They actually fixed it now. They made it as simple as possible while still requiring you to show up.
You can put in a quarter and play it.
Isn't that the truth. Flag idea is ok but leave town as it was.
No on second thought even flag idea as is not a good idea.
Maybe have flag turn white with a certain percentage of buildings still up.
Half of the fun of defending a town was watching troops being dropped
with a building or two still up. Why take all of the effort
out of a town capture.