Can there PLEASE be more shields.......

[Medici]

Can there PLEASE be more shields. Such as 5 min. shield 1 gem, 30 min. 5 gems, 1 hour 10 gems. I LITERALLY walk away for 1 minute and I get attacked!!!!!!

Ha! That was me and I'm not sorry.

[sirhybrid]

You'll get attacked as soon as the shield runs out. Problem returned. Suck it up and don't be in a high league.

[WarrenJames]

For one; it is a 6 hour forced break for 5 minutes, not 8 hour. (but I heard it was possibly shortened to 6 hr from 8? Anyway, it is now 6)

Another, I believe more shields is simply not the answer. I see this as a bandaid solution to a symptom of an even bigger issue. Then again, I'm that often ignored 'crazy guy' that has been saying 'fix the gameplay of defence and most issues will be improved' so what do I know?

[ClashMoney]

For one; it is a 6 hour forced break for 5 minutes, not 8 hour. (but I heard it was possibly shortened to 6 hr from 8? Anyway, it is now 6)

Another, I believe more shields is simply not the answer. I see this as a bandaid solution to a symptom of an even bigger issue. Then again, I'm that often ignored 'crazy guy' that has been saying 'fix the gameplay of defence and most issues will be improved' so what do I know?

I think it used to be 8 and is now 6 (I said 8 because someone else said 8 and I didn't feel like going and seeking clarification since it wasn't relevant to the topic at hand. It was just for the example. My point/the idea remains the same.

No one is saying more shields is the answer to your "gameplay and defense" issues. It would just be something that would alleviate the annoyance of not being able to take a phone call or go to the bathroom (etc.) while your shield is down and you're farming.

You'll get attacked as soon as the shield runs out. Problem returned. Suck it up and don't be in a high league.

You don't get it, obviously. Silly comment.

[WarrenJames]

Basicly I'm saying that shields shouldn't be one of the main things people ask for in regards to playing the game. Yes, defending and losing is annoying, but it shouldn't be so off putting that someone feels as though more shields is needed, let alone as a main means of defence. It technically isn't even a defence, it is just a game referee's call of pulling you out of the attack pool.

What I'm suggesting is that if defence was a better experience, win or lose, we wouldn't be having this talk. You won't feel as though your village needed a rock to hide behind while you were gone to do... something... for a few minutes. I don't think Supercell had that in mine with making CoC, and I wouldn't design a game like this where you would feel as though you had to say "Stop the game, I need to take a leak!" That kind of pause is for single player games, not CoC.

[Drackos]

lol, slippery slope argument is quite slippery!

These "short shields" would be lumped together under the same restriction. i.e., you can't keep buying short-shields in different time increments to keep extending it and extending it.

Also, the 6-hour "forced 5-minute break" play timer would still be in effect. So, for example, if you bought a 15-minute shield at 5hrs 59mins, once you came back after 15 mins, you'd have the usual 5 minutes to collect your loot/switch your base layout/whatever, then you would have to take that 5-minute break.

There you have it - still a good idea, OP. Instead of thinking of ways to make the idea actually work, some people just like to be pessimistic about it and ♥♥♥♥ on your idea instead of attempting to contribute anything meaningful. I mean it's good to play devils advocate and look for possible loopholes, but when that's all you do and you don't try to look for ways to fix those loopholes, then you're pretty much useless! It's easy to find problems/ways to abuse things, but it's not so easy to come up with good fixes/solutions... some people just take the lazy way out and ♥♥♥♥ on an idea, then somehow feel good about themselves for doing so... try a little harder, people.

The idea won't work how he suggested for one. Having a 5 minute sheild will allow me to use it and continue to play for another 6-8 hours. There is a reason this thread died out and it needs to die out again. The op agreed it was a bad idea (look through pages next time.)

He suggested tons of sheilds. He didn't suggest an extra 12 hour one or anything like that. So don't be pessimistic about my criticism. Perhaps; look at it as if I assisted him in being a better idea creator. Perhaps; he knows how critical a people will be.