On mccentral, a large portion of the factions that play are smaller in size and cannot keep a large roster on at all times, with 12-hour shields it would make so they can focus on there main timezone and bring over more factions to the server. Finally, now that you can raid people while on the shield you don't have to worry about the 2 top factions putting their shields at alternate times so they cant be raided.
I'm kind of confused about what you're saying, but there is nothing wrong with the current 12-hour shield.
Factions should be able to recruit enough people for other time zones. With Our factions being 25-30 man factions. We will not be changing shield length at this time.