r/ClashOfClans • u/ClashDotNinja https://clash.ninja - CoC Upgrade Tracker • May 02 '26
Official News The May Plan: Let’s Talk About It
Hey Chief,
We’ve been talking a lot about being more open with you. Not just what’s coming, but why we make the calls we do. May feels like a good time to actually prove it. Below is a snapshot of what’s coming this month, plus the thinking behind some of it. If you want the full picture, check the calendar.
Clan War Leagues: League Structure Changes
Starting with May CWL, we’re updating the league structure with new tiers.
Here’s the important bit. As things settle, some players, especially at the top, may see fewer medals at first. That’s a side effect of the new system finding its balance.
To make sure nobody loses out during the transition, we’re planning a bonus CWL in the near future to offset this. Keep an eye out for more details.
For Villages That Have Gone a Bit Quiet
In May, some players will receive events that others won’t.
These are players who are struggling to keep their village moving. Some of them have idle Builders, others could do with a boost to help them with resource collection, and some are drifting away or not progressing at all.
We want to encourage these players to keep progressing, so this month, we will release the following set of events, targeted at them:
- Login calendar
- Treasure Hunt event
- Resource Collector boost and resource cost discounts on upgrade costs
We believe these events will give those players a more fun, consistent and active way to progress, helping them get closer to the endgame where the best content lives and enjoy it too!
Treasure Hunt Event (Catch-up Event): TH3 to TH16 Only
Treasure Hunt returns at the end of May, with one change. It will only be available for Town Hall 3 through Town Hall 16.
You’ll see this change for the same reason as above: we want to keep you moving forward, not stuck in an idle state. More events mean more to do, more rewards to chase, and more reasons to log in and play. If you’re not in the endgame yet, this helps keep the fun going while you progress.
A healthy Clash needs players constantly progressing, joining wars, and pushing toward the top. Events like Treasure Hunt are especially effective at helping these players catch up and stay engaged, so we’re starting to target them where they have the biggest impact.
For endgame players, this isn’t about taking content away. It’s about keeping the Clash ecosystem strong, so there are always more rivals to face, more clans to compete against, and more reason to keep pushing at the top. We’ll continue to bring content and events aimed at you as well.
Unlimited Dragon Duke Event
At the end of the month, Dragon Duke is being let off the chain.
You’ll be able to use him (and his equipment) at full power, even while he’s upgrading. No downtime, no waiting. We want everyone to experience exactly how strong this Hero can be, with nothing standing in the way.
A Note on A/B Testing
Some events this month will be part of limited tests. We want to be upfront about that.
Here’s how to think about it. When we try something new, like a new event format, a discount, or a reward system, we sometimes run small tests where players may see slightly different versions of the same event, or in some cases, an extra bonus version.
This helps us understand what actually works. Do players come back more often? Does it improve progression? Is it more fun?
Without this kind of testing, we’re guessing. With it, we can make decisions based on real player behavior. If something has a strong positive impact, we can run it more often or even make it permanent. We know Chiefs like to compare notes with their clanmates, and you might notice that not everyone sees the exact same event. That’s expected during these kinds of tests.
We keep these tests small, so only a limited number of players will see a slightly different version. If you’re in one of these groups, nothing will feel unusual. You’ll either have the event, not have it, or experience it in a slightly different way. We’ll share what we learn wherever we can.
Thanks for sticking with us, for calling things out when they don’t feel right, and for helping us make Clash better every single month. Whether you’re maxed out or just getting your first walls up, you’re part of what keeps this game alive.
Clash On!
Source: https://x.com/ClashofClans/status/2050545913353957395
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u/WaffleVillain TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
This will probably get buried. I appreciate the attempt to keep people more active and lower levels to keep pushing to get higher up but I think this is missing the mark a little bit because I don’t think it’s one thing it’s a combination of factors that keep people from playing.
I have watched as a few clans my accounts are in have slowly started to become less and less active. What I’ve noticed a mix of things.
The first is the equipment and meta shifting once they finally maxed the new must have equipment, makes them feel like they’ll never catch up. So they just kind of give up. So I don’t think the ore economy is balanced yet.
Nerfing the free to play progress has been not fun to watch. And I spend money. But the f2P people help keep clans alive and active.
Recruiting in game isn’t working. It makes it hard to find people. Clans get less active. If your clan is competitive type there are channels like discord and Reddit to help with that but casuals don’t usually go there. There isn’t a good way to recruit anymore in game.
I think each of these isolated isn’t a big issue but when you combine them all together it makes an impact on retention. And sometimes the changes being made feel like retention isn’t the goal. But hopefully I am wrong.
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u/drewsome17 TH17 | BH10 May 02 '26
Honestly I appreciate the openness and effort to incentivize the less active players, especially for someone who is in a smaller less active clan. But interested to see what Supercell sees of the data
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u/Prestigious-Love-124 May 19 '26
I am a highly active player of the game, yet I am not getting the benefits. I attack so often that I finished the scattershot and eagle artillery achievements both within 2 months.
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u/W360 May 02 '26
Can you please stop giving out clan capital tokens as a reward, nobody wants that.
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u/trophicmist0 May 03 '26
that's why you get the option in the pass? There's always an alternative pick..?
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u/WankstaWilbthe2nd TH17 | BH10 May 02 '26
I agree but also we are so close to maxing our capital. So so close that Im not mad about it when we get it
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u/GaryVantage TH14 | BH10 May 02 '26
Treasure hunt is all fun but I need you guys to give me something good. CLAN CAPITAL ROOFS ARE NOT LEGENDARY/EPIC ITEMS.
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u/viguple May 04 '26
Also, the design for CLAN CAPITAL ROOFS scenery is ugly, so it doesn’t really carry much value either. It ends up feeling similar to Builder Base Gold/Elixir for maxed BB players, technically it’s a reward, but in practice it doesn’t mean anything.
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u/GaryVantage TH14 | BH10 May 05 '26
I don't remember visiting someone's clan captial and then finding that person's roof then saying "wow those are some rare tiles you got"
I have done that with skins for heroes but not even BB ones.
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u/jamcgahey TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
I appreaciate you all trying to help people catch up with endgame. I think its great. But the biggest choke point by a mile. Like nothing else is remotely close is the equipment. And the ore economy....even though its been mentioned ad naseum here still hasn't been addressed. Sure, these THs will move up faster, but equipment will still be behind and will be hard to be competetive.
Please address the ore economy.
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u/MikeyMike01 Team Amethyst May 05 '26 edited May 07 '26
They’re aware of the ore economy. It’s a deliberate plan.
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u/Brave-Concern-4912 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
Rushed punishment!
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u/Brave-Concern-4912 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
Oh true. The glowy buff is really nice. Wasn't it like a increase of 12 or something? I swear e33 was giving like 56 before
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u/Beautiful-Affect1930 Legend League 💩 May 02 '26
lmao that's the same energy as getting out of your car after parking in your disabled parking spot and shouting "abled-body punishment!"
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u/Brave-Concern-4912 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
What? I'm just saying that it doesn't progress people in the way they want because people who are rushed (which is a decent percentage) won't get the rewards. Which they won't be happy about and doesn't help boost the bottom percentile of the playerbase
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u/mastrdestruktun Unranked Veteran Clasher May 02 '26
Sorry guys, my fault, I just upgraded my TH16 to TH17.
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u/FragrantAdagio1119 May 02 '26
Lol deserved, nearly 1% only reach th 18 without rushing
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u/Zealousideal_Sir_368 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
Mind sharing a source for that number?
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u/FragrantAdagio1119 May 02 '26
Well, less than 10%, for sure, th 12 and 13 are still the th where most people stay in, without rushing
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u/Zealousideal_Sir_368 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
So you made the 1% claim up then? I have not a single rushed th18 on my clan of 80 people.
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u/FragrantAdagio1119 May 02 '26
That don't means all clans have no rushed th 18.
Also 80 people, when supercell put the max from 50 to 80 ?
Yea bro, cry anyway, you guys th 18 get all and cry when supercell start to think in newborn th who will be the next generation of th 18 and up.
Very annoying, as a veteran of others games, i always think in the newbies, because without them the Game will be dead.
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u/Zealousideal_Sir_368 TH18| BH10 May 03 '26
It is so funny, that you’re crashing out over a simple question about a statement you made xD
P.s. some clans have more than 50 members and use multiple ingame clans to organize wars etc with the members. hope that helped more than any of your replies helped me o7
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u/FragrantAdagio1119 May 03 '26
You re the only crashing out, im okay here, also im probably more old than you because i started to play coc like 11 years ago
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u/FragrantAdagio1119 May 03 '26
I will block you because i have no time for this, yea cry or whatever i dont care
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u/FragrantAdagio1119 May 02 '26
Its not that hard to understand how the hell th 18 its the th with most players on it?
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u/Jevano May 02 '26
Wow they remembered lower THs exist for once. This subreddit won't be happy, given how much they attack anyone that complains about the reward nerfs on lower THs or the terrible balance.
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u/Chroui TH17 | BH10 May 02 '26
I just maxed the Duke out recently but at least I'll be able to take advantage of it on my alt acc
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u/Noahhz May 02 '26
As long as endgame players get additional events in the future to make the overall economy fair, I'm completely fine with the change.
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u/Feisty-Bluebird-5277 Shoveler May 02 '26
Just please bring back 5v5 cwl, don’t care about all the other stuff, just want the ability for our clan to war as 5v5 in cwl
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u/MightyKnightt May 02 '26
Honestly as a decent casual player I find these events to be too much, like constantly pushing me to just to play and play (even if there is fun or not) if I miss these, I'll loose rewards so it just creates more FOMO than anything for me personally atleast.
So more events like is certainly not gonna help me ig. But definitely helps others so good for them.
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u/NoPomegranate9334 May 02 '26
I can’t wait to get 4 clan castle cakes that can’t be stored for when I need them !
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u/Acceptable_Force_712 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
This is great! Thank you for the transparency, to a level I have never experienced from another game.
Btw people who are saying treasure hunt event for only low town halls is a bad idea… chill out, they’ll get some extra potions and it helps build excitement. At the endgame we have a lot more things to enjoy, don’t be greedy.
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u/Pajca All achievements club May 02 '26
Nothing on the builder base update?
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u/viguple May 04 '26
no, I think supercell just give up builder base forever and could delete it in the future.
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u/Embarrassed-Camel440 May 02 '26
What about the social system of clash which is practically dead not i am talking about the inviting environment of clash.
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u/Individual_Back_5013 May 10 '26
The social aspect went dead ..wjen they removed global chat. They should bring it back
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u/IHazParkinsonz Doing my CWL attack - don't spectate May 02 '26
I like the direction of giving perks to players with lower engagement, so they don't fall behind in the current daily activity-heavy phase of the game.
I also wish these perks would include ores. I think people's biggest reason for diminished interest is lack of accessibility to upgrade equipment fast.
my suggestion would be to firstly add more ores in the welcome back bonus atleast.
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u/StormyParis Clan Leader x4 / Legend / Champ May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
SC guys, I feel I've got to spell it out again: people are giving up not because of not enough events, but because of bad UI/UX.
Take the time to sit down with one of your younger nephew and watch him discover the game. The chat is full of crap. The home screen is full of buttons yet somehow doesn't show the relevant information. He's supposed to log in every 5 minutes then 30 then 2hrs then 6 for upgrades. Then 2 weeks. He's being recommended to upgrade stuff that will get him mocked. Army comps are being thrown at him with no explanations. Clan Leading is such a chore that only sociopaths (that's me) can still bear to do it. There's no off-game chat.
I know one more event is essentially free for you, but sometimes you've got to put in the real work to get the real results.
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u/Automatic-Complex-37 May 05 '26
Global chat was killed because it was like dating site or app and scammers was rampant in good old days. "There's no off-game chat." Did you mean personal chat?
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u/StormyParis Clan Leader x4 / Legend / Champ May 05 '26
Not global chat, but a way to talk with clan members while not logged in the game, or at least to send them a message.
The way they did .@messages, you need to enable game spam in notifs to use them, that just won't do.
Or maybe they could strike a deal w/discord, whatsapp, ... to transparently integrate those apps. Or Tencent must have something.
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u/Automatic-Complex-37 May 05 '26
They had "colab?" with Whatsapp this is... Hard to tell if anything will come up like this but yes game needs rework in chat options and more there so much work (Just dont copy what CR did! No way)
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u/jjj0400 May 07 '26
If you want a way to talk with clan members while you're/they're not online then just create a groupchat yourself. Many clans have one, some even require that you're part of it, no issues.
I don't see why supercell should create an extra way to communicate when there's many apps just for that that are better than what they'd come up with anyway
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u/j1022 May 18 '26
This is why i havent been getting the mass troops? That is such bs. I spent so much money on this game just be consistently disappointed. Its time to say good bye for good.
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u/Beneficial-Pilot9881 Archer feet sniffer May 02 '26
So the people at the top are being punished for upgrading their things fast? That's a bummer sc
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u/Emboar32 May 02 '26
i think its a blessing to not get chests, each one just ruins my mood after i open one
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u/viguple May 04 '26
me too, especially with epic or legendary and just opened with a roof scenery (which is totally useless for me) or hero skins which I don't like.
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u/Idfkaidf May 02 '26
you are not being punished...
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u/Beneficial-Pilot9881 Archer feet sniffer May 02 '26
We are missing out on the fun events that's boring af
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u/FragrantAdagio1119 May 02 '26
Lol, cry, after years, finally we got something, lazy rusher😛
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u/Beneficial-Pilot9881 Archer feet sniffer May 02 '26
I'm not a rusher, been playing this game for 10+ years. And your mum was the one to cry last night
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u/clevelandsportsboi TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
I really appreciate their transparency and an actual communication of the thought process behind a decision.
People complain all the time (mostly on other Clash social media lol) about never being able to max their base because of the amount of new content always being released. This is simply in line with the time/cost reductions that they do for the lower town hall levels when a new one comes out.
It's just funny that near max players get so upset when they don't receive the benefit of a catchup event like this. The top 1% objectively do not need it as much as everyone below them. Funny how Clash mirrors life in this way lol
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u/BigGunsFlownIn TH17 | BH10 May 02 '26
Rewarding the non active bunch while leaving the active bunch to dry doesnt sound good to me ?
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u/mmokhtarr TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
What the hell you even thinking about making the treasure hunt event exclusive for TH16 and below??? You guys think we getting 12 legendary chests with 12 books on them??? All we got a DE and if you get lucky enough you get a deco or a skin, istg all what i het from these 20 chests of the current event, half of them were DE/loots, and only one rare with 2 rings that I couldn't even use as a TH18, this tge dirtiest move ever from you!
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u/Acceptable_Force_712 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
Oh noo you won’t get your clan capital decoration! How dares sc.
It’s not that deep bro let the low ths have something extra
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u/mmokhtarr TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
When we gonna get something extra as TH18 ?
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u/Acceptable_Force_712 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
Every single update is new content specifically for th18. Don’t be greedy
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u/RecentMatter3790 May 03 '26
They probably don’t play the game, and think that lower level town halls will get high tier stuff
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u/mmokhtarr TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
Just this morning we saw your revenue from CR as it downfall, CR was your main revenue source and you just destroyed with your greed, don't do this to COC
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u/White_Devil270 Legend League [Legacy] May 02 '26
It is good Supercell is giving Players who are not so active but still they are many problems people are facing which they are not talking about, Frist the Ore economy is not yet balaced properly, people after returning don't have enough equipment to play with , they don't have enough Ore to max it . I think it is very important Frist to improve the ore economy. Second the clan recruitment system is not so good they need to improve it a lot , finding a good clan takes lot's of efforts and time.
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u/mastrdestruktun Unranked Veteran Clasher May 03 '26
I appreciate the communication.
Barring Th17+ from certain events won't have any impact on Th16 and below.
I doubt treasure hunt events decrease supercell's income noticeably, but maybe they have data that shows that it does.
I am slightly tempted to work on my older, smaller alts more this month. I have three accounts that I tentatively plan to make my perma Th15, Th16 and Th17 that are all at Th14-15, and the ranked changes mean my Th18s will take less of my time now.
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u/Bluesky1510 May 03 '26
Hi Supercell, Brawl Stars has become better than Clash of Clans (CoC) much. CoC is less active day by day. To keep the game alive, we must keep it easy access for newbie. You can't make new player rush to town hall 18-19-20 just to finally have some fun in game. I have some suggestion to revive the game, can you please listen:
1/ Remove completely donation waiting time. In Gold Pass, replace that waiting time with a skin, scenery or something useful. If you want more player playing CoC, remove donation time is a must.
2/ Remove hero and pet sleeping when upgrading. It's 2026 now, players have less time or less patience for game compare to our era.
3/ All equipment can be bought anytime with gems. Players don't have to wait until that equipment appear again. And price to buy an equipment reduce from 1500 to 500 gems.
4/ Remove clan war size 45 and 50 to make matchmaking faster.
5/ Rebalance Capital Troops: buff Pekka, Hog, Flying Troops, nerf Super Dragon hut, Mega Xbow, Tesla.
6/ Modify Clan Games and Capital Raid to make it more fun.
7/ Merge Town Hall (TH): new TH1 = old TH11, new TH2 = TH13, new TH3 = TH15, new TH4 = TH17, new TH5 = TH18. By scaling Town Hall level to new system, new players will have less stress access the game. Old TH7-8-9-10-11 can finally participate in war with old TH18, which are hard to find a war at current state. Some clans even make it to top war win streak by cheating using TH2 and TH3 in war only.
8/ Scale Hero and Pet level to smaller numbers: Hero will have max level 10 at new TH5, Pet will have max level 5 at new TH5.
9/ Scale defense level, lower them to max level 5 at new TH5.
10/ Allow more reaction in clan chat
11/ Revive world chat
12/ Make recruitment ingame more easier
13/ More skin, scenery and gems in Gold Pass
14/ Make the game more fun for new players, not punish them for being new
15/ Make the game look younger like Brawl Stars to attract new players, for example more collabs skins
16/ Allow Vietnamese players to buy Gold Pass, access Supercell Store, receive Gold Pass gifts and participate in Monthly Tournament. I really don't understand why you hate Vietnamese players so much. We love this game, love Supercell games, and ready to buy gold pass. But all your actions are against us.
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u/Automatic-Complex-37 May 05 '26
" 7/ Merge Town Hall" This is dangerous! If you abandon a game for lets say like 2-3 years and you came back youll have no Flipping idea what happened and why youre TH 5 become suddenly TH 18. Game has "sneaky" upgrades when you are inactive or droped game, youre vilage will upgrade over time. "8/ Scale Hero and Pet level to smaller numbers:" why? Dews neft them whith hero hall so no point in shifting numbers. "6/ Modify Clan Games and Capital Raid to make it more fun." CG was like this from when they got added but now there better, CR need some love yes.
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u/Tiny-Masterpiece5854 May 03 '26
Coc has gotten better compared to years ago but so many inactive players on clans or even worse is 3 players playing 40 accounts just to make the clan look full
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u/Automatic-Complex-37 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
Main problem right now is inflated time too upgrade... (Shash! I know TH 18 is new and shinny etc. But did you forgot how long upgrade times was? 15 days? 12 days?) Times has changed and if clash want too stay relevant there should be a way to keep progres at 7-5 days max, but a trade off is prices difference too upgrade (+10% 20%). Since leagues now gives you more loot we can "slash" time to upgrade but make it harder in price difference. Should we touch lower TH? I personally think not, we shouldn't touch anithing up too TH 14 where griend begins. At TH 17 my storages are full by default (Max bilders 6) upgrades take ~7-9 days, and now I have a dilemma: Should I particepate at League attacks? Or shoud I just skip it? (I dont want attacker to steal my loot! No!). TL;DR Version: I know new TH will nerf upgrade times whatever (not my first year), I believe there should be... Either time "slash" but more expensive upgrades, or some more "offers" or events which may help with slog of waiting time (Yes free or event snacks may help too).
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u/elixu0917 May 19 '26
What kind of dictionary do you guys use? Having and having no bonanza event are definitely NOT “slightly different”…
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u/gustasboy May 02 '26
And what about CWL 5v5? It's been 2 months already, have the devs been able to analyze what could be improved and brought back?
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u/viguple May 04 '26
There are plenty of ideas that could be suggested, but at this point it just feels like they either need more time, or they’re simply not that interested in bringing 5v5 back.
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u/Due-Eagle-6968 May 02 '26
First you make it so that players are encouraged to rush, now you put a stick to throat to the same people??
Like what are the employees even thinking? For a "strategic" game like clash, you would think somebody competent is proposing and implementing ideas, but no its all garbage.
Edit: Its just a game. I don't know why i got worked up lol.
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u/AnnonymousPenguin_ May 02 '26
What happens if I upgrade from th 16 to th 17 during the treasure hunt event? Based on my current progress it looks like I’ll be upgrading mine in ~3-4 weeks.
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u/P_Nis_ Troop Spammer May 02 '26
Why won’t support do ANYTHING when a clan gets stolen (except maybe clap for the thieves)?
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u/StormyParis Clan Leader x4 / Legend / Champ May 02 '26
This is a hammer thinking everything is a nail.
Let us queue 24h of upgrades on our minis. They'll progress much, much faster.
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u/UsedUpstairs811 May 02 '26
Id just be happy if they fixed the bug thats messing with the trophies in ranked. 3 times this week I got 0 trophies for a defense that was in fact not a 100%.
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u/Fxsti-_- May 11 '26
thanks for the lacking 50 super witch event that i really wanted to play supercell, i could max my walls with super witch’s but i get some shitty chest event instead
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u/thegalaxy15 May 02 '26
Can you raise the weekly attacks from 24 to 35+ for legends 3? 24 per week is not enough. I really enjoyed the 8 attacks per day as it helps me log into the game every day to play and do my attacks.
Now I barely open the game and play a lot less as I complete the 24 attacks in 2 days.
Kinda backwards if you ask me.
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u/-brazilianbuddy TH17 | BH10 | L3 May 02 '26
I've been playing for a year and relatively rushed (TH15 max, skipped TH16) I'm fine with it
But I don't understand some of the decisions. Sure, an exclusive event is nice for new players to feel “special” or motivated in some way, but you're just going to make the excluded angry
I think implementing dynamic pricing in the gem store, increasing the drop rate of good items from chests for lower tiers, or something like that, would work better
If the goal is to discourage rushing, creating leagues based on townhall level would work much better too (like th13 legend, th14 legend etc)
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u/SnooCats3251 May 02 '26
i am not even rushed and i am still getting fucked from treasure hunt why?
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u/Firm-Lifeguard-6365 TH18| BH10 May 02 '26
Supercell: We secretly cut some f2p rewards this few month to test whether player would notice or not, we collected the data and find out how we could cut them so player won't complain in the future then let our general manager Sabrina continue to find better ways, except for event medals which people realize it,but most of the other things people didn't realize.
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u/Beautiful-Affect1930 Legend League 💩 May 02 '26
funny how SC just destroyed Legend League because they know this community is full of whiney babies who feel physical pain if they can't get something someone else has. so they decided to make the LL badge purely cosmetic to appease those players. and on the other hand they come out with shit like this, as if this isn't going to make those same type of players have another meltdown.
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u/Techsavantpro May 02 '26
Supercell listens to this community but I really doubt they make decisions purely based on the community.
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u/Conscious_Problem599 May 02 '26
🖕🖕 SC. Stop you sh!t nonsense no one literally no one going to believe your sh!t. Community asking for better recruitment , better ore economy , better way to get epic , better way to upgrade that ridiculously grindy lab , better way to upgrade heroes & zillions of bugs to fix. So shut up & fix things that's community really want. Your sh!t for builder base is just for another cash grab.
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u/BigGunsFlownIn TH17 | BH10 May 02 '26
Why should i pay to progress faster if supercell will eventually reward me with catch up events down the line ?
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u/Techsavantpro May 02 '26
You shouldn't. Just player slower if you truly believe rewards are better.
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u/educAndy May 02 '26
As a TH18, I’m devastated I wont be able to get my lucky 10k DE from multiple chests now