I don't think the SimCity '13 dev team has taken into account the various skill levels of players. Far as I can tell, they're expecting everyone to be proes, or veterans of the fandom who'd been with it since the start. As with any game, there are always gonna be n**bs; ignorant novice players who just don't ever seem to get it. This in particular concerns me, becos' of multi-regional mode.
For example; a pro builds a region that they put alot of effort into, both in terms of aesthetics and functionality. Then some n**b comes along and dumps out with one or two partially-completed cities that're extremely flawed - bankrupt, heavily polluted, gridlocked, and crimed - right next to the pro's carefully-crafted masterpiece. That blighted eyesore serves only to contaminate the neighbouring regions, including the "perfect" one in the example I gave, in the same fashion as Cold War "dominoes". As a result, the n**b has effectively infuriated the other players, altho' unintentionally, but is also unaware of the resentment he inflicted.
Not fun, not fun at all....