bernhardt (US1) said:

The issue with the FL & BC is not defeating one attack, it's the frequency of them.  On top of that, the attacks typically land during the hours I'm virtually never on, so the losses aren't minimized.   If you're in a small alliance, you don't get anywhere near the free reward troops to replace the losses.  If you happen to this thing called sleep, in this new invention called a bed, you're not online 24/7.  Never mind work or having a life outside of this game.  It's a game, not a job.  Let's just say you're on for 3 hrs a day everyday, and can recruit 7 troops/hr at your main and ops in green.  That's 28 troops/hr for 84 troops a day.  Meaning it takes 4 days to replace 336 troops.  With FL/BC running on a 5 day cycle during the "season" events, you spend way too much time building def troops.  If you guess wrong on your offline def set, you can't replace the troops before the next round.  The game isn't worth $20 a week(Your personal grudge match may be, but that's another story).  The FL/BC would be much more tolerable if they attacked when you're on(if you're on daily) like the RB do, should you miss the RBK for some reason.

bernhardt (US1) said:

Yes, my numbers were non feast based on purpose, as for many average players it is not option on an on going basis.  There are a number of reasons for this: Ops filled with offensive troops that they don't have the coin to replace, food production levels that would take a couple of days to fill the storehouse even if there were no troops eating food to name a couple.  Please keep in mind that I'm referring to an average player(say lvl 50 to low 70) who don't have all shiny food ops(or even regular food ops), exclusively granaries, high level bakeries, or the PO to triple output.  For these players, who enjoy the game, but can't replace 300-600 def troops every 5 days the constant FL/BC cycle is just brutal, ending their enjoyment, causing them to quit and ultimately costing GGS money.