Yes, I agree team balance is screwed up. It should not stack clans on the same team. You want to play with your clan, go play strat or organize something. The Pub stomping is ridiculous. I don't know how many rounds I've seen end with 20+ players on the enemy team in a 60 player game.
The fact that I stay at 1x almost ALL the time is killing the game for me. Why keep playing if I'm just going to keep losing, rack up repair bills and not be able to wear any decent equipment. Yet I see people in full plate all the f*** time.
You want to ease the grind for new players, balance the teams for Christ sake. It's bad enough I'm behind on looms, but this is just ludicrous when I can't progress because of team balance.