questions about ranged combat

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... Thus reducing the number of participants to the more realistic number of real life people who participate in the battle...

While I too wish OP battles better reflected actual server populations, I don't necessarily agree with barring a second account from any content. The sole reason is that these slaves cost as much as any other character, so if someone wants to fork over the extra cash and has the skills to handle a second+ character, then all the more power to them. (This isn't to say I'm not suspicious of slave botting, considering the general indifference paid to the CoC nowadays, but when handled correctly alts are just another part of the game.) When a company says "you bought this product for full price, but can't use its full potential," that's when things get messy.