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There has always been benefits to joining guilds outside of events. If players choose not to join a guild it is their choice.It looks to me like those not in a guild will have to conquer THREE provinces in order to complete all of the questlines, this is going to be all but impossible for many players.
If they are several era's above you then you should send in a ticket as that will be looked at. Points have very little meaning in this game in game terms. If you donate a lot of goods you will amass points, if you fight in GvG you will amass a lot of points. The hoods are based primarily upon how many forge points you have spent in the research tree.Given that I update all of my cities at least once a day, every time the neighbourhoods are reorganised I am ALWAYS at the bottom of the rankings with players several ages and many millions of points ahead of me.
Events are choice, no player has to take part in every one. Look at what you gain from taking part and decide how it weighs against what the event asks of you. Then choose if to participate in the event.