New sneak peaks ---
A Revamped and Improved Shield System
- Town hall destruction no longer grants a shield - bring your Town Halls inside!
- Attacking while shielded no longer breaks the entire shield, but instead costs a bit of shield time
- A 12-hour shield is granted at 30% destruction
- A 14-hour shield is granted at 60% destruction
- A 16-hour shield is granted at 90% destruction
- However, NO SHIELD is granted if the attacker does not deploy at least 50% of a full army
- Regarding attacking while shielded:
- Being shielded no longer prevents entering multiplayer matchmaking, browsing targets, or attempting revenge
- Executing a multiplayer or revenge attack while shielded will deduct 3 hours from the remaining shield time
- Additional attacks while shielded will deduct increasing amounts of shield (4 hours, 5 hours, etc...)
2nd update - part of shields ---
Village Guard - Online Time Support
Village Guard is a new, short-term way to prevent attacks on your village while your shield is down:
- While Village Guard is active, your village acts as if you are online, even if you close the game or get disconnected
- Players can freely attack through Village Guard with no penalty
- Free Village Guard time activates automatically when shields expire, from 15 minutes to 3 hours long based on League
- 2 hours of extra Village Guard can be bought for 10 gems every day in the shop, when your shield is down (23 hour cooldown)
- Active Village Guard can be dismissed at any time
- Buying a Shield from the Shop will dismiss active Village Guard
- In line with our other shield system changes, the Personal Break system will also be undergoing some changes to make sure all Clashers participate in regular defending as well as regular attacking, and in a fairer and more flexible way:
- A player is forced offline for 6 minutes after 3 hours of cumulative online time (or Village Guard time) without shield
- This Personal Break 3-hour limit is only reset after getting a shield, or in some special cases covered below
- Buying the 2-hour Village Guard from the Shop will extend a player's current Personal Break 3-hour limit by 2 hours
- The Personal Break 3-hour limit for online players is paused during server maintenance, but not reset
Village Guard
ShieldShort period: 15 minutes - 3 hoursLong period: 12 hours - 7 daysAttack anytime with no penaltyAttack anytime, but it costs some shield timeGet free Village Guard automatically when Shield expiresGet free Shield automatically after defendingFree Village Guard time improves with LeagueFree Shield time is the same for all playersExtra time available for 10 gems in the Shop every dayExtra time available for 100+ gems in the Shop every few daysOnly available to buy while Shield is downCan be bought at anytimeAlways counts towards Personal Break timerNever counts towards Personal Break timer
Shield
Long period: 12 hours - 7 days
Attack anytime, but it costs some shield time
Get free Shield automatically after defending
Free Shield time is the same for all players
Extra time available for 100+ gems in the Shop every few days
Can be bought at anytime
Never counts towards Personal Break timer
- Every defense that results in a shield will reset the defender's Personal Break 3-hour limit
- Every defense that DOESN’T result in a shield will instead result in a 15-minute extension of the defender's Personal Break 3-hour limit and Village Guard time
- Every 6-minute Personal Break kickout period that doesn't result in ANY defense will also result in a 15-minute extension of the defender's Personal Break 3-hour limit and Village Guard time
- "Mercy Rule" - The 3rd consecutive 15-minute extension will instead fully reset the Personal Break 3-hour limit and trigger the automatic Village Guard based on League
- If an offline player is not attacked for 3 hours, their Personal Break 3-hour limit is reset, though no Village Guard is awarded