Agree it does present some challenges, but I still had fun playing them, and didn't have much trouble finding battles to drop in on (course this was the weekend, so that's probably the high point of the volume of players, it would no doubt be harder to find them to drop into during the week). If anyone else stumbling across this thread has any idea about how you can tell when you drop in whether you are the attacker or attacked in battles, please chime in.