Thunderbummy
Marquis
Is this just people in active GvG/GBG guilds being upset that they no longer get to see their name at the top of the tower list every week as they sit in neighborhoods with a bunch of players who only log in to collect and barely get a dozen fights per week? Is it an ego thing? It's either that or I'm overlooking something about why the towers are so important to keep.
I don't believe that it is an "ego" thing. It is a competitive thing, all about trying to do better than the guy next door. For many, it is a mini competition, every week. For early age players, it is an opportunity to try to win extra medals to gain expansions quicker. For later age players, there is the challenge of trying to win multiple age towers. I agree that in later ages, especially when owning a high level arc, the medal prizes have no real value but that does not matter. The real challenge was trying to win as many age towers as possible, with the ultimate goal being a clean sweep of every tower open to you. For sure a huge amount of points come from GvG & GBG as well as GE & the hood but so what. I can only tell you, that for me, the challenge of picking which age army to fight with and against whom in the neighborhood was an engaging feature of the game. Without the towers, it just becomes a grind, always using the strongest army to fight every battle. My personal interest and enjoyment have have been severely diminished. I now fight only for the guild in GE & GBG and frankly, I'm bored. I don't want to play a boring game so, unless things change for the better soon, I will probably stop altogether.