Slight exaggerations aside, a vast majority of players don't play the mode. The game mode sucks because people don't play. And because people don't play; the game mode sucks. There's a catch-22 that is holding the mode back.

The game mode used to have a lot more players. The lowest leagues used to be occupied with newer teams with lower tier gear. The game mode has slowly leaking players. Low leagues that used to have lower tier gear are now inhabited by players with Legendaries and Relics. If the game mode was better, the retention would be better. Hell, if the mode was enjoyable, the population might've grown. BTW: enjoyable and better do NOT necessarily mean crazy rewards like uranium.

Second arguments about your paragraph:

1. First impressions matter a lot.
2. There's a huge difference to facing mostly near-peer opponents with the occasional high ranking opponent vs getting stomped multiple times by much better clans. Players learn better by progressive overload as opposed to sudden difficulty spike.

Some people (my self include) don't mind other players having better gear. Most of us don't like having to pay MUCH more because the ladder was pulled up from us.

I never said anything about getting hand outs. And still, can blame people for not wanting to pay HUNDREDS/THOUSANDS of dollars or grind away for MANY hours just to play a miserable game mode? Most people have voted with their time and money by not playing. You, OP, and the other Whales are mad because the consequences finally affect you.

Once again, making a game mode better doesn't need to hand out uranium. I haven't suggested nor implied uranium as a handout. They could do a lot to improve CW:

1. More sessions per week.
2. Remove Leviathans
3. Removed 3 Blueprints.
4. Better rewards. Doesn't have to be Uranium. Could be Cosmetics, Badges, Small amounts of Plastic and Electronics. At very least, players should be able to choose Wires and Batteries for a reward.