First I appreciate your post. You've played this game happily for a long time and recent changes to the game made you come to the boards to express your your feelings. You are not alone in this.
I haven't played as many years as you have but understand there comes a point where veteran players need more room for the game. They also need DOABLE new experiences to keep the fun going.
I think if one took a look at most the posts the past month the angst impossible missions is community wide.
But I think also EA should be adding more space for players like yourself.
With any game there should be a story behind it. One of the more recent ad-ons to the game has been Space Buildings. Sure this new category allows EA to sell more items for cash, but why not have all these Space assets mean something to the Story by creating a new region for players to explore...like the Moon?
All those rockets launching from our cities and resupplying our NeoMalls would have an actual destination in the story as players build a lunar colony...or city. Obviously this would be only for players that have well developed cities with Space Assets. But it could provide a new frontier for sims and yourself to "grow " a new city again.
Just a thought. Again, excellent post.
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