I agree
Empires is a live service game
Often live service games are totally different games from year to year
Because of sunk cost fallacy it is hard to leave a live service game
But Empires it not the game it was last year, and from Beta Beat, a lot more complexity is coming in the next 12 months including increasing merciless R N G ( looking at you Challenge event summons with Challenge heroes bypassing Challenge event reflect )
So it is very important with live service games to say
Do I enjoy changes made in last 12 months?
Will I enjoy changes advertised for coming 12 months?