User blog:Whywhouldyoudothat/strategy ideas

So, I am quite new to the game and could use a few tips on how to play. The reason? Well, some people may not experience this, but a lot of times people will leave the game. Now this may be good if you are have more people, but it sucks to be the one by yourself. Now, I don't like to leave the game, even if I am losing. So I end up getting screwed. I mostly die at my base a lot and I hate it because I never won a game. In fact, once I had to get troops and escape around the map while being chased. That ended badly and I lost. I never actually leveled up by winning, but rather losing. Now you may think I learned something but guess what? I didn't. And what really sucked is when you have to watch as the enemies gloat about their win while you just can't do anything but get destroyed over and over again and you begin to question what is the point of even trying anymore. So if anyone can help me, I would deeply appreciate it.