So is the system is based solely on trophy levels? No consideration is given to the actual level of the user? I've read about the looting penalties for attacking TH below your level, but really at what point does a TH8 attacking a TH4 even make sense? Especially when that TH8 is a level 60+ and the TH4 is 18-19.
Trophy dumping is pretty stupid. I've got right around 700 trophies and have attacked 3 times, for a grand total of 45 of those trophies. I don't have a problem with earning trophies from legitimate defense - yes, I love logging in and seeing that I was able to withstand an attack of 50+ L2 Barbs, 15+ L2 Arch, and a handful of giants, goblins, and whatever their clan castle held.
It's an entirely different story to log in and see that you've doubled your trophies because some L60+ people with TH8, 3-4 wizard towers (L3 or higher), L6 walls, and a 200+ army decided to drop a single L3 Barb on you.
Actually not sure which is worse - the dumping, or logging in to find that you've been destroyed by those same people.
Sorry, I know it's a rant, but just been playing for a week, already at 700 trophies, with a full 25% of my attacks coming from dumpers. I don't deserve to be at a 700 trophy level - certainly not prepared to attack the people that are legitimately at that level, and not prepared to defend against those people either.
