@andwer123
I'm really not interested in wading into this to any extent, but to me the current, "village level" is analogous to adding up your pulse, temperature, and weight and calling it your, "health level." It's a mishmash of three metrics (village development, donations, and town hall wins) completely unrelated except as a marker of how much time you've spent in game. I'm not impressed by markers like that and while some people are obviously fond of it, I personally find it to be meaningless. A working league system which truly sorted players by village strength and skill level and assigned badges accordingly would be much more meaningful than, "village level."
But people are obviously invested in the number, and as I honestly couldn't care less either way please don't let me stand in the way of the campaign to have it restored.

