The only other game like this I have ever played was Star Trek Discovery. I'm not going to spend money on the game. I seem to be in a relatively peaceful state which is good for me. I'm in a semi-active alliance where I can get my full alliance points each day and the alliance-related daily quests. I'm ready to upgrade to level 10 on my HQ (I'm trying to hit goals for Mypoints and the minimum is level 11) but I received a warning that this would timeout my shield. I lost my initial shield by joining the wrong kind of rally, and am now living on 8-24 hour shields. Does the shield die at the end of the 15-hour upgrade, the beginning, or something else? I can't seem to use any more gift codes. I get a message that maximum redemption has been hit. Is this just for individual codes, or am I blocked now because I entered a bunch a couple of days ago? I need diamonds to keep getting shields since I'm still pretty weak. I'm stuck on Campaign 7, the final level. I know my heroes are weak, but I don't know what to do about it. I seem to be short on coins to get more hero pieces and combat manuals to evolve. I've added an image of what I have. Is there a particular combination that I can use to get past this? Thanks in advance for any help. # #/alwweb . .