Can we assume that those at 4700+ trophies are pretty active players? If so, why would they need a 12 or 16 hour shield? Once a player hits 4700 trophies, earned shields drop to 4/6 hours instead of 12/16. This would drastically increase the number of bases available for attack when a person is searching. Another idea...no shields at all past a certain number of cups.
Shields are there so people can go offline and not lose everything due to repeated attacks. This game needs a mechanism that allows people to put it down for stretches of time for things like work, sleep, and school.
This idea would be detrimental to the well being of a lot of people. Not in favor of this idea at all.
Totally agree. I'm just getting this mental image of a top player setting an alarm for 3AM because that's when his 4 hour shield runs out and he feels the need to get online for another session. That's not something SC should be pressuring top players to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by PvtLeeOwned
Drop it to 11/15
I can understand that, but this effects everyone, so when you do sit down and play the game you will see a lot more available bases, and more opportunities to gain trophies... what if the trophies lost/gained were also slightly changed to fit the new shield length? I think something needs to be done up there to make the game more exciting... It supposedly takes a very long time until an available base pops upQuote:
Originally Posted by PvtLeeOwned
EDIT: Actually, I change my mind, there doesnt need to be a trophy change, as long as you can get more attacks in than you lose by going offline. Say you sleep for 8 hours, your base gets attacked twice with a 6 hours shield, but twice as many bases are available to you for when you play the game.
I'm not in favor of changing it for the vast majority of the people, just those that are already playing day and night anyway. May as well give them bases to attack. Guys are waiting for 2 and 3 hours to find one base.
First, it would be unfair to only change the game for some people because they are active. That might just make people reduce their activity, seeing how it is rewarded. No, if you go with a change, you do it for everybody, which in this case would cause problems like PvtLeeOwned stated in his reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by EddieWillers
Second, it is easy to say "give them bases to attack" but it's not that easy to do it. It's not like SuperCell will add bases up there just so they have who to attack.. they will leave the game run its course, thus they cannot "add" bases in the higher leagues.
How is making a policy that impacts all similarly situated players unfair at all? People are not obligated to trophy push or try to climb to 5k. There is a huge problem with a shortage of bases at those trophy ranges. I'm not saying that Supercell should give anyone more trophies, I'm saying that the shield times should be reduced or eliminated when a player decides to go above a certain number. Fewer shields will mean more available bases to find when nexting. Supply and demand.
Anyway, I don't suppose that anyone on this subforum would benefit from this change anyway so I'm probably only going to get negative responses.