And that is why the devs made it so you get half rewards for sailing up front. To give something to the lower level players who at least try to sail. And that includes half the gems on Saturdays. Or id you fail to notice that part?

Our lower levels get sunk quite often too. Which is why we 2.9 mil n and up guildies will sink any ship we can with a matching map piece to get our lower powers across. Sail your littles with your bigs. If your littles want to risk it and sail together, that is their choice. And if they have a map one of the bigger players needs to sail a little across, they sink. And get half rewards.