Uh, the probably increased it because the current limits were retarded and left tons of people out of the battle that wanted to participate. It almost certainly has nothing to do with helping clan one clan or shafting another.
chadz changes what he changes, and the people who try out the new stuff first ALWAYS get a raw deal, but its a beta so thats just how it goes. Just suck it up and deal with it. AI fiefs are just supposed to a speedbump, not the main opponent. The game is PvP not PvE.
We're almost a month in, anything that lets more people play and gets us to the part where we have wars faster is welcomed by me.