Started the upgrade to TH9 yesterday if you read my post thoroughly. Good timing too, since my walls are halfway done by now. The 7 day upgrade timer isn’t so bad by now at TH8 since things take 3-5 days now.

Elixir still overflowing even though I am only doing elixir upgrades. Even though I rushed so much, I’m still wasting elixir here just maxing my walls. So many TH8s in reddit asking whether they should rush, yet so many stupid answers out there say that they should max it out.

The earlier you rush to TH9, the earlier you upgrade the AQ which translates to higher AQ level, simple! I don’t know whats so hard about this decision?

And below is a post by a maxer who is sad that strategic rushing is slowly becoming the norm as people are getting wiser: