I've been playing about 10 weeks. 

I currently have 201 Name Change items, despite having used maybe 40 of them to amuse myself and my clan. So am I playing the game wrong by not changing my player name 4 times a day, or are you dropping WAY too many name changes? 

I have 211 Rename Town items. Apparently I should change my town name 4 times a day as well?

I have 232 Change Hero's appearance items. There are 16 skin options. Does that make sense?

I have 265 Torches, just in case I want to burn my entire town to the ground and rebuild it 5 or 6 times.

I have 2419 Troop recalls. I'd have to use about 35 a day to have used all of those. 

I could spend my entire time in the game recalling, burning and changing names, but I'd never score a point.

I have 70 simple diamond knives. Has anyone ever put a simple gem in any equipment? By the time you've leveled up enough to add equipment, you more than likely have Unusual or Rare gems to inlay. 

It would be REALLY nice if there was a market to barter excess items for clan points, gold, silver, or items you can actually use. 

Short of that, though, can you reduce frequency of the above drops?