I got it mate. Two of my three accounts play in top guilds that can't currently afford to move up a tier. This new rule will further minimize our earning potential and make it even harder to move up, as we constantly place in the Top 3. Again, it isn't a lack of incentives that keep us from moving up, it is a lack of DEC/GP and crowns (which we'll earn less of).

In each of the guilds, I've always been an advocate of trying to move up as soon as possible, but my guildmates are not willing/able to invest the DEC to make it happen. Maybe you're right that passing this proposal incentivizes them to invest more to move up, but I'm concerned that it will have the opposite effect and slow down donations more since we are earning less in the Top3. Only one way to find out though.