Hi. I currently am TH8 with 20 projects to be a fully maxed TH8 ready to the big leap to TH9.
Well, almost... By the time I finish grinding my lab, I plan to have completed purple walls (i.e. still a full set of skull walls to grind, for a mere 100+ M gold!!...).
Having already rushed to TH8 and felt the pain of it, I know well how important is to max research and buildings before going to TH9.
On the other hand, I feel maxing walls is something not so clear cut. Many bases I happen too see choose not to max walls, but they are neither rushers, having levelled defenses and troops.
Sheer costs keep many chiefs from maxing walls. And yet, its way easier to gather the vast heaps of gold required by farming at a lower TH, than by upgrading and getting hit by loot multipliers and "next" cost. The wall upgrade in the end will still be there...
So I'd like to open the debate: does the "max everything before upgrading TH" rule applies also to walls?
Thanks for your thoughts.