Supercell dosen't like free shields. Farming is still possible however, it's just that now, we can't hide behind free shields anymore. SC gave us village guard, SC made it so loot is now in larger quantities and not just in little 200,000 max from storages loot. Which is great, You guys will adapt, as much as everyone says they're going to leave, they're really not going to. Some of you might remember this from a very LONG time ago. When SC released the global chat filter, adults that used the global chat (which was very plentiful back then) were FURIOUS. They threatened to quit the game, but they never did. They adapted, and learned that there was a very good reason supercell did that.
Supercell knows what they're doing, you have to remember that.