oops....@fishercat, myself surprised to see you for replying a 5 months old comment in this thread. (Also, myself not replying to you).
Encourage, unfair, imbalance, guiding, mistake and so many things,
It will finally come into the following variants:
1) people wants some changes in GBG according to their favour.
2) people doesn't want changes in GBG, since it has already going in their favour.
Everyone has to decide which variant they are now. If anyone falls under 1st variant, please adapt yourself to become 2nd variant. Also, in the game, everyone must have faced the 1st variant and now they should be or expecting to be in 2nd variant.
That's the game design.
Now if they change the GBG to make support for newbies or medium level persons to Play GBG without any trouble with High-Low mix guild, then older players who fought for many years in GBG to gain the strength, what will be the answer to them. It should be like,
"Sorry guys, you played the game in the wrong time". Is it acceptable? Just think, does it make any sense to do change in GBG, where everyone have a fair chance to become stronger slowly (for 2nd variant).
FINAL ANSWER:
NO ONE IS PRETENDING. IF ANYONE DOES STILL, THEY JUST DO IT TO KEEP THIS THREAD ALIVE (INCLUDING MYSELF WHILE TYPING THIS MESSAGE).