Here is an eye-opening statistic from the last war: the enemy made @ 18 LESS attacks than we did, yet they still outscored us overall by a star. They had horrible attendance, but still beat us! There were a few reasons for that, but here is just one that stands out: they had many more 2 and 3 star attacks, so they didn’t have to go re-attack as many of our bases. We made a lot of attacks that didn’t yield many stars, so we had to re-attack the same bases more often.
With that in mind, we will use our new DIB system to help us maximize stars on the first attack we all make:
- Everyone is invited to call DIB’s on an enemy base.
- Only call DIB’s on a base that you are extremely confident you can 3 star. Even if that means you have to drop down many rankings below your own, do it! We need all 3 of those stars.
- You can call a DIB on just ONE enemy base.
- Post your DIB in the ‘Comments’ of this post. PLEASE PUT THE TROOPS YOU WILL USE TOO.
I will consolidate the list as the day goes on to make it easier for you to read.
DIBS will be accepted here throughout Prep Day, and cut off is at noon (EST) on Saturday.
After that time, we will change the in-game clan description to include a list of all bases that have DIBS on them. Example - DIBS!! 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22 thru 27, 30, 31, 33 thru 45
We will also leave the original requests in the 'Comments' section of this post.
Additional comments:
- Calling DIBS is entirely optional.
- If you choose not to call DIBS, I still want your first attack to be one you can 3-star.
- Respecting DIBS is NOT optional. Please check the Clan Description before attacking.
- Akiyume’s War System will still be posted, and that tool can be helpful in choosing your DIB. You do not have to wait for Aki’s System in order to post a DIB request.
- Please do not complain if someone does take your DIB. It’s a new system, and there WILL be some hiccups. If your DIB is taken, you should absolutely point it out to them. Just do not be mean about it, and move on from the subject right after.
Additional War Strategy comments:
Everyone should focus their 2nd attacks on either a cleanup of any enemy base that had less than 3 stars, or a Top Ranked base that did not get attacked
You do NOT have to wait to make your second attack, but you still should respect any DIB attacks that have not been made yet.
Special note to those who are ranked very near our bottom:
This ‘3 star’ strategy may make it hard to find ANY base that you can 3-star. If that is the case, then don’t claim a DIB. Just be patient, and we’ll help you find suitable opportunities to attack in the second half of the war.
Note: this DIBS system is still in an experimental phase. We may choose to enhance it in the upcoming weeks, or totally scrap it. Since we already have a basic system in place, I would like it utilized as a tool to help us win this week’s war. If you would like to have some input on the improvements:
- Email me, or
- Post your idea in the ‘Comments’, but WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE WAR STARTS ON SATURDAY: we need to keep that ‘Comments’ section easy for DIB readers to see which bases are already claimed.
The most important factor we all will use in evaluating the success of this DIB System is simple:
Does DIBS help us win wars?
Finally, here is an oversimplified example of how this 3-star Strategy would play out WITH A 45 PLAYER WAR:
Our top 35 players all attack @ 10 ranks below them and 3-star most of those bases.
Some of our top 35 players then use their 2nd attack, and clean up any of the bases to complete the 3 stars (5 to 10 bases needing cleanup?).
The highest rated players of our clan use their second attack to hit the enemy’s top 10 to pick up a few more stars (5 to 12 stars?).
35 bottom enemy bases, times 3 stars each = 105 stars.
Plus 5 to 12 more stars picked up from the enemies top 10 bases. That is 110 to 117 stars: more than enough to have won last week’s war!
And our bottom 10 ranked players? They would get to flow through afterwards and simply loot, gain war bonuses, practice, or even go bite on a Goliath just for fun. It is also imperative to note that our bottom 10 ranked players take extraordinary heat on defense.... the enemy is coming for you! The clan KNOWS what you mean on defense!!
The DIBS system should be able to help us PLAN and COORDINATE this 3-star strategy.
Best of luck to you this war. Please don’t hesitate to post questions.
Thanks!
Patricioso