Revenge attacks - maybe some sort of "dibs" system?

Here's the story...
I wanted to revenge attack someone. I scouted him, got my troops ready and waited. And waited. I clocked his activity pattern looking at his collectors and so on. He attacks at around certain time each night, then goes offline.
I prepped my troops and spells, and got my attack planned out. I spent 45 minutes waiting for this guy to finish his raiding session so I could hit him and hit him hard. All the while, I was tapping the "revenge" button every half a second (I was also watching TV; I often do while I'm raiding, but I know I wasn't mis-tapping the screen).
Imagine my frustration when, before my very eyes, the messages coming up on my screen went from "Can't attack! Owner is online" to "Village already under attack!". I had spent 45 minutes patiently waiting for this guy, not to mention the times he had the active shield, and he is attacked by someone else in the 0.5 seconds in between button taps?!?! :mad:
If that was just unlucky, then consider that it happened again the very next day!! Same thing. He went online, raided a few times. I waited, prepped, hit revenge a few thousand times, just to make sure I got him. Again, the messages went from saying he was online to he was being attacked.
How is it that I'm hitting revenge for him, but someone just looking for random targets gets this guy within half a second of him going offline?

So here's my idea...
Could we have something along the lines of a "dibs" button for revenge attacks?
The person wanting revenge can only have dibs on one person in their defense log, and the target can only have one person with dibs on them. So that's a first come, first served kind of thing.
The dibs only lasts while the person who is wanting to attack stays online, so there can be no "saving" targets indefinitely or unintentionally.
The person wanting to attack gets a message on screen declaring that (target) is offline and that they have 2 minutes to take the attack or forfeit the dibs. The 2 minutes is so that people have enough time to prepare the troops and spells they want for this revenge attack and use gems to complete them.

I think this would relieve some frustration when trying so desperately to revenge someone from a player perspective. and from a Supercell perspective, it would encourage gem use for the troop and spell instant preparation.

Thanks for taking a read. I know it's long-winded, but I had to explain it all.

This would be a good addition to the game

I don't get the whole revenge thing. Never did it. Probalby never will. Sure, I get raided too. And it sometimes annoys me too. But it has never crossed my mind to take revenge... I have no interest in taking down someone's village, if there are thousands of villages out there with more loot available.

i have had the same problem, no point in revenge unless you can get to use it, otherwise just get rid of it

Revenge is good. You get to scan the base in advance and prepare troops and you can get some peace of mind. Of course, I never mindlessly attack a base just because he raided me. ROI needs to be there.

There was a suggestion for revenge, but not sure if it will be implemented. We can revenge anybody except for when he is online (it will be stupid, if I am online and suddenly I get notification that somebody is attacking me).

Not sure about the details of that suggestion but I have some of mine. We can revenge a person even if he has shield. If he don't have a shield, he will get one. If he is in shield, SC can do either of the two things - 1. The shield resulting from the new attack will add to the existing shield time. 2. No effect on shield, since it is a revenge attack.

Rest everything, like loot available, CC troops etc will be as per the general rules.

Revenge is a feature for vengeful kids. No real reason to have it, no real reason to use it. Only exception is may be during pushes. I doubt there will be any improvements of revenge feature. :)

There is a 7 or so minute buffer between someone logging off and being available for a revenge attack. This was done intentionally.

Dibs for revenge would exemplify the main reason they made this buffer time, it would make Cheap Shielding absolutely perfect.

Revenges are meant to be good if you can make it through. It basically requires the base to be skipped in queue at least once, maybe as many as a few times, before a revenge is usable. Most people with a TH out in high leagues will never be skipped. Even if you are not trophy hunting, you'll take that free snipe and free loot, using heroes means instantly able to go hunt again. Im usually attacked within 30 seconds of logging off.

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Originally Posted by AxionXD

There is a 7 or so minute buffer between someone logging off and being available for a revenge attack. This was done intentionally.

Dibs for revenge would exemplify the main reason they made this buffer time, it would make Cheap Shielding absolutely perfect.

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Even if the player who was attacked through a revenge got a shield easily, that player still lost loot. Therefore, I believe there is no need for the buffer. Furthermore, this idea is great.

Champions in highest tier of Champions shield themselves using revenge option and 2nd accounts.

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Originally Posted by Advanced

Even if the player who was attacked through a revenge got a shield easily, that player still lost loot. Therefore, I believe there is no need for the buffer. Furthermore, this idea is great.

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Dont think you understood this at all. Cheap shielding would not only return but return in full force as this feature would make it nearly perfect for cheap shielding. They are not going to revert this buffer to make revenge easier as it'll screw up high league game play.