I completely agree with OP - the new TB requirements looks like a nail in the coffin for many smaller guilds. When Sith Raid came out it's already was bad enough. But we at least could do a lower tier. But the new TW basically says "No, you can't just play the game with your friends. If you want a new content instead of endless grind of old one you need to abandon them and jump in stronger guilds, it's mandatory".
Throwing out smaller casual guilds from the new PvE content is a very-very bad thing. Sometimes devs understand this eventually (WoW begun with 40-man raids and moved to 10-man), sometimes not. I really hope that SWGOH devs is the first type.
