I agree that joining a good Clan is paramont for the enjoyment of the game. Will help in more waays then there are to describe. Knowledge and help from Clanmates has NO peer in this game, ESPECIALLY at first. Depending on your stage of the game you really shouldn't be attacking at all imo. Wait a bit, build up and get strong THEN start attacking.

Just in the past day, 3 of my clan members including myself have lost a 3 day shield way before it's time was up. We even had one member who took screen shots of the time the shield went up and the time she was attacked. Plarium did not accept the screenshots as evadance and ruled against her. I have spent a lot of money on this game over the year i have played. I strongly reccomend not even starting this game. You will get hooked and spend a small fortune on it. And when errors or glitches happen, plarium will NOT support you.

We DO hear a lot about the shields dropping early. ALWAYS its the 3 day ones. Wonder if thats a glitch that either can't be fixed or too time consuming for them to bother with. But search through the forum, many many many complaints about this. Always 3 day shield too. I don't even use my 3 day shields now, just the 8 hour and week ones. If you do many of the daily/weekly/monthly Tasks you'll be breaking that shield before 3 days are up anyway due to the "Successfully attack (insert number) Towns". 

My advice on shielding, do NOT use 3 day ones and train yourself to check that shield every day at least once. 

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