Attacking or saving shield?

I am new to the game and wondering if I should use up the beginning shield or not.

Thanks!

 

Haha I was like yolo and broke it as soon as I got it

 

haha me too

 

How did it work out for you two?

 

we had to start over…. haha it doesn't really matter. If you get attacked and 100% destroyed the shield will be back up again.

 

Yeah I got 3 starred which meant I got a new shield so then I just upgraded all my defences while it was active lol

 

I think I will keep it then.

 

Yeah it's best to keep it and just do the single player for loot

 

yes, yes, i was like f*@! this sh*t.. imma break my shield and start plundering..

 

A majority of resources should come from attacking. I hate the people on clash of clans who never attack and just wait on collectors to do upgrades. I always break shields.

 

On the HBO series Rome, Marc Antony said it best..."when in doubt, attack."

 

Keep the initial 24 hr shield and stock up. After that, break it every time you can to fight rival captains until all your around PH 5 or 6 and all your upgrades start taking DAYS. At that point, if someone manages to beat you, take a 12 hour break from Rival Captain fighting, let your resources pile up and focus on the Exploration Side. KEY PIECE OF INFORMATION - Fighting on the exploration side does not break your shield, so save those for when you are shielded.

 

I usually don't care about my shield and starts plundering as soon as my pirates are ready, maybe I have to think through my strategy..

 

I try to attract a shield producing attack before bed and break it it the morn. Just leave your PH out and exposed with a gold or grog storage. Quick cheap shield.

 

Good idea salty

 

I waited out the initial shield, and immediately broke every one since. Don't really get attacked very often...maybe because my island is so badass it scares off all the wannabe's.

 

New players should use it, but everyone else, it's good to figure out how much loot you earn per day from raiding. If you know sitting behind a shield all day will make you miss out on 2 Million/each resource, it helps put it into perspective.

 

Of course keep your initial shield as long as you can.

For later shields, try to spend most of your resources before going offline without a shield. Not many people will attack with low loot showing, and if they do you don't lose much. So when you go to break the shield, ideally you should stay online and make enough attacks to be able to spend the loot on an upgrade. Some tips:

• Collect quest rewards to get enough loot to spend
• Fight some map battles before breaking the shield so you don't need as many battles after breaking shield to get enough to spend
• Don't have all your builders busy for a long time...keep one open if your only upgrades would put you in that situtation

 

I don't like that last tip - I have kept all four builders constantly busy, and they are always my bottleneck in the game, not resources.