So, I just dropped from a top 5 guild to a more casual guild and played a few PVP battles. The points and gold available in my 3-trophy matchups increased dramatically. I had 60+ points available in 5 out of 6 matches. Before today, I seldom saw 50 point options. If someone deliberately kept their kingdoms down to suppress bonuses, I wouldn’t be surprised if they could average 65 points or more, but I’m too far along to test any of this myself.
BTW, I didn’t change guilds to test this, but since I was already changing, I thought I would check out the results. I didn’t even notice my decrease in stats but did notice the increase in rewards.