lol... I barch in Crystal 3-1 and get loot non-stop... TH10 loot isn't bad at all. I rushed to it thinking I was quitting- and I've finished all my level 8 walls and over half my 9's in around a month.
I'm almost always max DE too until I get my storage upgraded. Whatever though. You all can argue about it all you want, but I'm doing just fine at TH10.
I'll offer this: yes, it's next to impossible to farm and get loot playing the way SC wants us to play. That's with time and big expensive armies. Shoot, even loonian isn't cheap. Using armies that cost 180,000+ elixer and using 100,000 gold to next to find a suitable target isn't cost effective. And don't tell me you don't have to next thatmuch.....yes, you do. I just did it all weekend.
Now, you can barch and bank, but I hear SC didn't intend tge game to be that way. Personally, once you hit ten, I think they just want you to gem left right and center.