I've been playing for 10 years and used to buy the premium pass just to get some extra benefits, but it was possible to achieve all the objectives even without it.
Unfortunately, now to win anything, you have to pay, and the rewards decrease with each update.
I've had a club for 8 years, it's always been active and constantly renewing itself, but today it's dying because veteran players are retiring and newcomers simply abandon their cities after a while.
Just one final detail: I'd already seen this New Year's clock a few weeks ago in a design challenge. How? Well, hackers don't have to pay anything to have everything...
But that's our problem, isn't it, EA?
