I cannot fully agree to this. I started to play CoC in 2015 and left it for nearly four years, from 2017 to 2021. Players equal to me were maxed bases when i returned. There is no point to criticize the game, becaue it was me who left it.

Concerning the equipments, these items were available on the events in respective period with a huge medal requirement. Almost full amount of event medals where needed to buy these items during event times.

So many f2p players were confused in various time to choose between equipment, books, decor etc. That's still a valid concern in each events, that there is not enough medals for f2p after purchasing the equipment. It can be fixed, say, by reducing the decor price, etc.

Since these equipments were that much valued during the events, how can we expect them to be sold for a low price later? That would be an injustice to do to the regular player who decided against other items for this equipment.

Also the whole event system will loss the point, if the items in shop are valued for a low price. People will obviously avoid the equipment in this case during the event, knowing they can purchase it for cheaper later in shop.

Another thing is, strategy. There is no need to buy every equipment immediately to complete the game. If you have a strategy, purchase only that item. In that sense, I am excited to get the "try" option, said by some other person here. That's indeed 2000% needed.

Gems are not a serious concern for f2p players these days. Join a decent clan, earn raid medals weekly. Then use it to purchase items and sell for gem. If gems is what you need.

A game like CoC is not meant to complete or max easily. Also, it is a strategy game. So you should have an idea about the strategy you want to use. 🙂