We do get checkpoints ... BUT ... the enemy kingdom number no longer shows up and we cannot go to enemy kingdom and you get twice as much points for farming and killing invaders/ghosts IN ENEMY KINGDOM ... so going to make it much harder to get checkpoints besides the fact that we have no enemy to kill go get points ... :(
i think you can get check points as a clan but not sure about the town skin and ressources, it should be an auto win in 48hours, if not then its an issue