EDIT: As of Dec. 2014, Supercell added this idea to the game. While I'm sure my thread is not solely the reason it was added, I feel it was a big part of the idea being added to the game. The In-Game Base Builder thread and this one contains multiple posts from SC saying they love this idea/thread(s) and had no plans to add it soon, but that they wanted to (back when these were first posted a year + ago). Although I didn't hear anything from SC, I'm glad you guys really pushed for this idea and kept pestering SC to add it!



Intro

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Positives of the Idea

Switch between base designs in seconds, saving players significant time

More participation in Clan Wars, primarily by farmers and farming clans

Save unfinished design and continue it later, preventing lost edits

Share replays with clan mates, improving social elements of the game

Supercell can profit (making number of Layouts equal to number of Builder Huts)

The Process of Saving a Base as a Layout

Updated User Interface

Saved Layouts Window

It could mean that there simply is no design saved there, and that it is empty as three of them are above.

It could mean that there is an unfinished base saved to the slot, and is unable to be used until all the pieces have been placed.

It could mean that you have recently acquired more items due to TH upgrade, added more decorations, added more walls, etc. and that Layout is unusable until all the new items are added to the existing Layout.

Even if one new decoration is purchased, that could mean every Layout would need to be edited until they could be used.

If you sell a decoration in live mode, the Layout that includes that sold decoration would simply have that specific decoration be eliminated from the Layout automatically and leave an empty space in place of it on the map. If having the system do it automatically would be too difficult to implement, then the Layout would be grayed out, you would need to hit the Edit button, and re-save the village. Again, that is only if the server could not handle automatic Layout updating when decorations were sold.

Editing a Saved Layout

Replacing an Existing Layout

Sharing Layouts

The Number of Layouts Available

Solution to Obstacles in the Way

Forum User Suggestions

In Conclusion



The more you comment here and share this idea with others, the more likely this idea has of being in the game!