Bassem has a point - this change has created more buildings to upgrade and fans to gather. The change with the infirmary and the tournament is a great change. It does not add a different dimension to the game as would making a purpose or the guild building, strategic building and so forth.
On a negative note, buildings are so much cheaper and take so much less time that you have disbanded the work done by the more experienced players - we spent tons of money and time upgrading and a newer player can do it in-far less time and money (good for catching up but should it really be such a big delta).