Clash of Clans has done really well in Japan, even if it has softened a little in the Top Grossing charts in the past year. And that isn't a gacha game.
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Clash Royale |OT| Should I keep playing when Im full on chests?
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Clash of Clans has done really well in Japan, even if it has softened a little in the Top Grossing charts in the past year. And that isn't a gacha game.
Midshipman
Member
Hog used to be countered by buildings. Now tornado offers more value against a wider range of decks and insane utility. Probably the best card in the game right now. I'd hate to see it nerfed since it's my favorite card more or less but it probably needs it.
I just got to 5400 with this deck though!
Generally it's pretty rare to face at all, so probably just bad luck on your end.Edit: what deck do you play? For some decks vs mortar, like RG or hog, you should consider a draw a victory
Matt Frost
Member
Add tornado and pull him to your king tower each time. Is fun
Yeah I had to add tornado to my deck just for this reason. But still, I've never seen so many hogs. My battle log is nothing but hogs and/or golems.
i suck at this
I did too until I watched some replays. It really helped with my placement.
Here's whats probably the best video to watch on how to use tornado https://youtu.be/PFaPfUuNPw4
Nothing in my deck nerfed or buffed. Overall, I think these changes will help in many small ways which should give me more of an edge.
Stacking heal though? Hmmm.
The stacking of poison/heal/tornado is really a 2v2 thing mostly. I think stacking poison will be interesting in that mode. Heal could be interesting as well, depending on how it is being used.
Also, I suspect with the changes coming on Monday I bet we will be getting the client update. The fact they announced the 2v2 draft mode and 2v2 friendly and now this will probably mean we're getting some sneak peeks this weekend. Another sign of a client update is with The Log changes. The range reduction was supposed to happen last update but then the bug was discovered you couldn't put The Log down over any buildings so they didn't make the change. They said they couldn't fix it with a server update, but a client update.
Matt Frost
Member
Agreed
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Losing a Spear from my Goblin Gang is going to hurt.
I've been running crossbow for the past couple of weeks and this is going to be such a nice quality of life improvement. Well worth the distance nerf.
Skeleton nerf is going to hurt but they're such insanely good value right now it had to happen.
Wolf Akela
Member
The Goblin Gang nerf was necessary. There really wasn't a reason to use Skarmy over it.
Good nerf on Skeleton once again. However, the problem is that it's either really weak or strong with 3 or 4 Skeletons. What if they kept 4 Skeletons but gave them 1 HP so that they die from anything, including Ice Wiz and a single Poison tick? Possibly lower the damage as well, so that they're still good distractions but not a card that can also deal with medium single target cards.
And lol at the Witch. It has received so many buffs but somehow never finds way into the meta.
Good nerf on Skeleton once again. However, the problem is that it's either really weak or strong with 3 or 4 Skeletons. What if they kept 4 Skeletons but gave them 1 HP so that they die from anything, including Ice Wiz and a single Poison tick? Possibly lower the damage as well, so that they're still good distractions but not a card that can also deal with medium single target cards.
And lol at the Witch. It has received so many buffs but somehow never finds way into the meta.
Hmm I wouldn't go quite that far - but I think if you log goblin barrel at your tower, it shouldn't be able to take out an enemy princess on the bridge.
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Sneak Peek #1
Orange Juice video on these changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLi_6cY3u0g
Sneak Peek #1
More deck slots at Level 8
Orange Juice video on these changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLi_6cY3u0g
Sneak Peek #2
SNEAK PEEK #2 - Four New Cards!
New Legendary Card: Mega Knight
New Epic Card: Cannon Cart
New Rare Card: Flying Machine
New Common Card: Skeleton Barrel
Each new card will launch with a Special Challenge!
Bonus info:
New Challenges coming: "Sudden Death", "Ramp Up" and "Triple Elixir"
Keep an eye out for the golden notification on the Tournaments tab!
Orange Juice video on new cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9PdIEwAFc
Orange Juice Video on the new Challenges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuM9vNtopYM&feature=youtu.be
SNEAK PEEK #2 - Four New Cards!
New Legendary Card: Mega Knight
New Epic Card: Cannon Cart
New Rare Card: Flying Machine
New Common Card: Skeleton Barrel
Each new card will launch with a Special Challenge!
Bonus info:
New Challenges coming: "Sudden Death", "Ramp Up" and "Triple Elixir"
Keep an eye out for the golden notification on the Tournaments tab!
Orange Juice video on new cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9PdIEwAFc
Orange Juice Video on the new Challenges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuM9vNtopYM&feature=youtu.be
Sneak Peek #3
SNEAK PEEK #3 - New 2v2 Game Modes!
Summer of 2v2 is coming with all new 2v2 game modes!
2v2 Friendly Battle, 2v2 Draft, 2v2 Challenge!
AND, starting soon, collect chests with your friends in a 2v2 Battle!
Bonus info:
Orange Juice video on 2v2 modes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGo3fTxCGE8
SNEAK PEEK #3 - New 2v2 Game Modes!
Summer of 2v2 is coming with all new 2v2 game modes!
2v2 Friendly Battle, 2v2 Draft, 2v2 Challenge!
AND, starting soon, collect chests with your friends in a 2v2 Battle!
Bonus info:
- A "2v2" button will appear on your Clash Royale main screen soon after the next update has arrived
- With this button you can invite a friend, Clanmate or pair up with a random Internet buddy to play a 2v2 Battle for chests, Victory Gold and earn Crowns for your Clan Chest and Crown Chest!
- The button will initially be available for 7 days - as a test run to make sure it all works correctly
- Providing everything works, which we're anticipating it will, we plan to bring the button back for the entirety of July (aka, "Summer of 2v2")
- Our goal with this week and month-long 2v2 button fiesta is to see how you, the players, feel about it and ultimately decide whether or not it should become a permanent feature of Clash Royale - and if so, in what form?
- This is the big question we'll be asking ourselves after the "Summer of 2v2", so please don't hesitate to let us know what you think on the forums or reddit
Orange Juice video on 2v2 modes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGo3fTxCGE8
Matt Frost
Member
Chests, gold and crowns in 2vs2 sound too awesome
They are all over. I'm even running one for challenges and when you get the push going with a pump they 3 crown most people. Maybe the NW nerf will reduce the frequency of them.
Wolf Akela
Member
Yeah, been dealing with them and they're annoying as heck. I usually get NW + Golem then some other cards that demand attention in another lane (Gob Gang, Hog, etc)
Matt Frost
Member
Search for the youtuber Orange Juice, he has a video showing the new cards (only the cards themselves). On my cellphone so cant post links sorry.
I had success today against this deck with poison and ID in my deck.
There were a few other items added to the update they didn't mention in any of the Sneak Peaks:
I haven't had a chance to play with the new update too much. I tried a 2v2 with a random that actually didn't go as horrible as I expected.
The friends list update was not what I was expecting at all. I thought we would be able to just add directly from a profile. The new way really isn't all that different from needing a Facebook connection to add friends since you need contact information. I guess it could get abused if directly on a profile though. I would imagine those on the leaderboard would get spammed with requests, but they could just have an option to turn off friend requests.
- Giant Chest contains less gold and Common Cards, but a lot more Rare Cards
- Magical Chest and Super Magical Chest contain more gold
- Card Shop now cycles through all available cards within 3 months
- Clan Chat profanity filter on/off toggle (in Settings)
- Report offensive language or players via Clan Chat
I haven't had a chance to play with the new update too much. I tried a 2v2 with a random that actually didn't go as horrible as I expected.
The friends list update was not what I was expecting at all. I thought we would be able to just add directly from a profile. The new way really isn't all that different from needing a Facebook connection to add friends since you need contact information. I guess it could get abused if directly on a profile though. I would imagine those on the leaderboard would get spammed with requests, but they could just have an option to turn off friend requests.
Thanks i found it, shame he doesn't actually have the footage of the cards being in use as yet, but good to see how it'll work. I can't see any of them being that amazing to be honest, not sure i understand the point of the moving cannon or the balloon
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
The Goblin Gang nerf hasn't hurt as much as I feared. It's going to suck against Lava Hound/Balloon decks, though.
Woohoo... I'll finally get a Log!!!
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
And I'll finally get a Miner.
Hmmm, I'm not seeing the profanity filter toggle in my personal settings or the clan settings.
Edit: I'm blind
Idk. I notice a pretty big difference. Sucks
Am enjoying the random 2v2 matches. Finding I play pretty well with 70% of people and tend to win, and then just get maimed the other 30% of the time when timing is a little off or decks don't quite complement.
Haven't really had much time to assess the balance changes as have been playing 2v2 at the cost of other modes. My sense is the Night Witch is much more manageable. Seeing Inferno Dragon popping up a little more than previously too which was their intended result there.
Haven't really had much time to assess the balance changes as have been playing 2v2 at the cost of other modes. My sense is the Night Witch is much more manageable. Seeing Inferno Dragon popping up a little more than previously too which was their intended result there.
There was a maintenance break this morning to fix the Bandit buff (they forgot to add the HP increase) and clan chat filtering.
https://twitter.com/ClashRoyale/status/874559392846401536
Maintenance Break: We're fixing Clan Chat filtering and adding the missing Bandit balance change (Hitpoints +4%). Be back soon!
https://twitter.com/ClashRoyale/status/874559392846401536
Maintenance Break: We're fixing Clan Chat filtering and adding the missing Bandit balance change (Hitpoints +4%). Be back soon!
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Yeah, I see it more now. Especially against anything aerial.
On another note, I finally broke through 3600 and on past 3700 (only to start getting smacked pretty hard). No deck change, just a good streak or whatever. I have to say, I'm pretty disappointed that all I see are the same types of decks, only leveled up. I guess that makes sense since there are no new unlocks at this level. but it's disheartening to see level 12 and 13 commons and 9 and 10 rares. I guess I should just be happy I got here without that king of leveling.