Discount ends on January 7th! 1 Gem for 24hrs.

Also incase anyone was wondering or hasn't got it yet, here is this years Xmas tree and last years which I still have on the right.

I searched clash of clans on eBay out of curiosity and found an account for sale:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221219194680
2 days left currently at £31.99 but it looks like it could go for a good amount of money and cheaper than buying gems and upgrading. It would be interesting to see how much an account like this is actually worth.

Not sure how supercell feel about people selling accounts and how it would be done. I'm assuming the seller would give his game center account and password. Even then your village name is forever someone else's, in this case 'Ricky2410'.
Here is the village:

There is a new update, I haven't played this one yet (I really haven't had much time to play lately) but I have been reading through the release notes and it looks good, Im going to see what leagues is al about after this.
Introducing Leagues: compete in your own division!

✔ Joining a League is easy: just own 400 trophies or more!

✔ Get a Loot Bonus out of every victory just from being in a League!

✔ Loot Bonus increases the higher you climb in the Leagues



New unit, defenses and building upgrades

✔ Rock Hard: summon a mighty Golem with Dark Elixir. A glutton for punishment, the Golem won't stop even if you ♥♥♥♥ it in half!

✔ Upgrade the Dark Barracks to level 4 to unlock the Golem

✔ Bolster your defenses with an additional Wizard Tower and a Seeking Air Mine at Town Hall level 9

✔ Level 5 Clan Castle and level 7 Hidden Tesla upgrade now available, also at Town Hall level 9!



Clan improvements

✔ Clan Leader is now able to send messages directly to Clan Members' inboxes

✔ Chat message formatting overhauled

✔ Clan tournament length increased to two weeks, reward doubled

✔ Troop donation statistics now reset every other week

✔ Clan troop donation information is now visible to all players, not just Clan members



Usability improvements

✔ If Clan Castle has space for more troops, "Request" message displayed on top of it

✔ Added option for rotating a Wall section

✔ Added confirmation dialog when speeding up unit and spell upgrades

✔ Attack notification improved for players playing with multiple devices



Balance tweaks

✔ The percentage of loot that can be stolen from Gold Storage and Elixir Storage was decreased to make it easier for newer players to save up resources. The maximum possible amount of loot remains the same.

✔ Upgrade times for Hog Rider, Minion, and Valkyrie decreased

✔ Air Bomb explosion radius decreased

✔ Level 5 Minion hitpoints decreased

✔ Hidden Tesla trigger radius increased

✔ Gold Mine, Elixir Pump and Dark Barracks upgrade times reduced

✔ Spells are now much faster to create

✔ Balloons explode and deal additional damage when destroyed

✔ Wall Breaker behavior improved

✔ Mortar and Wizard Tower don't restart their attack cycle if their would-be target is destroyed, instead they switch targets

✔ Clan Castle troops deploy faster to the battlefield

✔ When your village is under attack from flying units only, your melee troops will stay inside the Clan Castle

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Im going to play through the update this weekend and get back up to date with the game as I had time off, also I noticed people selling hero's and accounts on ebay!? more on that soon.

Clash of clans was down for a maintenance break today, it is now back online. There was also a new update for the game released last week which is now version 3.25. This increased the levels some units and buildings can be upgraded amongst other things.


here are the 4 units from the clash of clans Facebook page (minus the archer):

The archers looks as it does on the level 11 archer tower which is pictured below, one advantage of the level 6 archer is a level 5 mortar will not kill it with one hit.
The giant, balloon and barbarian all look quite impressive.

Check the video at the bottom of the post if you want to see them in action.

Here are the new buildings:

Laboratory, required for the new level 6 units.



Archer tower which has level 6 archer on it also.

Air defence level 7.
There are also local leaderboards, improvments to the clan leaderboard and 2 new airbourne traps which are these two:

Here are the complete update notes from the app store:

Cool New Leaderboards
- Climb to the top of your Clan; see who's on the rise and who's falling.
- New local Leaderboards: who's the best player in your country?
- Clan members who recently joined tagged as "New".
- Supersize my Leaderboards! More players now fit onboard.
New unit upgrades!
- Upgrade your Laboratory to unlock these mighty level 6 units:
- Barbarians get sharper swords and mighty horned helmets.
- Archers get new bow techniques and fashionable tiaras from their Queen.
- Giants are heartier and hairier than ever.
- Balloons are pimped out with spikes and the Jolly Roger.
Air-tight air defense!
- New deadly traps to stop airborne attackers: Air Bomb and Seeking Air Mine.
- Upgrade your Air Defense turrets to level 7 to shoot down the nastiest dragons.
- Turn enemy balloons into pincushions with the level 11 Archer Tower.
Hero improvements!
- Heroes recover health faster thanks to the Alchemists' new sleep potion.
- Hero level and stats are now displayed correctly when visiting villages.
- Heroes now patrol a larger area and show guard radius when tapped.
Gameplay improvements
- We discovered that metal armor conducts electrickery! P.E.K.K.A is now a priority target and receives extra damage from Hidden Teslas.
- Spell creation times reduced - blast more magic more often.
- Notification when your troops are ready for battle (Army Camps full).
- Wall levels 9 and 10 strengthened: hold off the rampaging hordes for longer.
- Shop now notifies when new items are available.
- New Achievements: Heroic Heist and Mortar Mauler.
- Tapping a trap shows its trigger radius.


Some level 6 units in action, also a good attack strategy.

Here are supercells release notes for the update which has just being released.

Heroes!
✔ Introducing Clash of Clans HEROES: The Barbarian King & The Archer Queen!
✔ Heroes are immortal! Unlike other troops, they will not perish in combat. If they are injured, they can simply sleep it off

Dark Elixir
✔ New rare resource: discover Dark Elixir, formed over aeons from fossilized Black Dragon bones!
✔ Use Dark Elixir to recruit Heroes and upgrade their abilities
✔ Build a Dark Elixir Storage on Town Hall level 7 and take the precious resource from other players
✔ Dig deeper: Dark Elixir Drills unlocked on Town Hall level 8

Cool New defences
✔ Two new X-Bow upgrade levels for maximum firepower
✔ You can now build two X-Bows on Town Hall level 9
✔ Two new wall upgrade levels: "Spikes of Pain" and "Flaming Magma"

Know your clan members
✔ Find out who are the most valuable members of your clan! Clan members now get a troop donation score (counted as Clan Castle housing space filled).
✔ Also, the "Friend in Need" achievement now counts donated troops in terms of Clan Castle housing space filled

Balance modifications & bug fixes
✔ Stockpile more Gold and Elixir! New storages added to Town Hall level 9
✔ Barracks level 8 upgrade cost reduced by 30%
✔ X-Bow range decreased to 11 tiles in Air & Ground mode
✔ X-Bow ammo capacity decreased by 25%
✔ X-Bow loading cost displayed in the info screen
✔ The Winter is over! Santa Spell and Unpleasent Present removed. And it has stopped snowing!
✔ You can now tap and hold the Create Spell button to queue spell production✔ Added new limits for the clan trophy requirments. 3000 is the new maximum.

In my previous post I said that you need a town hall level 7 for the dark elixir drill, you actually need a level 8 Town Hall but can buy the storage at level 7 and steal dark elixir.Level 9 wall is 1million and level 10 wall is 3 million which is a ridiculous amount of gold

There is also an animation for researching in the laboratory which is a purple glow coming from the building.

No new achievements or single player goblin missions which is disappointing.

Matchmaking is still based on trophy counts which is good for farming although maybe is technically unfair.

I imagine the game will be hard to play unless you are buying gems due to the cost and the waiting time for the new items (most of which are only unlockable at Town Hall level 9) I'm currently level 7, playing through the game at a slow pace and trying not to buy any gems so the update hasn't really affected me yet. Although, when looking around at other peoples bases to check out the updated items I spotted this on the base of a player who was at the time the number 5 top rated played on the leaderboard and is less than impressed by the update:
 


Although having checked back he seems to have rebuilt his base again...

A new resource is coming soon.

It's called Dark Elixir, clash of clans posted this on their Facebook page:

"Chief, a new resource has been discovered!! 
Coming soon: Dark Elixir, formed over aeons from fossilized Black Dragon bones!
Stay tuned for more sneak peeks :)"


Like Clash of Clans on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/ClashofClans?fref=ts

Apparently Dark Elixir will be used to buy new hero unit's, you need a town hall level 7 to buy the collector for dar elixir, which you can see in the image above. Below is a sneak peak of 2 new hero units in action, also apparently hero units don't die, they need time to regain health before they can attack again.



In the video you can also see some new walls, the walls there are either level 9 or 10, both walls will be in the new update, the other walls are here in a photo Supercell posted on Facebook




The new update will also show you troop donation numbers for your clan, so make sure you're generous!



The coming update is looking pretty big at the moment, and is probably coming very soon!

Still working on this, I have most of the stuff written up on word and am making some banners and headings and going to post more stuff gradually (the gems page was just a practice). I started this because my cousin keeps asking me how to do things on the game on Facebook and I intend to make this into a resource for different tips, techniques and tactics for the game all in one place, I will also add a contact shortly incase anybody wants to contribute, Thanks!

I'm starting this blog in order to create somewhere where I and others can share tricks, tips and advice on playing the clash of clans and succeeding at the game, also, in my case, buying as little amount of gems as possible. Still in progress so check back soon