Well... that's what I asked 2 weeks ago in my own tribe. The people who just stay in the game doing nothing should delete. That will help more the active ones. But this is not the main problem of this game.
I hope you realize that even in most optimistic and easy wars your tribe had... I don't think the tribe took 2000 villages in one month from the enemy. But let's assume that you took 2829 (the number your tribe nobled last month) in one month and the enemy is taking nothing. In how many years do you think you'll finish the top 5 tribes without some hugs?
Now... make calculation again considering that the tribe you attack is taking non-stop villages from inactive people, small tribes, barbs. Also take into calculation long-range wars. You have a large border now with your enemies...
1. My solution is somehow peaceful but implies a war between people like you and people like me.
2. If players can't see that as doable in the next future, then we need some changes anyway.
Removing barbs from the map, lowering time for sat accounts. These are good options for all players. Continuing the game as before take us nowhere.
3. Game creators assumed that will be 50000 players all the time, they were wrong. The problem is they did not changed anything. When you lose players from 50000 to 400... not on a single server but on more than 20, the game has a problem, it's obvious... can't be that hard for people to realize that.
4. I asked for solutions... attacking like mad ex-allies or friends is just stupid and childish.