Just a theory....

Hi, I bought a shield 2 days ago and then it hit me, what SC is looking with these update.....

SHIELDs village, they want you to buy more shield !!

Let me explain some básic think.

1)You can attack while shielded at any time for just a small Shield reduction. 3 hours penalty, 4, 5,6, 10, 12.
2) Get free Guard when Shields expire and play freely without worry of being attacked.A Village Guard is an extension of a Shield that is given after the Shield expires. Players can attack through it without any penalty (unlike with shields). Remenber that these shield is acording to your league.

So what do you do with these info on your way up to leagues, you ve 2 times when you can atack, 1) is when you re shield a face the penalty and the other is when you ve shield guard, that donts have penalty.
Yes, these is not forever, since cooldown, but these is another benefict for those gemmers out there, and a Injury for the Joe averigüe player.

Note, I bought a shield using the gem I won with the champion goal award gem, since buying a 7 Day shield is more cheaper than the buying óption of 10% of dark elixir refill if you re a th 10 with 3 extractor maxed (do the math, and you ll see the very big diferent) , I can log in on war a play and not loose shield, and I m waiting to these update loot ♥♥♥♥ to fix.