I've not had the game too long but it's a great pass-time. I definitely agree that Clan Wars has taken it to a new level as it enables players to earn a lot of gold and elixir in quite a short period of time.
I'm just upgrading my defences on TH6 and then I'll be ready to upgrade to level 7. Pretty stupid that you only unlock the dark elixir storage on that town hall level and not the drill as well.