Talk:Clash of Clones 2014 Event/@comment-66.102.7.15-20140825064354/@comment-25021853-20140825184722

Yeah, I noticed that too, it's very helpful for me as I have almost 1,000 houses and sometimes people attack the ones in the far edges or corners. I've been doing the math, and in the long run it benefits everyone to just send one Nerd after each Castle or House. You tend to lose and get less Elixir and Gold, but unless you go all out (which will cost more and more Nerds as we all level up our Defense number) AND get lucky that the person is asleep and won't catch it in time, you will get defeated most of the time anyway, especially during the day. And by successfully defending, your neighbors get more Elixir and Gold, and are more likely to return the favor of only sending one Nerd per House or Castle, which gives you twice the payout of defeat.

Of course, everyone is free to use whatever strategy you want, but I think it will benefit us all the most if we spread our Nerds out. I sometimes only attack one or two buildings at a time, leaving more targets open for others, and I can always visit them again, up to five times a day if I only do 1 at a time (especially when I'm doing my usual rounds, I only tap on one property, usually a restaurant, to collect money and XP, and attack one castle or house with one Nerd, then in 2 hours or so, when I have another batch of nerds, I make the rounds again attack only one or two houses). I have some neighbors who either have bought a ton of Donuts or have used a cheat, and have their Castles maxed out and their town defense is so high that the default time is over 24 hours!!! Even if it was the middle of the night, it would take me at least 20 Nerds to have a chance to win, so I just send one, expecting that he or she will defend in time and hopefully they will return the favor.

I'm already up to 6 on my Town Defense, adding 6 hours to the default 10 hours for a House, or 14 hours for a Castle, and I will be at 7 soon. Add to that the fact that I play at least every 2 hours during the day, and am a light sleeper, rarely sleeping longer than 4 hours at a time, so aside from throwing a ton of nerds at one of my houses to get it down to an hour, or 4 hours for a Castle while I'm asleep, the only times I've lost is when someone uses a Cheater 20, or maxes out the nerds attacking while I'm asleep for more than 4 hours.