Originally Posted by
itoslemma
Getting players quickly to your door is key! You will get sniped more quickly!!
Your TH is out and WAS easily taken when lower THs were around to snipe you. That is no longer the case. If you hang out in Gold 2, then mostly people in gold 1-3 will see your base. Those people are not TH snipers. They can't be, because they know the win bonus of their next victim is going to be low. They also don't have barch, they got an army ready to deal some damage.
You would be a nice win IF someone in Masters got to see your base in Gold 2, but that just does not ever happen. They never see your base, so you will rarely get sniped.
Besides, higher level players isn't a big deal at all. They still have an incentive to just give you a shield because the win bonus is so much sweeter.
The higher you go, the more likely it is that you will be seen by someone who is in a high league.
Your alternative, as you mentioned before is to stay where you are, continue to get creamed and eventually quit.