"What if only new recruits got the armies multiplied and experienced players did not??"
I think its a bad idea, lack. I changed my mind after I saw your reason...
We have real lives, so we cant be here all the time. In Easter weekend, many players lost their turns, including my partners... for some players, the game is over after that... But anyway, I now believe that multiplied armies are a good thing. We all expect a player that lost 2 turns already will deadbeat... but you always need count his armies as if he deployed already, until he is really eliminated... its part of game strategy, only this.