I have quit. Spending time in my garden doing things I delayed for a long time because of this game. Feels great.

I havn't spent money now since July.  I have been playing since 2017 and the latest updates especially moving the goal posts on the Stronghold  Siege is the death Knoll.  Why not make the option to build a more  competitive SH and put in higher leagues  for those "Bored"  then its their choice to upgrade or not.  Most clans now can't progress in Asgard because the Monsters have the Monopoly.  WRET and Co insured that from the start.  Jotenheim is Gone in 60 seconds unless you have trained a ludicrous amount of meat.  Which then ramps up your clans influence to ensure that you draw huge monster clans in CVC, Holmgang, Fury and KVK.  Only chance we had to get shards was doing peacetime sieges which were hard enough for us mere mortals, as its a challenge to get people motivated these days.  Even so we could manage, have some fun and get some shards.  Now Pink and gold are impossible.  Blue is as well and wipes out everyones T8 (Which is then a challenge to replace) but you have a shot if the right troop types are there.  Green/Silver and Grey are the level we can achieve now and we were not that weak before.  Last siege I managed 18M shards.  normally its four times that amount. plus you have to send and recall troops for the full 2 hours so you dont lose all your troops.    Its match fixing of the highest order, the game is rigged for failure and non progression unless you spend a fortune.  I sense this is PLariums last hoorah and they will hope that people will spend large sums in order to progress then cancel the game.  I for one am not paying for PLariums christmas party!!  You are supposed to be clever people and the only conclusion I can come to is you want the game to end.   Seasonal store skins have gone up from 3M to 7M as well... you are having a laugh seriously ......

Plarium only wants players with walletsfull of cash , all other players are worth ZERO

Dog , perhaps you can explain  how the increase makes it less boring for top players.

It strikes me that it would make sense to  make it less borng for every player.

I feel i should point out that this update has not affected my clan as we only have a L3 tower of odin,we have been ready to take it to L4 for quite some time but the reason we keep it at L3 is purely the dust required at L4 is a big ask for a 2 man clan with no paying players.

i also understand that for those who are affected by the update that there are also workarounds,for example defending the new size blue marches will generate more points and shards than a purple march would of prior to upgrade,(however as you say the trade off beig the loss of more troops).

The bottom line though is it is still another case of plarium bowing to the request of the top spenders to stop them from getting bored,they could of gone about it in a differant way  such as just adding a few more levels to the tower of odin perhaps?.anyway what is done is done and people will either adapt or move on to another game.