Well i was bored this afternoon and an announcement pops up on steam about rebellion SOASE, and im like THE GAMES STILL ALIVE?!?!? 

I had basically quit shortly after 1.04 on the original SOASE cause the balance was too broken and having 3 hour games whenever i sat down to multiplayer just wasnt possible (still isnt >.<) thats ignoring how difficult it was to get a game started with the ultra low player counts. 

Regardless im thinking of getting back into the game just some questions, how much as the game changed? Im familiar with the changes that came with entrenchment but after that im lost? Any major game changers since then? Or is it more or less the same game?

Is there any competitive element left, i remember there was kinda an elite group of players who were really good (tyr666 or whatever is the only name i can remember atm >.<)

Just looking for some honest opinions on the state of the game really, i really wanted to love this game back in 1.04 into entrenchment but the terrible mp support bugs/glitches low player count etc ruined it for me, i really want to give this game a second chance but have things improved?

(put this in mulitplayer cause thats the aspect i care to hear the most about)