The assailant may have a higher level hero with added bonuses, as well as having researched more knowledge ,and may have also used boosts, any mine can be scouted without the miner knowing  this happened, and these  bonuses can then be added to make sure of the win.  

You can locate the player  and discover some of this information without it being discovered you have done this.  

Watch  the tile and withdraw your army if you think you may loose a battle on a tile 

victor.johansson_1 said:

How is it possible? I capture a stonemine and gathering Stone with 23k tier 1-2 troops and then i get attacker by 400 tier 1 arches and he destroys 90% of my army How is this possible???

Tile it's the easy way to kill you.

At first, they can scout you for free select right bonuses to kill you.

At second, when you go to the tile you not ready to meet war attack.

What mode, boosts and bonuses did you have when gone to the tile?

his boosts won't matter.  his attacker was probably 10 levels higher than him.  

All good points.

As the poster of the topic didn't give full details, we made assumptions when answering.

It is true that you only see the numbers of the troops you manage to kill, but you do see the empty boxes of other kinds, with ? ?overhead, so I believed he knew that the attacking army only contained the fore mentioned  archers,

Indeed, this game is brutal and unforgiving to newcomers who want to play with little to no purchases.

But if you spend money.... LOTS of money, you might have more fun. MIGHT.

If you're going to play for free you'll need to play hard.

Join a clan, do clan tasks. gain enough for 8hr shields. Babysit your tile rss gathers. Hide your armies in shielded banks when you can't keep shields up.

But know that only the richiest of riches get away with *never* being attacked and raked over the coals.

Especially 1 week after a new kingdom opens.

ArtsFalcon said:

Indeed, this game is brutal and unforgiving to newcomers who want to play with little to no purchases.

But if you spend money.... LOTS of money, you might have more fun. MIGHT.

If you're going to play for free you'll need to play hard.

Join a clan, do clan tasks. gain enough for 8hr shields. Babysit your tile rss gathers. Hide your armies in shielded banks when you can't keep shields up.

But know that only the richiest of riches get away with *never* being attacked and raked over the coals.

Especially 1 week after a new kingdom opens.

Folks stomping around with 2-3 million troops and lvl26 to 30 jarls 8 days after a new kingdom opens? How much did they pay for that?

I think the most MMO games are harder for playing without donate. Especially such games that connected with PVP. There are ways for free grows, but you should search these ways, it's harder than buy advantage.

CIM said:

With all the gold now it is easier to play without paying ... to do it well one would need to be part of an active clan where you get lots of gold and time bonuses from clan events.

I agree with u CIM. I have a big clan in Odin's ligue. It's enough gold from events to me. I'm a rather active player and I buy packs once in 2 months (sometimes less often) because I hate to pay too many.