It a game dominated by Chinese hackers. You don’t have no chance to fight back. You need to invest a lot of money to keep you in front . I invest a lot. Im in top 15 on server , and even if you think that is strong, i have no chance to advance. If i want to fight with lower level from top guild there ships travel faster. Until i reach to them, they raided my ark, ships are back on the ark and i’m not travel the half distance to the adversary Ark. In conclusion you are only a worker who gathers resources for top guild.