It may seem large, but that's because what you're hearing is the people who are complaining, not so much the people who don't have anything to complain about and don't think it's a problem, or the lower level players who are no longer getting smashed by players 2 THs above them (which I'm sure was super fun for them) and couldn't attack those high level bases they kept coming across.
The problem with levels is that you get XP mostly for defensive upgrades, donating, and completing achievements, but not for upgrading troops or heroes. Consequently, gemmers and passive players that don't attack or donate much can be much lower level than an active player who donates a lot and doesn't gem, but still have much stronger offense and defense. So you'd have to completely rework XP too, and it would also need to be more than 5 levels regardless.




