Formerly, you did simple tasks, like housing people or collecting taxes, or earning military points, to progress in state contests. The more points you earned, the higher you score. You can see the names of all your opponent states, and you're divided into leagues based on points. Now we have the "Regatta" instead. The required tasks now involve the material train and planes, which take multiple steps across many hours to clear out even one vehicle, after which you must repeat this anywhere between 3 and 15 times. Alternatively, you can mine items (125 in 20 hours) or collect things from the trade center (200 items in 18 hours). None of your opponents'names are visible, and there is no league anymore, only the invisible SBMM system already used in weekly military/research/rocket events. I used to be able to finish enough tasks for ~1000 state points in about half an hour. Now I can't even tell how the points are calculated, and I can't finish a single task in the short time limits given unless I play multiple times a day or prepare items days in advance. Oh, and all of the previous point-earning options are still ingame- they just earn points for your state, which in a max level state means they are utterly useless. There is literally no reason to visit a max level state since everything in it contributes to a system that has already been completed. I've played this game for years, and I'd love a reason to stay, but every single update this year has only given me more reasons to leave. # #/Gamer_X99 # .
