Competition is very important, however there is no competition if there is nothing to farm. People xped to 75 on 1.5 to get better skill lvls, they will farm for 80 lvl because they want that next lvl skill, however dont forget that 80 lvl is something which should be aimed for in several next few updates, but if you make it in this one, what for will you xp after that? And dont tell me its epics/heroes/castles, because thats some irregular events (epics are every 2 days/5 days for baium, heroes are only friday/saturday for 4h each and CS is every 2 weeks). You dont want to let people make 76-80 easily, unless you have something prepared for them after that level (update).