I agree entirely. As an inexperienced player on the rim I am struggling right now!
Partly because there's only 9 villages on my screen. One is at a thousand points, but he has enough barbs around him I don't think he's noticed me
Two of which are under protection, and the 5 farms are farmed constantly. Like I haven't got more than 300 resources from any yet
Aaand the the last one wiped out my troops this morning
No excuses just venting

I played it poorly I could have withdrawn troops but I didn't think he was sending axes, as he was under 300 points. Kind of figured he was asssuming I was cleared, and was just sending some spears to farm. Idk, we both lost about 40 troops but he got around 1k resources
So going max out hiding place, and build walls up. Thinking I'll build archers?
Thinking archers are best early game, but not sure.
If someone has a better idea let me know