Examples of what a smithing skill could do:

Whether online or offline, if any of your weapons are not at full strength, trained smiths would repair the weapons automatically.

At some point, smiths could even produce weapons, etc.

They may also be able to detect sabbing, and attempt repairing the weapon based on their level...

They would be able to repair your defense weapons even when offline so that your defenses are returned to full value as much as possible.

For attack weapons, they can be repaired after so many attacks, etc.

The repairs would only occur if there was enough gold to pay them. The smiths could repair a certain number of points per the number of smiths per 30 min.

Ex.
I am offline
I have 12 smiths (They can repair up to 12 points of damage every 30 minutes, if I have enough gold to do so...)
I get attacked and lose gold, soldiers, weapons take damage, etc.
Whether I win the battle or not, the smiths take action the next time the 30 minute count occurs.
I have invisibility shields and dragonskins damaged needing smithing, and enough gold to repair them.
My weapons sustained 11 points of damage per weapon type, etc...
The smiths will repair 11 points of damage on the invisibility shields and 1 point on the dragonskins.

No attacks through the next 30 minutes...

Smiths take action and repair the remaining 10 points on dragonskins...

I log on, and my weapons are at full strength.. (or as close to it as I had gold and smiths...)

KoC recentlt changed the attack turns to one every three hours. I suggest that we change it back to one every thirty minutes. Look at it like this: we used to get 48 attack turns a day, 5 and a half days to reach the 250 limit. The new rule states that we only get 8 attack turns a day. That would take over a month to reach the 250 limit. I was furious when this new rule took effect. This rule makes just took the fun out of the game for me. If you agree to change the rule back to one attack turn every 30 minutes instead of one every three hours. than please vote!!!!

i don't know how many people I have NOT told about KOC or told they CAN'T play. I'm at college right now and every there is probably 1 independent IP address for every 2 or 3 buildings. So basically, I can't tell anyone in the dorms about KOC. As a matter of fact, I stopped one kid from making an account cause YOU GUYS never responded to my msgs about my situation. Until something changes, Active Players: Total 15,939 100%
That number will keep dropping. I could have easily recruited well over 30 people right now, but how is it possible if it'll get every IP i've used blacklisted??

Ok, its a real annoyance to have to be at my computer for just about every turn or else i will get attacked. We NEVER had a problem like this before and it really needs to end. With all of these turns its impossible to hold gold, impossible to get upgrades and much harder to further your account. The most ive logged into this age was 3 turns (and ive had top 40 DA/Sentry all age). Its also a real annoyance to see a tiny little account log on 1 time a day, burn their 24 turns and end up on page 1 when I put every possible second into my account that i can just to get to the same spot.

We never asked for you guys to change this for us and i know 95% of us would really like it back. Id much rather put up with a couple probe attacks if it meant i could get more sleep!