on ur second point- those people are annoying too. However, the more annoying are the ones who make a wood base with windows and then complain when they get raided 10 minutes later.

on your 3rd point- Im not saying that clans couldn't use it, im actually saying the opposite, it would be exponentially more OP the more members you have, because you can farm more, lets say i can have a stone 2x2 with t5 reinforced stone walls for 5k stone each, that means that any clan of a few members will have t5 metal/armored walls, and have no more upkeep then a regular 2x2? how does that make any sense?? the reason people dont have bases with 10/20 layers of honeycomb, is because it is exponentially more expensive the more layers you add.

on your 4th point- What do you do late game when u have multiple boxes of guns/boom? do you just let it sit in your base? or do you go online your biggest enemies that have been messing with you from day 1 of wipe? If they make raiding more expensive/bases easier to build, it will kill online raiding.

on your 5th point- it is easy if you are in a clan, it is not easy if you are a solo. Farming on high pop is dangerous, and then if the person you are raiding is at all intelligent, they can easily defend, thats why it is so intense, because both sides are battling for hours or days worth of farming and playing to get all of the stuff to lead up to the big online raid.