Jungle Wars: Balance

Talt24 over at Kongregate's instance of Jungle Wars told a new player that the system seeks a balance among players and clans.

This hits home when I look at my target list right now. I am the number 5 player and my clan is number three.

If I select ATTACK, I have to hit NEXT 20 or so times to get a target from one of the bottom 47 clans. I get only targets from three clans: UA (#1), DP (#2), and Outliers Academy (#12).

Think about that: a third of the target villages the system gives me comes from one clan ranked 12! Not clan #4-11, no never.

What is it about Outliers Academy? It's an active clan. It seems to be limiting targets to active clans. At the same time when I do get to hit a dead clan, the system scales the number of cups lost by that clan to a very low level.

Balance. Ideas, comments?