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Con P2W or P4Power
Title says most of it. Can gain days of "time spent" right out of the gate if you're willing to vote with your wallet. When most of the game is locked behind time gates, build times, movement times, etc - this is problematic and if done early game can and does heavily influence how powerful you will either be able to grow unhindered (or at all). This is without even considering the additional cost of contesting space against other players or the cost of taking over prime real estate from hostile or more advanced npc factions.
Edit: Best not mention this in-game even as constructively as possible. You'll get roflstomped by people making truly weird arguments that this isn't actually p2w or pay for advantage in any way. Game breaking advantage? Maybe. That's the only thing I was wondering, but was smart enough not to even hint at in-game. Either way I got wolfpacked by players after that and left for good.