WELCOME to the Do Nat ORs Clan!

   This is our official welcome message from all of us in the Do Nat ORs clan, welcome! We're glad to have you join our group. We have an awesome group of fun, generous, respectful and welcoming people. Please forgive this method of communicating our welcome, but we are a fairly strict clan and we got tired of typing the same thing out over and over again, only to end up having to kick someone out, or have them leave - and then have to start all over again with the next new recruit.

     So, to begin with we'll tell you a little history. Natronian and TFoster143 started this clan after being in a very strong clan with some of our other current members for well over a year.  However, the leader in that clan reached a point where he was hardly ever on, and chaos ensued.  After trying to stick with them despite the chaos, we just couldn't do it anymore, and thus, the Do Nat ORs were born - in September 2014. 

     As you may have noticed, the meaning behind the clan name is "Donators". We definitely encourage generous donations, but it is also imperative that you honor the nature of donation requests. Which means... DO NOT donate something other than specifically what is requested unless you have permission from that person beforehand.  And, of course... if the request makes no sense, like "Level 6 brown Scooby Snacks" or "Lvl 4+ pink fairies"... Then of course, that means anything. Any level of anything. If you have lower level troops, please take advantage of the opportunities when "anything" requests are out there, and donate generously.

     We are a warring clan, and participation is required. And of course, we really want to, and love to win! Who doesn't?! So, because of that, we also have war guidelines. Including all of the following: we have specific troops that we will donate to all war base clan castles.  We will communicate with the eligible clan members about which troops need to be donated in war base castles during the war prep phase.  This task is typically reserved for the top few ranking members to maximize our overall advantage. Please do not donate any troops to the war base castles other than what is specified. 

     In addition, we have a specific attack strategy during which we assign specific bases for each member to attack first. Then the second attack will be assigned during battle by one of the leaders when you are ready, and depending on the results of first attack, are negotiable. This approach works greatgreat, if everyone adheres to it, and uses both attacks. Our goal is for everyone to be able to 3 star their assigned targets.  If you don't feel you can handle the target that is assigned to you, speak to one of the leaders, and we'll reevaluate your circumstances.  There are times when match-ups are a little unbalanced.  We will send a clan mail with the war strategy for each war during the prep phase so you can plan your troops and attack strategy in advance. Be aware though, many experienced war clans may change their war base set up at the very last minute. 

     We also acknowledge that all of us are busy with our lives, and this is, in fact, a game.  But, as we mentioned before, war participation is required.  So, we have specific set times that we always start the wars so everyone can plan accordingly.  We start wars every Tues and Fri evening between 8 & 9 pm EST.  If you cannot participate in any upcoming war with both attacks, please just change your war participation option to "out" before the wars start.  In addition, please let a leader know.  One of the most common reasons that people are kicked out of our clan is for lack of participation during a war.  We take that pretty seriously, so please make sure your options are set properly.
     In case you aren't certain what your option is set at, click on your profile, and click on at the 'Clan Wars' icon. When you click it, the below option will pull up. Select the one you want at any given point in time.

     With regards to promotions, we are thrilled when we are able to reward a member for their dedication over time, their proven track record of donating generously and appropriately, following all the clan guidelines and just plain being awesome by promoting them.  If you ask to be promoted, we consider that a downfall. Members will be promoted when we feel they deserve it, if you don't want to be promoted, let us know.  Please respect the elders and coleaders and their directives, especially with regards to war base attacks.

     And finally as you may have gathered by now, we are a well, structured, cohesive, but humor filled group of people. Most of us are adults, and several teens as well. We value each and every one of our awesome clansmen, and appreciate a humorous, upbeat, encouraging and most importantly respectful environment. So please keep the drama to a minimum, and no swearing.  If you fail to follow these tried and true clan guidelines we will not hesitate to kick you out. Many have been booted without hesitation. But, many have also been with us for quite a while. We want to enhance and grow our group, and we are happy you joined us.

     Once again, welcome to the Do Nat ORs!! We're glad to have you! 

Home Village vs. War Base - what is the difference? And, what is a "Farming Base" anyway??

More seasoned Clash of Clans players were thrilled when SuperCell added the option of having a different War Base, vs. a Home Village.  But, there may be some confusion as to why.  If that is the case for you, this is the perfect blog for you. 

In your Home Village, the most important thing is to protect your resources and/or your trophies.  It largely depends on what your current Clash of Clans goals are.  Some players want the status of a higher level league, and their goal may be that they want to achieve the 'Crystal', or 'Master' or even the 'Champion' league status.  Maybe for bragging rights, maybe so they can more easily recruit higher level members for their clan.  But, if that is your motivation, than a "Farming Base" is not for you.  If you want to achieve the highest league possible, than you want all the trophies you can get, and you will want to protect your town hall.

But, let's first define what a "Farming Base" is.  When you are "farming", you are predominantly trying to get as much loot as you can, and you don't care about the trophy count.  A "farming base" routinely has the town hall located on the outside of the core base, with the purpose of pulling easy shields, and protecting your loot - or "farming" from all your mines with little interference.  The smartest farming bases have their town halls located FAR away from any defensive units.  The BEST farming strategy - is to have no bombs, no springs, no teslas, no archer towers, NO defense anywhere near your town hall.  Why???  Because people who are looking for only trophies will come in with a single archer, or their archer queen, and attack your town hall sparingly, get the win, the single star, the small number of trophies and leave.  Resulting in you getting a 12 hour shield, hanging on to your loot, and maybe losing a small handful of trophies.  But, if you have bombs, or teslas hidden, or defense close by, the end result is that people who are looking for an easy handful of trophies may end up being frustrated, and then let loose and attack your entire base... not only taking your trophies, but taking a bunch of your loot too.  Take it from a high level player who does that regularly.  If you want to pull easy trophies and protect your loot, make it super easy.  Otherwise, us high-level players will take everything.  If you want to make the best use of your "farming base", make sure your town hall is completely separate from any and all defense, in a corner all by itself.  That is the BEST set-up for a farming base, at any level.

Note: many people who are "farming" also dump trophies.  If you've ever been attacked by someone with a single archer, or barbarian, and won a bunch of trophies, it's because your attacker was dumping trophies.  Frequently high-level players will do that to avoid being a target amongst the high-level peers.

For your Home Village, your design will largely depend on what you want to achieve, and then protecting those assets most.  If you want to protect your trophies, then you'll keep your town hall in the center, and your loot storage in the center. Solidly surrounded by your highest level walls, mortars and air defense, and then more peripherally by your cannons, archer towers, wizard towers, and x-bows and inferno towers (when you reach those levels).  Your barracks, camps, mines, and other stuff are really just fluff that can be used as barriers, or even decoys to delay the final star in an attack.  For example, you may frequently see builder huts in the far 4 corners of a base.  That is actually a very smart thing to do, and I recommend it not only for your home village, but for your war base a well.

The biggest difference in the set-up of your War Base and your Home Village is that the loss of loot doesn't really matter much in a war.  You don't actually lose the loot that portrayed in the war, and though it is part of the overall percentage of your full base, that's about it.  Because of that, a solid War Base uses it's defense to protect it's town hall and be strategically set up to make the best use of the defensive weapons. 

One of the best defensive weapons is frequently your clan castle troops.  Especially for the lower level bases in the clan.  It is best to have your castle situated someplace near the center of your war base, so when your castle troops are released, their within walls and can go to town on taking out the opponents attacking troops.  If they're clever, they've deployed just enough troops to draw your castle troops out (See previous blog that goes into detail about that), but if not... you'll have them right where you want them, and your castle troops will be able to wage a good attack on their attackers while they're distracted with their own agenda.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to send an email to: donators2015@gmail.com.  Best of luck!  :)

Do Nat ORs: War attacks and opponents castle troops

Welcome to the DoNatORs blog! We thought this might be a great way to communicate outside of the limitations of Clash of Clans. I'm new to this method of blogging, so bare with me while I get this figured out... But, since we seem to continually say the exact same things in our clan chat over and over, we thought this could be a useful method of getting info out.

So, first and foremost - it is absolutely critical when you attack in wars, that you first eliminate the  opponents clan castle troops. Clan castle troops are usually (in organized clans) the highest level, best offensive troops available, and often times can completely destroy your plan of attack by systematically eliminating your attacking troops unless their dealt with swiftly, and initially.

So, before starting your war base attack, click on the opponents castle and look at its white circle of range indicator and figure out the the best place to place your troops so that when it crosses inside that range it triggers the release of their troops. In the example below, the best option would be in the lower left area, near the lab & elixer mine.  Also look at your opponents layout and figure out where you want to lure the castle troops once they've been released.  Figuring out your plan of attack prior to releasing any troops can make a huge difference in your success.

When you begin your attack, one of the best troops to use to trigger the release of the opponents castle troops is a single giant. Just one, because it can take really a beating, and you should be able to draw out all of the castle troops before it is eliminated (depending on the castle position and the strength of your giant). WAIT until all castle troops are deployed.  If your giant is eliminated, then drop another single troop (another giant, or an archer - depending on the layout) as far away from the opponents base and defense as possible to try to lure them a good distance from possible damage.

Note: one all castle troops are deployed, and once your single sacrificial troop is eliminated, you can drop another troop ANYWHERE you can and all the castle troops will rally towards your freshly dropped troops.  So, it is best to know exactly where you want to lure the opponents castle troops before beginning.  A distant corner, inaccessible by any of their base defense units is best. 

Once your opponents castle troops have been lured into a safe area and are focusing on attacking your sacrificial troop, then you can drop several archers or wizards in an arch or circle around their castle troops by surrounding them, careful to avoid putting them within range of base defense if possible.

Once you have completely eliminated your opponents clan castle troops, proceed with your attack on their base. Good luck!!