Using the fact that anyone who joins at 2.0 behing so far behind as a reason for anything is pretty much null.

Lets face it, people who join today are behind those who joined at launch
People who join next week will be behind those who join today.


Time will always always always play the advantage to you since youll have played more and have had more time to gather resources.



Adding more gil sinks to the game isnt a bad idea, but even then, those who join then will be behind those who are in now since we will be able to use said gil sinks to our advantage, and so on