So just finished Domination in Mochlos, we immediately went into Domination countdown because one group had enough cities. It is a shame half the players in the world clicked Vacation Mode more than a month ago, they did not even give their groups a chance to try for it....although again that would have been hard to do with lack of hammers on farming islands to found on this whole time. The founding hammers should probably be looked at to see if more should be opened up than normal. And maybe the Vacation Mode should be looked at. I actually felt rather bad for players that stuck it out when their own alliances bailed on them and left them there alone. Got to give those who did stick it out props for doing it, I know it probably sucked.
As for the 14 day countdown for the world to end, not sure that it is really needed to be that long. Would be different if you were still able to take ghosts if you wanted to up your point total and spot on the player list the last two weeks, but if you cannot do anything other than found cities, not really necessary, in my opinion.
Hope everyone has a great holiday season, stay safe!