He's playing at 1440 cups, how can that be too high for a fairly developed TH8 lol.
OP: didn't read the entire topic but is your TH outside?
It seems weird that U are attacked that much at such a low cup range. When I was TH8 a month ago, I was rarely attacked at all (full attacks I mean). A lot of snipers.
Try to play longer sessions and then spend everything at once. That's the way I do it, even now at TH9.
But I must admit, loot has been terrible since CW came out.

