Can someone explain the PvP to me. I lose more when I'm revenged

I don't understand how the revenge attacks work. I recently started tracking the amount of steel I win when I attack someone at my current level. Then I track the amount of steel I lose if they successfully revenge me. I had over 3mil in gold and goods so it's not like they should be making up for somethings. On two attacks I won 10920 in steel. On two successful revenge attacks I lost 16747. I'm going backwards. Why is this? Are there rules out there I can read?
Sonny. Won 5460 steel. Revenged lost 8693 steel
Nate dog won 5460 steel. Revenged lost 8054 steel
Sonny. Won 5460 steel. Revenged lost 8693 steel
Nate dog won 5460 steel. Revenged lost 8054 steel
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Howdy @Trever that's a pretty good question. I looked in the manual and I couldn't find anything that explains that. If I had to answer you it would simply be: by taking more of your steel away you may choose to spend cash to buy more diamonds. (I'll let you in on a little secret. Our Christmas party last year was not open bar so we have been brainstorming some ideas and taking more of your steel and lowering the doctor cards was the first two ideas we rolled out. This way hopefully we can get open bar at the Christmas party with increased sales. ) But for now. I can take that back to our developers and let them know. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for a response.
Now with that answer I could at least go to bed saying. Well, it is what it is.
I'm one more step towards getting in line with texfromsiagon! Come on CPW. Screw with the game, one more time!