In the past week, every time I try to take revenge after someone gets a victory, the game says I can't because their island is being rebuilt. Lately, I've been trying to attack back within 5 minutes of being attacked, and it denies me every time. When I view their island, nothing is destroyed there. These circumstances make me almost certain it's a bug, because there is no way that every person I want to get revenge on got attacked immediately after attacking me. I don't know if it has anything to do with me breaking my sheild so quickly, but it's really irritating.
This is still happening. I also noticed something else that may further shed light on the problem. I generally look at the attacker's island before deciding to take revenge. Often, the player's island appears destroyed right after they attack me (which shouldn't be possible). But sometimes I try to take revenge anyway, it it has worked a few times, even when the island looked destroyed. Considering that, as well as how often the attacker has a shield right after plundering me, I think it's clear that something isn't synced correctly between shields, island viewing, and when the attack on me actually happened.
Yeah, you might have a point. What seems confusing is that the attackers inland is smoking, etc. I'm one of those players that keeps my base hot/active when in total plunder mode until I dump me loot. Would be nice knowing what revenge attackers see during this time since its a mystery to me. TiGeR