[Prophesy]

My thoughts on this,

whenever you play AL, your primary competition is other players at or near your same level,
most of these people will be roughly the same "age" as yourself,
having similar oppertunity for training.

As you progress higher in level,
your competition bracket changes as well.

Older players that are lax with their training will be overcome by players who gym, and keep up with their daily career and skills training more consistantly.

And then assuming they make a run after a long AL life to be one of the best players in the game, odds are many of the top dogs there today won't be around anymore.

Its the circle of life,
as newbs get more powerful, some of the guys on top retire/ get lazy/ fade away.

I think that we have plenty of members to provide fair competition to all level players, and that even a wet-behind the ears green-as-grass newb can be a powerhouse if they stay on top of their training and skilling.

I see what you're saying,
that newer players haven't had as much time to build via the skill system,
and thus potentially would have a hard time catching older players,
but they'll be on equal footing with players of a similar age, and with dedication, (and the fact that higher levels of skills take longer and longer to raise) can catch anyone.

Captain Long-Winded out.