still playing catchup and now omw to TH5. a few questions:
- I upgraded everything except the extractors to max before going to TH5 from TH4. I assume this is the right course of action at every TH level, to upgrade everything including walls and troop upgrades before hitting the next TH5.
- I am keeping my trophy level under 400 as it seems I am having a fairly easy time finding villages to farm and keep my gold and elix levels close to max. Is it this easy at my TH level anyway and I shouldn't bother? Is there any advantage to getting my trophy level up? I could easily be in the 800s by now without even trying, I farm for loot and hit the give up button before my attackers can get to 50% damage and stay away from other TH's. I assume farming for trophies won't be a big deal for me until I get to at least TH6.
- Does my trophy level dictate what the trophy level of the other players are who can view and raid my village? That is, since I am under 400, are only other players in the similar range allowed to see me for raiding?
thx for any tips.
Pretty sure it does. I am basically where you are (TH4 w/ everything fully upgraded except a couple storages and collectors) and I hover between 750-800 trophies. Most of what i see when I attack are TH5+ and when I get attacked it is usually by people in the TH5-TH6 range. I'm fairly certain that when you get attacked by higher level players that they can only take a % of your resources, because I always only lose a small % of what I have, even if they destroy me. For example, the last replay I watched of a higher level player that destroyed me showed at the end that he stole 5k gold out of a possible 20k, but I had over 80k gold in my storage alone, not counting whatever he looted from the collectors. (Don't understand why they all use 120+ troops for a mere 5-10k payout) Likewise, when I attack TH4-TH5 bases, they seem to pay out much more than lower levels.
I wouldn't purposefully avoid trophies unless you are having difficulty proceeding. For me, I have absolutely no problem finding bases that provide 100k+ in both gold and elixir and are easy to take down.