"Clash of Clans" posted a short clip video showing changes made to shields in the Town Hall 11 update. Things did not sound good, forums post flooded with comments from the gamers expressing a lot of disgust.The developer even pushed the new changes more further. Their goal is to promote more battle attacks and offers various defense options . Players are not sure whether or not this new feature will give them a better advantage in the game.
When the Village Guard is in active mode, this will give an impression that the gamer is online. It does not matter if the gamer is still in the game, out of the game, disconnected or phone is off. It works as an alter ego security so that means, through the Village Guard, players can still render defense attack with no accountability., Touch Arcade reported.
When the gamer's shield gets expired, it sets the Village Guard free time automatically, from 15 minutes up to three long hours depending on the League's capability. But gamers can also buy extra two hours of Village Guard time. Gamers have the chance to buy that 2 hours of time at a cost of 10 gems. But gamers can also deactivate the Village Guard any time they wish. But it should also be noted that making a move like purchasing a shield in the Shop can trigger deactivation of the Village Guard, UK Make Me Feed reported.
In addition , the shield is part of the reward system it seems and it depends on how much were destroyed on the defending side. And if the attacker have deployed less than half of his army, then the defender won't get any. Although some gamers don't feel excited about this new feature, this is developers way of giving the gamers new allowance for defense strategy so that things gets protected in the most crucial time a player needed most.