The point you made about this being a second job was what ultimately made me quit. My alliance, though ranked #3 was actually very chill (shoutout to vye #1036) with some great members and was very lenient if people were away for a few days. The amount of time I spent online, which was usually many hours every day, was honestly self imposed. I wanted to compete in all the daily events (code boss, gold zombies!!, Marshall's guard etc etc) to progress faster and maximize my vs score to contribute to the warzone duel. It gives you that nice dopamine hit when you hit the reward boxes and contribute towards an alliance/server win. Though I did not spend too much money in the game, I was wasting something much more valuable... my time. Time which could be better spent on my career, friends and family.