I'm a new town hall 7 with a lot of defenses upgrading, so am an easy target. I was attacked twice in a row for 3 stars but didn't receive a shield because of the 30% troop deployment rule, I'm assuming. Does anyone know the calculation for TH7?
From reading the rules, it looks like space taken up by troops deployed divided by total possible space for troops (200), Heroes (25), Clan Castle (20) and Spells (6) for the town hall level who is defending. So, for TH7, I'm calculating at 251.
Does anyone know if this is the correct denominator for the calculation? I wasn't sure if they counted the clan castle or not. Based on the attacks against me, I think they must, because leaving out the clan castle, they deployed more than 30%, but including clan castle, they deployed less than 30%.
Bigger question I have is why they even base getting a shield off of % troops deployed? Are they just trying to discourage rushed bases? If so, I can understand that this would definitely discourage the practice, but would make it nearly impossible to recover from the situation as you could theoretically get attacked non-stop until you have zero resources available with never getting a shield.
This is my 2nd account that I use for experimentation, so I'm not very concerned about it, but still wonder the motivation behind the 30%.

