As the title suggests, I'm not sure if this is "by design" or not, but I wanted to throw it out there in the event that elixirs are being "consumed" when not intended to.

My understanding is that elixir timers should only tick while within a campaign level (i.e., not in town, not at the login screen, not while PvPing [when it gets added], etc.). That said, if you have an active elixir going while in a campaign level and you click the "Exit Level" button (which appears to take you back to the login screen), your elixir timer will continue to tick. Is this truly intended? In the past, I've always been quick to select "Exit Level" while -- for example -- waiting on a remake so not to waste my elixir; however, it would appear that this approach is flawed since my elixir continues to tick in either case. The alternative, of course, is to go to town between remakes (though it always seems like this extra "delay" is just enough time for a new player to snag my spot in my group -- maybe it's just me).