Having castles be destroyed

I loved this game, it was one of my favourites. However i am really ticked off that if you dont play fir a while your castle gets destroyed. I was level 50 and head of a great alliance when my ipad broke down. I had to wait a year to get a new one and by that time the game deleted my castle. Im very dissapointed and I dont see the point to that mechanic. :(

I sank you about Empire Four Kingdoms, v1.29.126