Could any technical staff please answer my question? (About Strike Attacks)

[Mike 0314]

My account is level 489 and my Leagues consistently stays between 3600 and 4500. In the past week, I've only been attacked one time in STRIKE war.

Many players in my alliance (whose Leagues value consistently stays above 3600, but are only between levels 460 and 480) have been STRIKE attacked over 20 times (earning over 1000 crowns by winning perfect defensive victories).

I'm wondering what the principles of STRIkE are. Why can two players with similar Leagues have such a huge difference in the number of STRIKE war?

Is it because my account level is max that I'm not being targeted or other reasons? Could someone in the technical staff please answer my question? Thank you.

I feel that this is unfair to me. Because other players can win the crown by perfect defense but I have almost no chance of winning. (Because I don't even have the chance to be attacked!)

 

[J6K]

i Was getting attacked roughly twice a day (auto 451) but I haven’t been attacked for 2 days now. The same time I deci to switch out my council and pick out the defensive showcase items. I would love to know more about how they Mach players up

 

[Zumbies]

Hello….I’m also lvl489…and not only I’m rarely attacked, but since the Strike new feature started, I have been able to open just one chest, because of the bug “no opponent found” that takes your 3 tries away. I have to send a message to the CS, they give me back the tries, but I cannot use them for the same reason. I have been able to make 6 or 7 Strikes to this day. This bug has costed me a lot, but for them, it’s kind of my fault…whatever! Anyway, let’s continue to highlight what’s not going on in this game, because it’s really not fair.

 

[DENVER BRONCOS!]

Possibly, some are not bothering to do the Strike Missions after trying and encountering the same harder level to attack a base like they are in Wars. But also, and I am staring to lean this way myself. the Awarded chest at 25 stars... is not all that worth it. Sure there are some great prizes to win, but I have won amongst my accounts, over 15 chests, and they are the same thing just about. Always with the 24 hr instant retrain blessing (sometimes 2x) which while nice, are way less valuable these days as a reward with regeneration of troops normally is so much faster now. So I consider them somewhat worthless. Then there is an average tactic, and last, at best 300 crowns, tokens, or recruitment cards.
I have yet to see a chest drop a speed up for builds, research, all.
Not one speed up has ever dropped. If they had the same odds as the others, I would be more inclined to play STRIKE further, but I am losing interest in it as a daily event. Given the higher difficulty for Strike Attacks, and how this is nice concept addition, I would expect a slightly higher award drop list. But then that has been significantly reduced over the past year. I used to win the Seasonal Leader board or finish in top 5 quite often when it first came out, but now the Prize offerings are no incentive to play it anymore. Whats the point is wasting resources on that when the return is not worth it?

 

[Zumbies]

I agree with you about the compensation system vrs. the resources used to get the compensations. I lost also all the interest in the leaderboards. And as I said before, I have been able to open just one Strike chest, and I appreciated the 300 crowns…I would like to have a full experience with this new feature, which I still haven’t and that’s very frustrating.

 

[TitanKnight]

Many players don't bother to do any Strike attacks, not worthy the time spend.
You can't use Satelite scan and bring no Recon TTs.. total disadvantage for attackers.
Why not we all do the strike attack, drop a soldier then exit battles.. That way we all getting 53 crowns every Strike defenses.

 

[RAH-66]

I'm wondering what the principles of STRIKE are. Why can two players with similar Leagues have such a huge difference in the number of STRIKE war?

Is it because my account level is max that I'm not being targeted or other reasons? Could someone in the technical staff please answer my question? Thank you.

Hello Mike! Thanks for reaching out.

Your Multiplayer League or Player Level is not taken into consideration when you begin Strike matchmaking. When someone searches for an opponent in Strike, the system picks (at random) any player who has logged in within the last 30 days and is in the same Age as the attacker. The system also prohibits being matched against the same Strike opponent twice in a row.
Hopefully that clears up any confusion!

As an additional note, the team is actively working on remedying "No opponent found" bug, and we are hoping to have a solution to this soon.

 

[Abhorsen]

Hello Mike! Thanks for reaching out.

Your Multiplayer League or Player Level is not taken into consideration when you begin Strike matchmaking. When someone searches for an opponent in Strike, the system picks (at random) any player who has logged in within the last 30 days and is in the same Age as the attacker. The system also prohibits being matched against the same Strike opponent twice in a row.
Hopefully that clears up any confusion!

As an additional note, the team is actively working on remedying "No opponent found" bug, and we are hoping to have a solution to this soon.

Thanks for the update, RAH-66.

 

[King Crimson]

Possibly, some are not bothering to do the Strike Missions after trying and encountering the same harder level to attack a base like they are in Wars. But also, and I am staring to lean this way myself. the Awarded chest at 25 stars... is not all that worth it. Sure there are some great prizes to win, but I have won amongst my accounts, over 15 chests, and they are the same thing just about. Always with the 24 hr instant retrain blessing (sometimes 2x) which while nice, are way less valuable these days as a reward with regeneration of troops normally is so much faster now. So I consider them somewhat worthless. Then there is an average tactic, and last, at best 300 crowns, tokens, or recruitment cards.
I have yet to see a chest drop a speed up for builds, research, all.
Not one speed up has ever dropped. If they had the same odds as the others, I would be more inclined to play STRIKE further, but I am losing interest in it as a daily event. Given the higher difficulty for Strike Attacks, and how this is nice concept addition, I would expect a slightly higher award drop list. But then that has been significantly reduced over the past year. I used to win the Seasonal Leader board or finish in top 5 quite often when it first came out, but now the Prize offerings are no incentive to play it anymore. Whats the point is wasting resources on that when the return is not worth it?

WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Things like Strike or new councillors or the artifacts showcase (which is welcome) are just designed to mis-direct us while they're not spending time on things they should be: fixing replays, fixing old bugs, rebalancing rarely-used troops, improving Museum/Council interface, introducing QOL changes (tapping sux), bringing a new age (which I personally don't care about) but most importantly fixing the screwed-up heli range.
Throw us as many bones as you like bhg - it's not going to work. Some of the puppies might like chasing them down, the rest of us see what's happening. (or not happening)

 

[Mike 0314]

Hello Mike! Thanks for reaching out.

Your Multiplayer League or Player Level is not taken into consideration when you begin Strike matchmaking. When someone searches for an opponent in Strike, the system picks (at random) any player who has logged in within the last 30 days and is in the same Age as the attacker. The system also prohibits being matched against the same Strike opponent twice in a row.
Hopefully that clears up any confusion!

As an additional note, the team is actively working on remedying "No opponent found" bug, and we are hoping to have a solution to this soon.

Thanks for your reply, but it still doesn't explain why I was only attacked once in seven days. After all, each player can be attacked a maximum of five times per day, so no matter how "random" it is, everyone should be attacked at least once.

The reason I ask this question is that my allies in the same alliance are attacked an average of three times a day, and 20 times in the past week, while I was only attacked once. Don't you think there's a problem with your system's player selection?

Please explain why I'm attacked so few times compared to other players. Thank you.

 

[Pinkypig]

Mike0314, I have the same issue. Very rarely strike attacked. My base is very good at defending, so I thought that might have something to do with it, but from RAH-66s response, apparently not. I was kind of looking forward to the strike concept as I thought I would be attacked more often. Maybe there is a bug in the matching process...?

 

[Zumbies]

Mike0314, I have the same issue. Very rarely strike attacked. My base is very good at defending, so I thought that might have something to do with it, but from RAH-66s response, apparently not. I was kind of looking forward to the strike concept as I thought I would be attacked more often. Maybe there is a bug in the matching process...?

What’s your level? I don’t know….they are giving away crowns, maybe there’s some kind of algorithm that helps to avoid bases that have better chances of defending. I have been attacked 5 times at all since the beginning, I’m level 489 and I haven’t lost yet…

 

[Pinkypig]

What’s your level? I don’t know….they are giving away crowns, maybe there’s some kind of algorithm that helps to avoid bases that have better chances of defending. I have been attacked 5 times at all since the beginning, I’m level 489 and I haven’t lost yet…

I am level 303, cold war age. I also have only been attacked 5 times and they have all been zero star defeats.

 

[DENVER BRONCOS!]

Many players don't bother to do any Strike attacks, not worthy the time spend.
You can't use Satelite scan and bring no Recon TTs.. total disadvantage for attackers.
Why not we all do the strike attack, drop a soldier then exit battles.. That way we all getting 53 crowns every Strike defenses.

Yes that has occurred to me, in that we can all help one another with generating for 5 players a day an extra 50 crowns in their bank. If the strike is not an obvious win, or has town center on edge (Which all my builds do, for why defend just to retain medals that you get back next battle) and you can get a two quick stars for your time. Of course if more and more do that, then the crowns too will be nerfed. I've noticed too more than a few are putting tactic troops in their TC's like for wars. Doing that mates will deplete very needed resources for War time. But hey, it's your dime.

 

[DENVER BRONCOS!]

Thanks for your reply, but it still doesn't explain why I was only attacked once in seven days. After all, each player can be attacked a maximum of five times per day, so no matter how "random" it is, everyone should be attacked at least once.

The reason I ask this question is that my allies in the same alliance are attacked an average of three times a day, and 20 times in the past week, while I was only attacked once. Don't you think there's a problem with your system's player selection?

Please explain why I'm attacked so few times compared to other players. Thank you.

I dunno either, but as I just mentioned above, if I see a base that is on par with mine as in same lvl number or close, and it is a solid defense, I just skip it. Do not even drop a troop. It is easy to see which battles are winnable, versus those you know will be costly and may not win a star at all. That's a pass for me. You put your TC on the outer edge and watch how often you get attacked.

 

[J6K]

Mike0313, are your alliance mates still getting hit 1-2 times a day? I'm starting to think that the early wave of defenses was an outlier and demoralization has set in for allot of strikers. why you were not hit early on could have just been bad luck

 

[Mike 0314]

Mike0313, are your alliance mates still getting hit 1-2 times a day? I'm starting to think that the early wave of defenses was an outlier and demoralization has set in for allot of strikers. why you were not hit early on could have just been bad luck

Frankly, in order to be attacked by more people in STRIKE wars (the system match me up with more battles), I adjusted my Leagues, reduced my online time and even changed my in-game name.

Unfortunately, since the new update (more than 10 days), I've only been attacked twice.

 

[Husher]

I attack all the time. Love the strike attack approach. It is a bit weird getting a level 370, then a 480, then a 400. But iDK. The strike attacks seem to be cleaner than the peace time attacks. I was told the manufacturer is still in effect during strike attacks, but It doesn’t seem to be. The drone tower is, but I dont see the protect buff on the defenses like I do during peace time attacks. I like that as I can’t stand the manufacture. all my stuff is maxed. I just don’t like it. I get attacked about 1 times a day with strike and the same for peace time. But I use all of the strikes I get each time. Really enjoy this a strike season.

 

[Lordmutis]

esp: Al principio, los ataques me empezaron a dar muchas coronas con el STRIKE, por defensas de 0 estrellas, pero después ya nadie me atacó. ¿Parece que algo esta pasando con el sistema o es una consecuencia indirecta de ser buenos jugadores defensivos?
eng: At first, attacks started giving me lots of crowns with STRIKE, for 0-star defenses, but then nobody attacked me anymore. It seems like something is going on with the system, or is it an indirect consequence of being good defensive players?