ALL PLAYERS , excluding high activity field fighters and DESIGNATED garrison leaders , should have no more than 1.5M troops, and optionally 300k t1 to t4 artillery.
if you do not have a strong airforce, DO NOT BUILD MORE THAN A FEW THOUSAND PLANES

1. if you are hit and zeroed, you will lose very few troops. b/c your garage is less likely to overflow
2. if you have a good garrison, then you will be able to troll the enemy without fear of losing any troops
3. you give less points when you get zeroed
4. you weight the match maker substantially less.
5. you will save resources not building wasted troops.
6. less active players will have a less substantial impact on the server during offtimes

in depth:

• Troops can be produced while passing the time during a rally, throughout the course of the day, etc. there is no reason to have excess troops.
• during biozone, your garage will be 600-800k most likely, having a maximum 1.5m troops means you are very likely to lose anything at all.
• assuming you have a good garrison, even an F2P base can easily troll the enemy for points, with little fear of trading badly.
• By lowering the matchmaker score, we will have easier matches and use less troops.

ALL EXCESS SPEEDUPS SHOULD BE SAVED FOR PRE BIO, AND FOR REPLACEMENT OF LOST TROOPS, NEVER FOR OFF SEASON BADGE EVENTS
Example: during biozone, every week, there are 2 events where you can freely replace lost troops with production. Day 1 troop production, day 4 power production.