I agree matchmaking in events is getting worse. Our kingdom is ranked around 750 for kvk yet we are drawn against a kd in the top 100. As you say the effort required to gain the clan rewards simply isn't worth the effort and so there's barely a sliver of green on the scoring bar.
There's so much dead influence in many kds that using influence as the measure for matchmaking is a pointless exercise. Why not divide events in to groups based on the ranking in groups of 200/250? This would at least apply some measure of sanity to the system.
