Well, maybe they are pulling a page out of my playbook. I many times designate several of my offensive villages only for 'farming the rim' of bright red dots.
It works great actually. Many troops die on the initial attacks, but eventually, they grow tired of having about 4 attacks inbound on them at any given time.
Of course, they do send troops back at me....such a waste. There was a guy who sent a good attack force my way too....he was closer and wasn't a n00b, so it was a full O village. He didn't get a report back....well, not a blue, green, or yellow one anyway.
I'm sure you will have a couple troops sitting in your village by the time it matters most.
