I'm not trying to be offensive or anything but I think arshark is just being truthful, and while the truth can be rude, it should be known. I don't think he meant any offense , at least, I think
I believe Arshark said something about all caps, and so did a few others. If that is what you call truthful, then I am sure you can truly say (well with as much truth as you said he was truthful) that you are a great person, and a even better Grepolis player...
anyway he was just asking advice if you have no advice then don't post
some help:
1) try to join an alliance that is supportive of its members, and can hold its own
2) talk to some players that are in a very large alliance near you, they will usually help you out like swarren102 says, I know I do when I am quite a bit larger than a nearby player
3) don't built troops just to kill a couple of his/her, a large reason for him attacking you is for Battle Points which help him get more cities, but do enlist the militia which are in the farm overview, and although they aren't the best units (not nearly), they do kill his units, earning you Battle Points, but not earning him Battle Points
4) build defensive units such as swordsmen, hoplites, and archers that you can research in the academy, and store them in a friendly nearby city that is not being attacked. When you have enough that you think you can kill all of his units, and still have enough to defend yourself, try it out in the simulator with the usual amount of units he/she attacks with, and if you do have enough troops to defend yourself, move those troops into your city, and remember to enlist the militia when he attacks.
5) build buildings such as the wall, cave, resource buildings, market, academy, barracks, and the senate so that your wall will help kill his units, you can store silver (unlimited at level 10) in your cave, the resource buildings will help you build up resources to build other buildings. The Senate will help speed up building times. The market will let you store resources at outrageous prices so that nobody will take them while you are being attacked. The academy will help you research things that can help your units. Barracks will increase building times of troops, so you can build more in less time.
6) cast spells such as desire on his attacks (spells that harm attacking units) so that his units have even less of a chance
7) and most importantly stay actively on, so that you can see each time he attacks, and be able to dodge, and send your resources to farming villages, or other nearby players in your alliance.
larger players are too busy with themselves they can't be bothered.
A better idea is to just go to a new world
I know most people (at least my alliance, and friends on Grepolis) like to help people out, and be nice, because you never know when there could be a time they could help you, and it is my belief that you should be nice just to be nice. Although I do give certain exceptions *cough*enemies on Grepolis*cough*
