I have to admit I was skeptical about the horde rework at first, but after playing it for a while (75 max zone now), I'm really loving it! It's a lot more idle than the previous version while still being active enough to play in real time if you want, and the progression feels solid and fairly rapid (although there was a plateau for me in the 50s, unsure if that's been retouched).
Agreed, the new horde is way nicer. Items also feel more important and switching them up for certain zones or bosses is quite nice.
Also if you dont mind me asking how does your progression on the other features look? I'm at mine: 100, Village: Just unlocked local government or I guess highest building amount of 464, Horde: 69, Farm: 40% towards Rice.
Just curious how others are doing. And if for some reason others lack behind in the mine at least going from the values in the cryo lab.