Neither do I care. Forget about too many 1 man guilds. It's a bit ridiculous to create a guild and not be able to do the primary activities of it. If we move the creation of guilds till when they unlock GBG and GE (in IA) they would be able to participate. Also how would a guild leader (assuming no one else has the rights to unlock GEx) Unlock GE for a higher aged member
What "primary activities" are you talking about? In my one person guilds I am able to do pretty much everything the founder of a large guild can do. The only thing a one person guild
cannot do at this point in time is participate in the weekly GE tournaments, as you need at least 3 members to be eligible for that. I can still do GE/GBG/GvG as much or as little as I wish.
As to your question about how a guild leader would unlock GE for a higher age member, that question really doesn't make sense. A guild leader (in any size guild) unlocks GE levels for
all members at once, not for members individually. The only limiting factor is having the necessary guild Treasury goods in each era in which they're required, in sufficient amounts as required. If the guild has a higher era member, but not those goods in the guild Treasury, then the leader(s) need to address that with the higher era member and ensure that either he/she provides the goods necessary or that the member leaves the guild (or gets kicked, if they don't go voluntarily.) Of course, if you're already in the middle of GE that won't help until the next week. (That applies to GBG and the cost of buildings there, too.)