It is a very long time since I have had any faith in Inno Games to "do the right thing" History has repeatedly displayed their mind numbing arrogance when confronted by angry customers. I assume that this has been justified in their minds by outstanding commercial success. Despite the many trial and tribulations, the game has, until now, remained interesting and captivating. The towers were an intrinsic element of the game which kept many thousands logging in on a daily basis - without them, the game is dull and boring. Wanting and trying to be "king of the hill" on a weekly basis has been a major element of game play. With the competition being restricted to approx 75 neighbors, which are changed weekly on beta & bi-weekly on live servers, there was always a good chance of success. To try to replace the towers, where there would be hundreds of weekly winners across the ages and servers with only a "single winner" for each server shows a total lack of understanding of the game.
As things now stand, only about 50 SAAB players per server will even be able to compete for the top spot. The weekly roll over of 90% of ranking points will reduce this ever further. Basically, if you don't win the first week, it will take a massive diamond spend to get anywhere near the top. The competition essentially excludes 99.99% of the active players on every server, just by virtue of their game age. This really is a fundamental failure. If you guys at Inno really can't see that, I suggest that you all start looking for new jobs because the future is looking very bleak to me.
