Honda:
Sorry I haven't been attacking in wars consistently. This is usually because of two reasons 1) I'm not immediately sure what range I should be attacking in and 2) I'm in Australia and sometimes I wake up and you guys have cleaned everything out.
Regarding #1, I've been in a dormant, #### clan for a long time, this whole new "engineering" war dynamic is new to me. When I did wars in the past, the thing was to aim at or very near your rank. But now, even though I'm ranked around #9-#10 or so, I'm probably one of the lower ranked attackers because we (and everyone) has so many offensive-only builds.
So basically - should I just be clearing out the trash (i.e. TH8's on the other team)? Very happy to do that if it helps, I think I have been hesitating because I'm worried that'll be "a waste", but I end up being a waste anyway.
If I take out a TH8 is that preserving an engineered TH11's attack to do some higher damage?
Also happy to do only scout attacks, I really don't care about war loot that much.
ETA: The time zone thing isn't a big issue if I know what I should do. I'm almost always awake when the war starts, it's just if I don't attack in the first 2-3 hours, then I go to sleep, and yeah, everything I can remotely touch is already in ruins when I wake up.