Returning player - playing since 2014
Disclaimer: I know there already have been a lot of posts and I have been through them. But I had some questions that I would like to have answered in a single place.
First of all, I have been playing since 2014 mostly F2P and took multiple breaks in between for multiple years. Last hiatus started from 2023. Currently TH14/BH9and game has changed so much in last 3 years compared to the all the updates of last decade before that.
Some observations:
- Farming is way easier now. I can easily max out loot storages under half hour.
- Getting 3 stars is way easier now against same TH level or even higher. I have been just spamming dragons+loons and boom 3 stars. Unlike before, where even farming it would take shit ton of effort and planning to get 3 stars on a well planned base of same level(not rushed).
- Hero revamp is PIA especially equipment stuff. Not to mention, pets were already an additional grind before too.
Some questions:
- What hero equipment I should focus on? As I have few common ones at lvl1?
- How to gather ore stuff more effectively as F2P?
- Is maxing out still a thing or do people expect to rush for optimizing progression? I don’t know why I am asking this. As I always prioritized maxing out stuff before upgrading to next TH. EVEN THE GODDAMN WALLS when they were 4 million each with 2 upgrades at TH9. Good old days.
The game feels so different but at the same time, it is the same old at its core which is a good thing.
Please, feel free to drop any tips you can think of that might be helpful. Things are quite overwhelming at the moment and other than the usual stuff, I am not sure what to focus on.