Ok, so I haven’t seen any real new ideas on clouds and if the clan games have shown anything, clouds are now an even bigger issue. So maybe the best idea is to adapt some original game design, when just searching cost you your entire shield.

Titan 1 and legends, keep the same shield penalties that are in place for initiating an attack.

To actually search, cost is 1 hour of shield plus the 1000 gold.

Nexting is 2 hours plus the 1000 gold.

Attacking under guard is the same, however nexting under guard costs 1 hour of guard plus 1000 gold.