Wret mini clans had several players in the top 10 in holding the throne. Scared to attack anyone because you will get hit by a mega onslaught and wipe your troops away or your hitting a town with 40b T1 and 10b T4.

There used to be some honor among top clans to leave the smaller players alone in JOT but with the mad grab for shards we were hit and zeroed by several top clans with mega onslaughts with little shard return for the troop loss.

I have been playing for five years and understand that Plarium is in it for the money which unfortunately favors the top 5% of players in the game who spend 95% of the money earned. 

But my main account is a Lvl 40 2T beast with 400b kills and almost a 2/1 kill ratio.  All gear and most all town skins maxed. Lost 30b troops netted 50m soul shards and didnt reach half my personal checkpoints. Not a very good return on my investment both money and time.

Therefore, I have two options. Avoid JOT and all events that are a complete waste of time and money or quit all together. The competitiveness of the game has completely vanished for small and mid size players as we just get run over. SO I WILL SAVE MY MONEY AND MY TROOPS until which time this will be passed on to the developers and they a more level playing field. VIA company motto.