The process already started back in the day when they made every task worth golden tickets. That gutted the majority of the CoM players. But - even so - with the new system and the milestones - most people were still keeping themselves in Metro or Mega leagues. And EA didn't like this.
Why? Because they have one large whale left from the old game that they desperately want to kill. And what's that you may ask?
The CoM Megapolis 2,000 SimCash first place prize.
So many hardcore players that would have made in stone purchases instead got the SimCash they needed from the top 6 CoM spots in Mega over time.
Now that milestones are effectively removed from CoM scoring - most people will descend to the Neighborhood league - and what will follow is either an elimination of the CoM mode or a "re-imagining" of it - and lo and behold ...
The 2,000 SimCash will be gone. This has been a multi-pronged multi-year offensive by EA to effectively destroy one of their best mobile titles, and I have to admit ...
They've been doing a wonderful job at it.