So if i am understanding you correctly, the gate to get into the top is to have the coordination to set up a cow, and with the current meta making that hard, KDs are forced to war. Now you believe that this leads to established KDs "farming" newer or more casual KDs for win bonuses.

In a reverse situation, wouldn't this be a learning curve for the so called mid tier to learn from more established KDs, even through loss, how to compete at the top, and forcing established KDs into the war meta instead of spending yr0-3 setting up a cow and subsequently making the game more competitive in general instead of their being tiers? I may be completely wrong, hence why I am asking.

-DM <3