Please come up with a way to burst my bubble or umbrella When groups are at war. It is quite frustrating when someone has repaired everything but one building and is hiding under a bubble or an umbrella. My idea is simple a war team or group should be able to attack that particular city for one, two or three times the value of the max number of buildings that can be destroyed. And that would break the bubble or umbrella. It’s simple if you’re in a war that states you have to destroy 13 buildings to put them under a bubble then once they have repaired 12 of those damage buildings then after a certain period of time they were team should be able to spend 13, 26 or 39 damage in order to break the umbrella or the bubble. This gives the war a much better competitive situation. THe spent damage To break the umbrella or the bubble would yield zero points Until after they are broken. This also makes it competitive for the opposing team because the team that spent the War items on attacking the city now has few were war items to attack the opposing team with. I think that this will definitely makes things very competitive

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EA_Arrenai
EA Staff (Retired)
6 years ago
Thanks for your feedback, @nwboatguy! We appreciate it. I'll pass it along to the team.

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edh911
6 years ago
@EA_Arrenai What if the player is waiting to build up energy before coming out? Or waiting for a certain target to become available? Or coordinating with a team mate for a coordinated attack? Be careful what you ask for!
nwboatguy
6 years ago
It doesn’t take 10 hours for you to build up energy or to coordinate an attack. Team members have players that flat out aren’t participating in the war if that’s the case the president should be able to turn those team members off during that war. We all have a life just because a team member isn’t available for a specific war doesn’t mean that they should be attacked continually because you’re working or at a family function. President should be able to find out who is going to be able to participate and who is not in turn those who are not off for that specific were only. However those that are participating and are deciding to wait out the clock Under a bubble because they’re ahead in points isn’t fair to the other team. Our team has had other teams literally put us under a bubble we came out and put them under a bubble however haven’t been able to get ahead in points and they stay under a bubble the whole flipping war for 24 hours It’s very cowardly to participate in the war like that. War is war. If you look at all of our world wars no one got put under a bubble and waited out the war that wasn’t a choice that shouldn’t be a choice in this game.
NerfProbe
6 years ago
I agree war needs some changes, however please not in this way. What you call cowardly others call being offline for work / sleep / school / life / etc. In game it’s strategy and resource management. War is basically a two hour event with a massive and somewhat useless overtime. The down side of what you’re proposing has significant problems too: for example people would simply repair less or not at all in order to hold the bubble and wait out the end, meaning you still don’t get what you want but now your opponent gets less too.
spajtakus
6 years ago
Keep in mind that is the only strategy against cheaters.
So many clubs have unlimited war items and maxed out attacks.
For fair playing clubs who like to at least get to top 100 from time to time, the only way is to try to win the game during the first 2 hours.
If your opponent has only 1 or 2 hacked towns with max attack levels, then we try to freeze these during the first attack phase.
Then try it to win it and spend the rest of the war under the shield.
Apparently, in 2 weeks time, there is a new attack coming that will take the opponents out of the shield.
Not sure if this is true or not. (there is no official communication)
If yes, then only cheaters will stay in this game.
There will be no other way to win the war against cheating players so we may as well abandon the game...
I hope not...
sknips1
6 years ago
@spajtakus good point.

This was also my first thought when I saw this update is coming. We recently played a cheating club with two cities with maxed out attacks. We were able to win by holding the two cheating cities back with freezes and continually putting them under dome so the lower attack cities would clear our targets for less points.

We built up enough of a lead so that even the cheating cities couldn't catch up. They put us all under and we had 5K lead. Then we just stayed under because it was the only way to win against such cheaters.

With this update they'll now be able to pop us out of bubble and take the lead and win. Sometimes staying under bubble is the only way for honest teams to win against hackers.

Seems yet again with this update EA is doing nothing to stop the rampant hacking in this game, and this bubble booster will actually help the hackers more than honest teams.

PLEASE EA STOP THE HACKING! I don't care about new mayor's pass, updated seasons, etc. Just spend your resources on stopping the hacking first and foremost PLEASE!!!!
sknips1
6 years ago
@spajtakus good point.

This was my first thought when I saw the news about the new bubble buster. Sometimes the only way to beat cheating teams is to hold back the hacked cities and let the lower attack level cities clear your targets. Then build up enough lead so the hacked cities can't catch you and stay under dome.

I'd rather fight too, but when you're facing hacked cities when you have no chance because of them cheating this is the only way to win.

EA - PLEASE STOP THE HACKING FIRST AND FOREMOST! IT'S RUINING THE GAME.
robotechnology8
6 years ago
lt's official. EA put a mention of it in today's update but it's not available until 9/24, per the update. While this may seem like good news, the pessimist in me is waiting for three or four shoes to drop as of 9/24 that will take all the possible positive impact from introducing a "Shield Buster" disaster, but there's a glimmer of an optimist who still loves this game, its warts and all, and wants to believe this will overall be an improvement for Club Wars.
We shall see!
spajtakus
6 years ago
It's a shame really as I've played so long and looks like after spending 5 years playing game, it's time to quit.
With the new attack and so many hacked towns, there will be no point of taking part in club wars.
No strategy will help against cheaters.
No only way will be to cheat too so this change only promotes hacking the game...
I've tried to put a big post today on forum regarding game and lack of discussion with developers or community managers, but it was deleted immediately...
There isn't a single club in Top 20 that is "clean".
Even spending real money will never let players to catch up...
Just sad that so big community cannot gather together to be heard by the developers...
sknips1
6 years ago
@spajtakus yep they deleted my original reply on your post and I reworded and put right back. Trying to silence the people voicing concerns about the pervasive hacking in this game that's gone on for so long and nothing has been done about it.

I just quit reporting hacking teams because you see them almost every war above rank 3700 and don't feel like anything is being done about them.