star victory with 225k war loot.

Same scenario happened in the next clan war.  Obviously, not everyone can do it, and you may need to 3-star someone to win, so obviously you support the team then.

We've found that in most matchups, it's not worth attacking the other clan's top five bases; usually we'll win if we 3-star most of their lower bases and average 1.5-2 stars on their middle tier up to the top 5; so we're not attacking laterally (i.e. our top guy attacks their top bases, our #2 goes after their #3 and #4, and so on).  Therefore, our top five guys (all TH9s) typically don't use their first attack until we're at least several hours into battle day (thereby giving everyone else a chance to 3-star whoever they can), and we save our final attack for the last couple hours.

Sometimes even the TH9 bases can be deceiving, so what looks like an easy 3-star turns out to be a no-star; we've actually lost two wars by less than 5 stars because a couple of our top guys ended up no-starring in both of their attacks against their top bases, where in hindsight, had we used those attacks in the final hours (after our lower guys had used all of their attacks) on their easy bases that had only been 1-starred, we would have won.  So if time is running out and we need just a few stars, we'll attack "down the map" and pick up one or two easy stars; if we're behind by 10 or so, we'll go for the 3-star attacks.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on May 13, 2014, 11:04:47 AM
I imagine the #1 tip of winning a clan war is .. get your guys to participate. 

#2 is probably .. don't over-reach.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on May 13, 2014, 01:31:58 PM
I imagine the #1 tip of winning a clan war is .. get your guys to participate. 

#2 is probably .. don't over-reach.

Agreed.  In my previous clan, only about 1/2 the clan used none or one of their two attacks so it almost forces you to go for harder attacks.  Also, they never talked to each other so I would be planning to attach a certain enemy only to see someone attacking it before I got to it.

Like hilltopper said, don't over-reach.  People forget that the clan castle is almost always full with good troops during the war and NO defenses are under construction so a base that they normally could win, they don't win in the war.

Our current clan is 4-0 and I'm pretty happy with how things are going.  We almost have too many people participating because if you don't get your attack in early, there may not be one left later in the war!!
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Frenns Liquor Depot on May 13, 2014, 09:04:44 PM
Ok you got me to start playing...fun game tell me what I need to do to join the clan thing.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on May 13, 2014, 11:38:14 PM
77ncaachamps = Coc ID "AlMcGuire"

What a bonding vehicle COC has been with my students.
I even shared it on my smart board and had some of them critique my attacks/defenses.

A bit humbling and annoying when 9/10 yo tell you, "I can beat you" or "You're pretty weak."

:thank god for gems:
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Jay Bee on May 13, 2014, 11:51:04 PM
u geeks sure luv COC
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: g0lden3agle on May 14, 2014, 08:13:49 AM
u geeks sure luv COC

Man, how long did it take you to come up with such comic genius????
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on May 14, 2014, 08:15:39 AM
u geeks sure luv COC

I am so hopped up on CoC testosterone right now, you are so banned.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on July 11, 2014, 01:12:48 PM
Just giving this a bump to remind the rest of scoop of our CoC dominance.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on July 11, 2014, 01:17:22 PM
Hard to tell if we're l33t, or the rest of the CoC universe is awful.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on July 11, 2014, 02:09:37 PM
Just giving this a bump to remind the rest of scoop of our CoC dominance.

Chi,  you in Marqtte clan?   What's your SN?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on July 11, 2014, 02:37:35 PM
Chi,  you in Marqtte clan?   What's your SN?

He's definitely not in our clan... we've been getting smoked by Asian clans lately.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on July 11, 2014, 03:20:49 PM
Chi,  you in Marqtte clan?   What's your SN?

Yea, my SN is luke
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on July 11, 2014, 03:56:00 PM
Yea, my SN is luke

Agree,  gotcha,  what up!
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on August 14, 2014, 10:00:04 AM
Giving this s bump. The MARQTTE clan is looking for a couple new players. Preferably with a town hall level 6 or up. Let us know here so we can open the clan for you.

PS: we win. A lot.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on August 14, 2014, 10:24:13 AM
Installing now, how long does it take to grind up TH levels?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on August 14, 2014, 10:30:46 AM
Giving this s bump. The MARQTTE clan is looking for a couple new players. Preferably with a town hall level 6 or up. Let us know here so we can open the clan for you.

PS: we win. A lot.

You allowing daughters of MU alums?  :)   She's got 1750+ score, level 89 I think.  She wants to join.  Let me know.

Edited
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on August 14, 2014, 11:41:34 AM
Skate. Getting up to th 6 isn't awful. But it also depends if you're willing to spend money to make it go faster. CBB we've let people in who aren't MU people so I'm sure it'll be fine.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on August 14, 2014, 02:46:06 PM
We're also looking for Wisconsin, DePaul, Dayton, ND and VTech only clans to trounce.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on August 14, 2014, 03:34:27 PM
We're also looking for Wisconsin, DePaul, Dayton, ND and VTech only clans to trounce.

Incidentally, the other Marquette clan just got trounced by the 'Oregon Ducks' clan.

Clan wars get exponentially more difficult when you have a bunch of TH8s and TH9s on your roster.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Jay Bee on August 14, 2014, 06:19:22 PM
u guys seem cool

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/nitrous_bob/IMG_4718_zps52167afa.png)
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on August 14, 2014, 07:18:51 PM
Benny you should clan jump :P
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on August 15, 2014, 09:46:11 AM
u guys seem cool


It's only for folks that don't have the accurate Kentucky recruiting list, so you aren't eligible anyway.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on August 15, 2014, 09:51:28 AM
Decided to start playing. I'll let you know when I know what I'm doing.

Any startup tips?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 15, 2014, 10:49:47 AM
Start up tips .. my son just started playing, and admittedly, he's not dedicated to it so I've been kibbitzing on his base.

If you like it at all .. I'd suggest spending $10 and getting 1200 gems so you can get a 3rd builder.  

I would also advise .. when you are first buying a level 1 thing, like a cannon .. that you use gems for some quick upgrades.  True, you can wait 1 minute, 15 minutes, 30 minutes and get the upgrade "for free" .. but you need to set your watch to maximize that.  Instead, just spend a gem or 5 and get it done right away.   By doing this for the first bunch of stuff you have, you'll shave a week off your building time, just because you're getting things done rapidly.  

You'll be awarded a bunch of gems later anyhow, so spending about 100 of them to jump start your base isn't that big a deal.  120 gems = $1 .. The value of 1 gem is less than penny.  

For the first couple weeks, depending on how often you play .. it's kinda fun as there aren't a lot of things to worry about.  What I mean is, trophies, gold, elixir are easy to get.  There are so many bases out there that are crap, that it's easy to pillage them and fill your coffers quickly.  

Build a small base, with a fence around your TH, gold and elixir storages, mortar and cannons.   It's astonishing how my son's small base earns 100 trophies a day, as people at low levels are so bad at attacking -- and/or they don't care to win, they just want to steal stuff and know they can eventually get trophies.

One tip, realize that as your trophy count goes up, the bases you are given to attack get harder.  Don't worry about this until you get to 800+ or so.

I'd say your #1 priority is to maximize the number of troops you have.  Get a camp, two camps, and upgrade them.  Race to TH5 to get a 3rd camp.  

2nd priority is to get a lab and have it constantly researching troop upgrades, starting at archer, barb, giant.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MUSig54 on August 15, 2014, 10:54:23 AM
I'm at TH7 and I still don't really know what I'm doing...
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: starting5 on August 15, 2014, 12:27:11 PM
Become a Farmer to help save resources.  Put your town hall outside your walls.  People will just come in and destroy your town hall and leave.  This decreases your trophy count but you save lots of gold and elixcir.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on August 15, 2014, 12:53:46 PM
Decided to start playing. I'll let you know when I know what I'm doing.

Any startup tips?

Topper's suggestion of getting another builder is spot on... in fact, four builders is even better.  However, five builders is - IMO - unnecessary.  You should always have at least one builder upgrading collectors or storages until all of your resource buildings are level 8 or higher.

Rebuild your castle as soon as you can, and get into a clan that can help you with troops - particularly hogs (especially level 5).  Having just three or four level-5 hogs in your castle (for attacking) makes farming tremendously easier.  Before I even got a dark barracks, I was wiping out villages that were 30 levels higher than me at one point with four hogs, a few giants and a heal potion or two.

Expanding on something else Topper said, if during an attack you find yourself having already looted the village dry, end your attack instead of wiping them out... fewer stars means you won't gain as many trophies as fast which in turn means you won't face stronger competition as quickly.  Of course, you could always drop your trophy count by sending one troop and surrendering a bunch of times, or just wait for the stronger clans to attack you and drive your trophy count down.

Don't store significant amounts of gold/elixir for very long at the lower levels.  Spend as much gold/elixir as you can before you're done playing for the day.

And by all means, keep your TH on the outside of the walls.  Make it an easy target.

Pg 1 also has some more tips once you get going.  http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=43944.msg621546#msg621546

Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on August 15, 2014, 01:00:25 PM
I'm assuming the Exilir and Gold generation is slow for the first couple days until the TH is upgraded a bit?

I've only got two builders and I don't have enough of either to keep them busy really.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on August 15, 2014, 01:05:28 PM
Resource collection is negligible during the first couple weeks in comparison to what you can gain by looting other villages.

By the time the available loot seems to level off, your collectors will be at a level where they are much more meaningful.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 15, 2014, 01:51:35 PM
I'm assuming the Exilir and Gold generation is slow for the first couple days until the TH is upgraded a bit?

I've only got two builders and I don't have enough of either to keep them busy really.

Start attacking people.  Don't worry if you lose, at this point in the game, it just doesn't matter if you lose.

Don't settle for attacking a camp with 1000 in loot.  Click 10-20-30 times until you find a base with 10, 20, 30k+ of gold or elixir, whichever you need.   The bases with loot at the lower levels are so plentiful you can even skip to ones that just look easy, where the collectors are full and there's no walls or defenses to stop you.

At this point, it's not about winning the attack .. it's just about stealing loot with the least amount of dudes so you can steal some more in 5 minutes when replacement troops are ready.  Suddenly you don't have a problem with getting loot, it's that your storages aren't big enough to handle your stolen loot. -- especially if you only have 2 builders.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on August 15, 2014, 03:15:55 PM


And by all means, keep your TH on the outside of the walls.  Make it an easy target.

I'm really curious how many folks do this here?  I've read this is great for farmers, get a cheap shield, but the competitive streak in me doesn't like to do it.  I'd rather make the bastards work for it and not get a free star out of it. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 15, 2014, 04:16:10 PM
I'm really curious how many folks do this here?  I've read this is great for farmers, get a cheap shield, but the competitive streak in me doesn't like to do it.  I'd rather make the bastards work for it and not get a free star out of it. 

I just started doing it.

Option 1: Design a defensive base that makes people work for it.  I've tinkered with a bunch of different base styles and concluded: You WILL get raided, often by people who are way more powerful than you and they will steal a bunch of your stuff.   Clearly, if some dude is TH10 and maxed out giants, valcs, hogs .. you do not stand a chance.

Option 2: Leave TH exposed and they get 5-10 of your trophies, but most of the time leave your loot untouched.  You can get those trophies back by attacking someone else that's left their TH exposed. 

Now that I'm at TH8, every upgrade is super expensive .. just had to get to 2.25m elixir to upgrade my archers .. I farmed for hours and then took a break.  Sure enough, I got 350k stolen from me.  Ouch.  Had someone just grabbed my TH, I would have been fine.  Now I'm leaving it out in the open if I have a lot of loot.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on August 15, 2014, 04:58:48 PM
Started attacking, getting better, need better loots. I'll be clan worthy soon.

Are there any other platforms to play on?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on August 15, 2014, 06:06:45 PM
Started attacking, getting better, need better loots. I'll be clan worthy soon.

Are there any other platforms to play on?

Not sure other than phones or tablet.  But,  keep raiding,  and I agree, getting that 3rd builder right away is the right choice.   Also,  make sure your barracks are full of training dudes before you raid,  they still keep producing,  while you look for a base to raid.  In the early stages,  your next round of dudes should be ready to roll to keep raiding.  Get to TH6, and you will be welcome in the Marqtte clan.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Jay Bee on August 15, 2014, 07:07:33 PM
Started attacking, getting better, need better loots. I'll be clan worthy soon.

Are there any other platforms to play on?

Fleshlight?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on August 15, 2014, 08:24:20 PM
Also don't upgrade your town hall until you maxed out on the previous one.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 15, 2014, 09:35:34 PM
Also don't upgrade your town hall until you maxed out on the previous one.

As I knew/know this, but working a new base up from scratch, I don't think you need to worry about maxing everything until you make the jump to TH7.    If you race to TH6, then max things out there, you'll be fine.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 16, 2014, 02:39:57 PM
While we could keep using this thread .. For grins and chuckles, I set up a free forum for the clan, since it was pretty far out of MUScoop's wheelhouse and I don't want people here thinking I'm a nerd or anything.

http://bit.ly/MarquetteClan
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 16, 2014, 04:03:25 PM
MUMountin .. once you get to TH level 6, apply to join the clan again, ok?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on August 17, 2014, 03:26:44 AM
Sorry about the denial mountain but the transition to our clan will be smoother if you are already at th6. It only takes a few weeks to get to th6. Thanks.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on August 17, 2014, 07:17:58 AM
Who can guess where I am?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on August 17, 2014, 02:58:13 PM
DFB-Pokal
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on August 17, 2014, 08:57:39 PM
Who can guess where I am?

Minnesota pro team?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on August 18, 2014, 07:40:18 AM
Who can guess where I am?

Bremen, Germany?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MARQTTE on August 19, 2014, 12:54:42 AM
Ptm is right. It is ulm Germany. The Muenster is in the background. Fun game to watch. My son was disappointed that there was no penalty kicks!

Close, It was Werder Bremen but the match was not in Bremen.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on August 19, 2014, 07:15:54 AM
I googled Targo Bank Football Club and it came up that they sponsor a team in Bremen.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: GGGG on August 19, 2014, 09:09:08 AM
DFB-Pokal


One of the cool traditions of the DFB-Pokal.  In the first round, all the higher seeded teams play at the lower seeded teams - which are usually amateur or semipro.  Big payday for those teams.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on August 20, 2014, 12:07:32 PM
I'm really good at CoC so far. I should probably quit my RL job and go pro.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Jay Bee on August 20, 2014, 07:17:08 PM
I'm really good at CoC so far. I should probably quit my RL job and go pro.

Pays you about the same, ainal?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on August 20, 2014, 09:25:30 PM
Pays you about the same, ainal?

That's the truth. Finally getting the respect I deserve too.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on August 20, 2014, 10:15:41 PM
Growing up playing RTS like C&C religiously, this seems too easy. Does it get harder?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: awilhelmscream on August 20, 2014, 11:57:21 PM
Any openings in the clan?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on August 21, 2014, 06:30:29 AM
Growing up playing RTS like C&C religiously, this seems too easy. Does it get harder?

I hope so. The people I'm playing against are terrible at video games so far.

This game is extremely grindy, too.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on August 21, 2014, 07:38:58 AM
Growing up playing RTS like C&C religiously, this seems too easy. Does it get harder?

Right now,  the level I'm at,  one piece of a wall costs 250K.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on August 21, 2014, 10:14:50 AM
Right now,  the level I'm at,  one piece of a wall costs 250K.

Does that make it harder though or tedious?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 21, 2014, 11:16:19 AM
Does that make it harder though or tedious?

Really, both.  I'm at TH8 and (without using gems) getting 2m for this, and 2m for that .. ouch.  It's a long slog.    Then it's 3m for something and you start all over.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Marqus Howard on August 21, 2014, 07:03:45 PM
Really, both.  I'm at TH8 and (without using gems) getting 2m for this, and 2m for that .. ouch.  It's a long slog.    Then it's 3m for something and you start all over.

Yeah, I'm upgrading my town hall to 9 right now. Upgraded everything at TH8 except for my teslas (upgraded them to 5, not 6) and one of my barracks is still level 9, though I should be able to finish that before the TH is finished. I would argue it's mostly tedious at this point, but I still enjoy the game as much as I did in the beginning, if not more.

One suggestion I would have for TH8 is to attack using barbs/archers/wallbreakers. Look for abandoned bases with 100k+ loot that is mostly in collectors. Building armies with giants and other troops is just way too expensive and makes things much more difficult.

Also don't bother too much with level 8 walls. After level 7 walls, the main benefit is intimidation.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: MUMountin on August 22, 2014, 03:07:12 PM
MUMountin .. once you get to TH level 6, apply to join the clan again, ok?

Thanks--will do.  Didn't see the part about TH level 6 when I first requested--my bad.  Am currently on my second day at level 5 and building as quick as I can.  I'll try again once I've gotten to 6.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 24, 2014, 04:49:44 PM
Thanks--will do.  Didn't see the part about TH level 6 when I first requested--my bad.  Am currently on my second day at level 5 and building as quick as I can.  I'll try again once I've gotten to 6.

Mental note .. as your TH goes higher, your raids are harder, loot smaller.  I have a new base that is at TH5 .. there's a lot to do, maxing out your mines, collectors, cannons, walls .. things are fun and easy at TH5, stay there until all are maxed. 

Same goes for TH6 and 7, etc, but you'll be at those levels for exponentially longer times. 

Having maxed your mines and collectors at TH5 will help you in the future.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on August 24, 2014, 07:01:52 PM
Just finished maxing everything out at TH4, so I'm upgrading to TH5 today.

My base still hasn't been 3 starred. At what point do attackers start consistently getting the better of you?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on August 24, 2014, 10:05:16 PM
Just finished maxing everything out at TH4, so I'm upgrading to TH5 today.

My base still hasn't been 3 starred. At what point do attackers start consistently getting the better of you?

We're in the same boat. Upgrade started yesterday.

Only times I've been the starred is by black magic users or whatever that is.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 24, 2014, 10:25:57 PM
Your trophy level determines who you attack / who attacks you.

Clearly, there are some very high level guys who "drop" trophies, which has two effects .. first, their loot gained is small, but 2nd, the folks who attack them are lowly and have little chance.

One of my bases is at 900 .. less than half the attacks are from people who know what they are doing.   But to be honest, it doesn't matter at 900/TH5.   It's trivial to raid at that level, meaning you can get gold/elixir/trophies very quickly, easily.  Who cares if you get raided.

At the upper levels, it stings a lot more.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on August 25, 2014, 08:53:12 AM
At the upper levels, it stings a lot more.

Does revenue generation really drop off at higher TH levels? I find that, right now, raiding easily generates enough income to keep my builders busy, whereas waiting for my mines/collectors has 1 or 2 guys sleeping most the time.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on August 25, 2014, 10:31:05 AM
Does revenue generation really drop off at higher TH levels? I find that, right now, raiding easily generates enough income to keep my builders busy, whereas waiting for my mines/collectors has 1 or 2 guys sleeping most the time.

Generation doesn't drop off, but your raid losses increases significantly.... consider the following:

The "available" gold and elixir that can be raided is 20% of your storages and 50% of your collectors up to TH5... but the maximum amount that can be looted from your storages up to TH5 is 200,000.  After TH5, the percentage that can be looted from storages falls by 2% at each level but the cap rises by 50,000.  So if you have 1,000,000 or 5,000,000 gold/elixir in storage, an enemy can only collect 200,000.  However, it's very rare for a TH5 to have 1,000,000 in storage since upgrades at that level cost well under that amount.  But very few upgrades beyond TH8 can be had for under 3,000,000.  Even at TH8, to hit the cap of 350,000 only requires you have 2,500,000 in storage... which is not uncommon for a TH8 who is saving up for troop upgrades in the laboratory.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on August 25, 2014, 01:13:55 PM
Skat .. mines/collectors provide a nice stream of income, no doubt.  But raids are 2x-5x more important / income producing.

I'm at TH8 and .. to upgrade my 3 mortars is gonna be like 5m in gold.  Oh, and then another 8m for 4 archer towers.  And I'm probably 10m behind in walls.  Not to mention, what, 15m in elixir to upgrade barbs, archers, giants, wallbreakers, gobs..

Problem is .. I'll bet I search between 10-50 times per attack, each one costing 580.  That's 6-29k of gold just to find a suitable base to attack.  There are times I'll go 50 and still won't find someone I want to attack, maybe it's 75.  I carry an army that cost about 60k in elixir, not to mention 90k in spells if things go south. 

Suddenly your awesome "profit" of 250k in loot isn't quite all that much.  Maybe a quarter of your attacks turn out awesome, lots do not as you get tired of hitting "next" waiting for that perfect loot base.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Dr. Blackheart on August 25, 2014, 07:38:03 PM
While you guys are holed up in your moms' basements, what real gamers spend their time on.  Nerds Rule!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zuysyazGMxc
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on August 26, 2014, 09:18:58 AM
My base still hasn't been 3 starred. At what point do attackers start consistently getting the better of you?

I shouldn't have said anything.

Some dude just dropped an army with healers on my lowly TH4 base. I had no chance.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on August 26, 2014, 04:59:36 PM
While you guys are holed up in your moms' basements, what real gamers spend their time on.  Nerds Rule!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zuysyazGMxc

Real gamers don't go to Comic Con.  And of the Comic Conners, I'd venture to say that only a microfraction (like three of two hundred thousand) actually spend time on any of these girls, not without paying the price of admission at least.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on August 26, 2014, 05:42:24 PM
While you guys are holed up in your moms' basements, what real gamers spend their time on.  Nerds Rule!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zuysyazGMxc

I was there this year, it was quite a spectacle to be sure. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Dr. Blackheart on August 26, 2014, 09:41:02 PM
Real gamers don't go to Comic Con.  And of the Comic Conners, I'd venture to say that only a microfraction (like three of two hundred thousand) actually spend time on any of these girls, not without paying the price of admission at least.

Clearly Chicos and I are the only ones on here who know how to "game".  How is the sump pump rattle down there, Nerd?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on August 27, 2014, 10:09:40 AM
Clearly Chicos and I are the only ones on here who know how to "game".  How is the sump pump rattle down there, Nerd?

Ahhhh... you're talking about that kind of game.


Most oft-heard pick-up line at Comic Con 2014:
"Hey babe... you must have quite the cavity because I've got a terrible urge to fill it in."
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on August 27, 2014, 10:51:39 AM
Ahhhh... you're talking about that kind of game.


Most oft-heard pick-up line at Comic Con 2014:
"Hey babe... you must have quite the cavity because I've got a terrible urge to fill it in."


"do you come with the car?"  

Oh you.

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/89hkmQKx9p4/hqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on September 24, 2014, 01:24:16 PM
Looks like we have 2 spots for new players, if anyone wants to join.  Search for MARQTTE.

Before we set a requirement of TH6 .. I think TH4 and 5 are OK too, as long as you are active.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on September 24, 2014, 02:21:56 PM
If you're afraid of being too newbie, don't worry. You're probably not as bad as ZFB is!
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on September 24, 2014, 02:54:16 PM
If you're afraid of being too newbie, don't worry. You're probably not as bad as ZFB is!

And if you want more unfiltered rants and shenanigans that can't be posted on MUscoop, check out the Clan's chat and website!
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on September 26, 2014, 06:33:13 PM
Cmon benny. Make the jump. JOIN USSSSS
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on September 27, 2014, 12:56:53 PM
I'm upgrading to level 6 right now.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on September 28, 2014, 10:51:22 AM
Cmon benny. Make the jump. JOIN USSSSS

You do realize that I'd skew you into much more difficult clan war matchups?

You guys would be better off merging with us at some point.  We could use some decent mid-level guys.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on September 28, 2014, 07:29:23 PM
Indeed.. I do not want to skew us higher .. really tired of the dragon wars necessary to 3 star our usual competition. 

I am dropping our TH6 minimum for that reason .. we had that mainly to prove that you weren't just a casual new player .. easier to just accept and boot people if they aren't using their attacks.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on September 28, 2014, 07:45:13 PM
You do realize that I'd skew you into much more difficult clan war matchups?

You guys would be better off merging with us at some point.  We could use some decent mid-level guys.

MERGE?

Will there be a name change?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on November 12, 2014, 05:37:28 PM
Bump .. any more Marquette fans Clash of Clan players?  We're looking for new players who have recently started.   MARQTTE is the clan name.

Indeed, though, we don't need upper level guys, TH8 and up .. got too many of them, so the wars are problematic.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on November 24, 2014, 09:08:16 AM
Cannot attack this week....sorry.  Don't have tablet with me and out of town.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu03eng on November 24, 2014, 09:18:14 AM
Does Clash of Clans have an equivalent to Kate Upton for Game of War?  I've been led to believe if I do that game instead of your game I have a chance with her.  I think I might go with that one.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu03eng on November 24, 2014, 09:31:15 AM
Life long gamer but never got in to the mobile MMOG stuff, how much time do you spend on it? Is CoC close to the Civ series?  Loved those games.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on November 24, 2014, 09:51:56 AM
Loved Civ 1 many, many years ago.

CoC isn't much like it.   I'd recommend just searching Youtube for a CoC video and you'll see what it's like.  You create a base, upgrade stuff, attack other people to get resources.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Ellisium on November 24, 2014, 10:03:36 AM
Loved Civ 1 many, many years ago.

CoC isn't much like it.   I'd recommend just searching Youtube for a CoC video and you'll see what it's like.  You create a base, upgrade stuff, attack other people to get resources.

Civ II was the bomb, yo.  Mid 1990's was a great time for computer gaming.  Ever play Civ 5 ?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: drewm88 on November 24, 2014, 02:35:24 PM
Life long gamer but never got in to the mobile MMOG stuff, how much time do you spend on it? Is CoC close to the Civ series?  Loved those games.

Pretty variable. You can be fine with 10 minutes/day, or you can attack and build for hours.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on November 25, 2014, 08:12:54 PM
Pretty variable. You can be fine with 10 minutes/day, or you can attack and build for hours.

Even with gem boosts, I find it difficult to play meaningfully for more than 15-20 mins at a time.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: drewm88 on November 29, 2014, 12:33:04 PM
Even with gem boosts, I find it difficult to play meaningfully for more than 15-20 mins at a time.

Fair. I guess I was thinking play for 20 minutes, come back two hours later when your troops are ready and builders are free, repeat. Or continuously rearrange your base.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: awilhelmscream on November 30, 2014, 07:46:14 PM
Is there any space for another MU fan in the clan?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on November 30, 2014, 08:04:27 PM
Sure, although we're top heavy with TH8s.  Just ask for acceptance and tell us you are from Scoop / tell us your user name.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Stronghold on November 30, 2014, 08:10:25 PM
I hope so. The people I'm playing against are terrible at video games so far.

This game is extremely grindy, too.

As fun as Clash of Clans can be, it's not much more than a cash cow on a mobile platform. 
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on November 30, 2014, 08:53:24 PM
As fun as Clash of Clans can be, it's not much more than a cash cow on a mobile platform. 

Not sure what you mean there.  You can play for free.  Admittedly, if you get hooked lots of folks will plunk down $5 for an extra builder that speeds the game along.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: awilhelmscream on November 30, 2014, 10:32:58 PM
Sent the join request.  I'm a TH8 working on maxing.  Still need walls, cannons, and Tesla's.  Lab is almost maxed as well.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Stronghold on December 01, 2014, 08:16:58 AM
Not sure what you mean there.  You can play for free.  Admittedly, if you get hooked lots of folks will plunk down $5 for an extra builder that speeds the game along.

It was more directed at the person he quoted previously asking if it was like other RTS games, which it is not (especially PC games like C&C and Civ which have been mentioned in this thread).  I play and enjoy CoC so I'm not bashing it I was just attempting to point out its differences.  One of which is that the game makes tons of money off of its in game shop and the nature of a mobile platform doesn't allow for a true RTS format.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on January 10, 2015, 10:38:41 AM
Better not lose this war...
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: reinko on January 10, 2015, 11:18:50 AM
Better not lose this war...

Badger fan, and a Tom Crean lover?!!??!
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Benny B on January 10, 2015, 03:40:53 PM
Badger fan, and a Tom Crean lover?!!??!

That's our clan... TC is on our side.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on January 10, 2015, 10:29:01 PM
That's our clan... TC is on our side.

I'd start over if that was my screen name.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on May 09, 2015, 11:11:44 PM
bump.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Jay Bee on May 10, 2015, 07:14:49 PM
geek wads
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: RushmoreAcademy on May 11, 2015, 02:51:06 PM
I need a new clan........ anyone got room?
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on May 11, 2015, 03:02:47 PM
I need a new clan........ anyone got room?

Yes.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: RushmoreAcademy on May 12, 2015, 11:15:51 AM
Yes.

Great! What's the clan name? My UN is nnss20.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on May 12, 2015, 11:22:28 AM
MARQTTE
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: 🏀 on May 12, 2015, 06:54:28 PM
Great! What's the clan name? My UN is nnss20.

Max Fischer didn't have a Clash of Clans club did he?

Get those air defenses upgraded to max, as soon as possible.
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on May 12, 2015, 07:12:09 PM
Great! What's the clan name? My UN is nnss20.

I sent you an invite
Title: Re: Any Clash of Clan players here?
Post by: Skatastrophy on May 12, 2015, 09:53:08 PM
Worst clan ever. Would not join.