Attacked and lost points after shielding

turbomoose
turbomoose Posts: 809 Critical Contributor
in MPQ Bugs and Technical Issues
5 minutes after I shielded I was attacked and lost points, 

i expect to lose points occasionally after shielding but not 5 minutes!!

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  • CNash
    CNash Posts: 952 Critical Contributor
    You will only lose points while shielded if someone was in a battle with your team before you shielded. They get points as usual. And because battles can resolve at any time, this could be 5 minutes or even 5 hours after you shielded.
  • Tombstone
    Tombstone ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 1,208 Chairperson of the Boards
    As pointed out by the others, there are cases in which client-server latency will delay these message prompts when a player defeats you before shielding, but you receive this prompt after shielding. I've personally experienced a case where I hadn't received this prompt for an hour, but this was mostly because I closed the game directly after shielding without waiting or triggering any update prompts on my end. Sorry for any confusion this might have caused, but this appears to be a known issue caused by experiencing client-server latency.
  • Dayv
    Dayv Posts: 4,449 Chairperson of the Boards
    You can verify this yourself by viewing the leaderboard after your shield.  It may show a lower value than you saw just seconds before, as it polls the server for the most up-to-date scores possible.  You might receive the message for the hit(s) that lowered your score several minutes later, but the battle was already finished.

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