The main problem of the new meta is that the key ship can be opened only through guild effort. So to have a good rank in individual battles you must be in very good guild or you don't have any chance to compete (unless meta becomes paper-rock-scissors).
This may not be a problem for veteran players and old fleet shards but it will have bad consequences for younger shards.
I'm almost 3M GP player from 61M guild. I can either stay in guild I like or get Negotiator and remain competitive in fleet battles. Not a good choice.