Originally Posted by
lemonloaf
Think about this - Farmers leave their TH's out to get the free shield which they break at their leisure, or so goes the idea if you get a 12 hour shield and then log off to sleep, work ect. By doing this, farmers effectively remove their base from the search therefore "hiding" there base when raiding.
Therefore, is it possible that most of these inactive bases are effectively hidden most of the time due to people doing 50% raids on their bases effectively removing them from the queue of raidable villages? This would explain the "hidden" or "removed" inactive villages that seem to be ever so elusive.
Thoughts?
TL;DR - People 50% inactive bases while doing collector raids effectively removing or hiding them from regular play.