Now that we have played these short rounds for a while, I must say that 40 days is too short.
Its much more intense, You must not miss a training, or mule, or Gang war, or a boat, or Auto robb, or anything. Pressure to be online 24 hours a day is big.
And all of that for 10 days of playing.
And then after a short break, you need to do it again...

I feel ppl are loosing steam, interest and generally the will to play hard after 2 or 3 such rounds at best.

Not to mension that now it costs 3 times as much in real money per month to play with VIPs. And honestly, you cant play without VIPs if you want any kind of a descent result. For a lot of younger players who dont earn money, paying for VIPs 3 times a month is a deterent.

How about an 80 or 100 day round? Or even an old school 180 day round
(You can make VIPs that last for a certain number of days.)

Mazuma