I agree with the posters - it's not a huge deal - but more than anything else, what I am addressing is the disparity between those forced into holiday mode and those who pay for it for a reason. It just doesn't seem fair to me that taking a paid for holiday should have further costs by having to retake valleys (often friendly alliance members see the now open valleys and take them leaving them unavailable to retake once back from holiday.)

Just another of those annoyances that seems easy enough to resolve. I have a feeling that Evony will eventually work out a better way to deal with cheaters which should level the playing field a little more moving forward.