Gear crunch: danger for this game

It is understandable that the gear requirements are increased with every level, even though it takes a while to collect as ftp. As long as the servers group people with approximately the same power you don't notice it. For our clan the main issue is that relatively new players have difficulty, if not the impossibility, of ever catching up to more seasoned players. It creates an eternal gear and ability gap, as even older players are never truly finished.