No the problem isn't being a peasant. Peasant wars are lovely and it's really interesting for a new player to start from scratch. The problem is the level differences that starts at 30, I dunno how fast it is to grind to 33 right now, but let's assume you are a new player that happily grinds levels. You reach 30, now your build is somewhat complete, you can wear the equipment of choice without hesitation, but there are now players above 30, and all of you are people that knows 1 single level can make a huge difference after 30, so now there is another milestone to achieve for the new player, level 33. Which is, let's face it, impossible to reach in today's cRPG unless you want to spend countless hours in a 9 year old game's mod that is only populated 1-2 hours per day. 36? Not even thinking of it. The new player on top of being new is also lower level than %90 of the players and can't possibly compete so he goes to play Mercenaries, which is inferior in every aspect to c-RPG, but it doesn't have the long ass level grind. Yeah there is a gold grind there, but gold isn't as a limiting factor as level.
What I'd suggest is that we adjust the loom yields of retirements so we don't experience inflation and make 36 take as many hours it takes to reach 30 now. Give all current 36s current amount of retirement LPs before the change so they are somewhat compensated for spending their lifetime in c-RPG. Because when everyone is on fair terms everything is more fun.
Think of it like League of Legends' rune system. Runes used to be bought with in-game money, the top tier ones costing a fuckton, which limited new players to shitty ass lower tier runes. And runes actually impact your game by a lot. So they got rid of that unfair rune system completely, and game is now completely determined by the average age of your teammates skill.
my 2 cents.
Edit: this would also mean more newbies and vets retiring and grinding back again if the top level was easy to reach. Because its a safe assumption to think that people want those new items loomed yo