[lokken]

There is only one way to really help newbies: spread the good players around and force them to work with newer and weaker players to survive. This in turn puts top players in positions of weakness, which means the game at the top is more dynamic.

So in that way I agree, planetarion has to be difficult to be good. In fact it probably has to be difficult to work properly, so players can't just game the mechanics and win: they need initiative and effort to do so.