Mothballing village during holiday's
Just an idea and perhaps something which can be considered and that is to be able to able to shutdown a villa for those times when players need to be away for longer than the maximum the 10 days of shields will allow, and I mean a shutdown option for up to 2/3 weeks, where everything stops no res production, no troop build, and any building upgrades are suspended during that time.
At the end of which when the player returns they get a slow start, i.e. res production is at 50% for the first 24 hours and the player can't attack anyone during the first 30 minutes after resumption.
the reason for suggesting it is the game relies on players more or less logging in every day or every couple of days (minimum), but if a player is away for more than the shields allow then their village is left undefended and by that I mean no traps get reset, no weapons recharged, etc.
And probably find themselves 4 or 5 leagues higher than when they left.