again, that's what you think or even want. i know plenty of people who don't care for pvp because it is shit (and it REALLY IS shit compared to any other pvp oriented game out there). those people don't care for your idea of what you think "end game" is.
holding ops does exactly nothing. at best you have a better time constructing rares. other people just hunt high level mobs all the time or play the market, or find exploits and cheat because they are so bored by the game that they can't be bothered actually playing it any more.
we would actually have to compare the number of players actively taking part in your idea of the end game and capped players doing something completely different to really say what most people actually do with their time, when they reached the end of their leveling curve.
you take NOTHING away. it's a bonus nonetheless. the existence of le clans does not dimish the benefits a non-le'd character gets from joining a clan in any way.if you can form LE clans you are taking away IMHO the biggest bonus of being un-LE'd which is being in a clan. making LE'd clans is taking a massive leap backwards from the small step forward the volunteer team have made with regards to de-incentivising the LE
what's with this "making" of le'd clans? you don't need to make anything. just pull out your le before at 0/2 join a clan and put it right back in? there... le'd player in a clan.