Offense used to be the basis by which wars were matched. When I started playing in 2014 you'd see a bunch of members with just war troops upgraded so as to not beef up their weight. Now it's the opposite, don't think that whatever system that SC uses will be immune to gaming.
Exactly. It was common for people to ignore troops they never used in war. It was actually funny to watch the scramble when previously ugly duckling troops become swans but some people were still holding level 1 troops.
It's human nature to explore the edges searching for the way around restrictions. The harder the rule, higher the barrier, the more ernest the search for advantage. The system we have now and the situation many encounter is a direct descent of every previous incarnation of CW MM.
Op
You need to balance out your roster and bases.
Would not run 1th11 with 6-10 th10s ( you did not post relevant info like weight and hero's) this is likely going to match you with 2 or 3 th11s .. just what is out there I suspect
Add 5 garbage bases and lose the .5s and get another 2 or 3 th11s.. or just get the th11s