first of all, i'm still noob to this game and don't know entirely about the game (still lots of learning to do!), so, if i'm incoherent, excuse me! =p
i want to play any games while i'm awake and not while i sleep. i don't want to get pranked during my sleep for defense or for sending out. that's why i play solo in bush now. i don't mind getting caught after hitting sleep and losing troops and lands (if i'm not wrong, 3 land grabs at worst as i'm solo?). but i do mind getting 0'd AND losing MANY lands at the same time while having my sleep.. like being left with the money 1/5th worth of the troops i had before dying AND the 1/5th of lands (tbh, it's really a quite demoralising and discouraging moment. i haven't reached the stage where i can get over with it so easily yet. :S and hey, i doubt lots of people would go "not a big deal!" with a smile). even with 90% AR mod, one can be flak'd and lose so many lands. and with AR mod decreasing and having to buy some non-flak troops to keep saving lands against some incs, solos can't just buy up on flak and hit easy flakkable targets to get fat quickly unlike allied people who are in the same situation. i'm playing with 2 freinds in the (almost) same time zone who can defend me when they can. i don't want to impose 24/7 defense from them or defense for every single inc. sometimes we are busy and can't send defense nor send out during the day. so, yeah, it's unfortunate if we get big incs and we die. but i accept that as long as it's happening while i'm awake 'coz i know i'll check bush sooner than when i'm asleep, and will be able to plant, buy troops etc to stop the land hemorhage. or maybe one of my pnaps will notice my socre drop and will defend. but i care to have a decent sleep every night. i don't want to be deprived of it. and for the reason i mentioned earlier in my post, i hit sleep mode every night.
this is how *I* play and i don't think anyone can demand me to play other ways to suit *their* convenience. (unless ofc, i'm part of an ally. i'll commit and devote myself for the better of my ally.) i enjoy playing bush with friends. i enjoy good fights. i enjoy my sleep as well. as long as i'm around, i'm always up for a good battle. if my incs recall in view of my pnaps defending me, it's not my fault. if i don't want to expose myself blatantly "i'm asleep, so you can hit me" without hitting sleep mode, that's my choice. and i have some difficulties to understand for being accused/blamed for having my own choice to play a game.
besides, i think 'eventual sleep deprivation' isn't a positive point for attracting new players. (sleep deprivation as in, people worrying too much about their troops/lands and not being able to sleep, or/and getting pranked all night and ending up having only 2-3 hours of sleep per day for a few days or a longer period of time by playing in an ally.)