"fully pumped" is a relative term. Most KDs like to get 'fully pumped', sure... then they sit around and whine because they can't convince anyone to War them.

If it were more difficult to get that 100% Elite army there would be, and people would see, value in the use of Specialist armies. Eventually people would get comfortable with going to war with spec-armies, especially if they see most other KDs are in the same scenario. You need to compare yourself to potential enemies, not to your ideal self, in order to gauge your 'pumped'ness

Making things easier makes things less competitive, no matter how you slice it.