Lost WAY too many trophies on a defense.
I have a th5 and everything but my pumps and mines are maxed out. My base design is solid, I win 3/4 of the attacks against me. My clan castle was full. I don't mind losing a fair fight to a good player, I learn from it.
But I'm trying to get to 1250 trophies so I can get a third builder for when my TH is upgrading for three days, and all the upgrades thereafter. I can generally get around 12 trophies per win, considering my TH is so low for Silver2. I am not expecting anything to be easy, or handed to me, or bent in my favor.
But this morning, I was attacked by someone in Silver 1, with a TH7, 16 lvl 4 giants, 2 spells(one of which was healing), and a healer(plus 50-70 misc other troops). There is no way I could fend that off, lvl3 giants are bad enough. Again, I don't mind losing--but here's what's messed up:
I lost 32 TROPHIES.
Thirty freakin two! If I hit someone with a TH3 in Silver 3 will I get 32 trophies for pummeling a player who stands zero chance of surviving? If so, I could hit 1250 trophies in like and hour and a half. Instead, I work my butt off to win fights against th6s and other th5s with DE troops in their castle and get 100% victories for 20 trophies. My average win is probably around 12 trophies, sometimes up to 22 and as low as 6. I've never gotten 32 trophies for smashing someone so far behind me, nor have I ever lost that many in a defense.
Im not sure the logic behind this or if it was some kind of bug, but this is a severely messed up game mechanic.