Been playing over a year now. While it does get repetitive, (new age means all new buildings/military units you have to build over and over), it gets the job done for this type of set time to build game. Drawbacks would be there is never enough land unless you want to pay actual money. Some people are super-serious players and they can get rude if you try to "help" with their cooperative stuff without permission. I play more casually and appreciate all the help I can get.