By people quitting and leaving their villages unguardedd. Though as you stay in que only few days at worst, many many people have to quit for the loot to return even to the same level.
Said it before, saying it again: game needed more resources, not different resource distribution.
1 gem a week resource boost = everyone happy, people gemming to free up builders. But that makes no sense to keep everyone happy. Just to get people gemming is required. That's what was accomplished.




