I have played many games and even been involved with designing a few. I picked up Evony on the sole reason I could play it from work and still get work done.

The farming requirement of players is a huge turn off and the idea of players spending to curb that is never going to sit well. The free feed is a good idea and should be extended to once a month allowing players a personal life.

Also the end game and being able to attack other big players is in desperate need of a fix. Changing the battle mechanics so that say Mechanics (ballista, catapults) do not get wall bonuses on distance and only so many archers can fit in your walls to gain the bonus would help the mechanic while still allowing defense to be king in the early stages of the game.

Evony it is time for you to embrace change and player input or continue to have your growth slowed. I played AgeI for about 2 months 2 years ago and you where opening a server about every 5 days back then not every 5 weeks.