Its even more insidious. Older clans have an advantage that no new clan could ever hope to keep up with. People will flock to those clans to get all the bonuses etc they are doing now. My medium age clan is dying because of the recient changes. The problem with this game is that those who have played the longest will always win. There is no way to catch up no strategy. You couldnt possible outspend them. And plarium keeps giving more and more advantages to those very same people. Loyalty I guess. New players do not stand a chance unless they accidently get into a long term guild etc and have deep pockets. As far as new player fun this game is dead.
There are many solutions they could employ. Like setting up leagues based on year you started. Or doing special areas that get turned off at certain levels insuring they are only available to newer players. Starting arena leagues and tag teams. Advancing those areas of competition with age. Maybe even gives some exclusive rewards to those zones incouraging others to start new accounts and promote more growth etc of the game.