I couldn't agree more... I'm only 330K prestige and I still have a few cities where I could be making upgrades, but I feel that it is pointless to do so. I keep checking in and running my cities, hoping a change is coming, but I don't play as much as I used to and just don't have the desire to do so anymore. Even though I don't have 450K prestige, I still understand what you're saying and I'm feeling the same squeeze and seeing that the time I've invested in this game to build my cities, technology and army to the point they are at have been futile.