Player level shouldn't be a factor at all, it's completely irrelevant to anything important. You do realize there are TH5's over level 200 because of the xp you can get from donations?
Additionally, the game doesn't intentionally punish lower TH's in higher leagues, it's a natural process that happens as individual players strengthen. A player is much more likely to see a TH their own level, but as people upgrade, that moves on to the next level, etc. Each level it progressively becomes harder to attack an equal town hall level, so if you see a person lower than you with easy trophies or loot, of course you will hit them instead.
The only reason lower TH's have ever been able to get into higher leagues has been because of TH snipes in the first place. If you could only attack your own TH level, Legend's league would be full of overly-ambitious TH2's.
What you don't understand though, if you're in a league as low as crystal 1 (which is admittedly high for a TH7), people aren't hitting you for the purpose of gaining trophies, they're more than likely TH8's looking for easy loot, who couldn't care less about the trophies you're offering.
"He was an avalanche from an unexpected quarter. He was a thunderbolt from a clear sky."
pretty sure he meant town hall lvl and base strength not xp, and the trophies offered have always confused me never seemed to make sense tbh but hey what do i know if there was something wrong with the way it worked they would try and fix it wouldnt they? oh yeah they are!
- Don't push as a TH7
That's all I got.
It shouldn't be, and that isn't what I am saying. I am saying it shouldn't be easy for higher th's to easily destroy ppl 1 or 2 th's below them for massive trophy gains. Either way you slice it, it isn't easy for me because I am hitting ppl 1 th above me nearly every raid. I actually like that, though, great practice and challenge. I just think it is unfair I have to do 4 or 5 raids in a row every time i break my shield just to stay even on trophies when i get killed by a th9 for a huge loss.
I disagree entirely. I think th level should absolutely play a factor. I don't think the game tries to place you with an even th, just goes by trophies. I see more th 9s than anything. I average 25 to 30 "next raid" hits before i actually hit someone lol. As far as th sniping, it is pretty much non existent past crystal 3. I really haven't seen any freebies, and have had to grind virtually the whole way to where i am. I understand that in a higher league I will see higher level players, and that is fine, It's just really aggravating to come online almost every time to see a th9 has decimated my base and i lost the 35 trophies I just did 5 raids to get.
It's being fixed in the next update.
Well, there kind of is no "appropriate league" for lower level players because of th sniping and farming. As far as me personally, I certainly am above my head in my current league, but should i really punished by trophy gain and loss for it, or should i be given a fair chance?