I played E&B at first. I lost interest when I realized that the only thing worth doing in the game was following the high value trade route to get better ships

I played E&B at first. I lost interest when I realized that the only thing worth doing in the game was following the high value trade route to get better ships. Over and over. Nothing else let you advance remotely as fast, and if you didn't do the same thing as everyone else you'd have the worst ship out there.