If you could improve one facet of the event, what would it be?
The maps are too big. The maps are not able to be navigated without using the Staffview command. I appreciate the detail and how much time and effort undoubtedly went into their creation, however the scale of them is daunting and overwhelming.
I think there is a difference between something that is "difficult" and something that is cryptic and/or tedious. I think back to hunting eggs and needing to find 40 was an unnecessary goose chase that I think almost no one did without having a guide open. Shout out to the guide makers, y'all the real MVPs. I also think back to the sound thing with the gracidea and while I really enjoy seeing that a quest that unique is able to happen, as someone who plays with the game muted, I would never have known to do it like that again, without a guide.
[*]What was your favorite part of the event?
Little Cup. Without a doubt. This was unique, totally unexpected and added a much needed way to get Easter Tokens. The selection of available pokemon were good - but why is Riolu only at night? Give people a wider selection of things to choose from for their battles. If i get to the battle at morning (like I did) I can't use a Riolu unless i bring one in. Just make everything spawn all the time.
Shaymin was an obvious big plus. The quest was mostly good but I think the last part of it was too cryptic. It just felt like an artificial way of people waiting before getting their pokemon. Especially since once it was figured out everyone just lended the necessary pokemon to others to get it done.
[*]What was your least favorite part of the event?
- The slow pace at the beginning for getting Easter tokens. It felt insurmountable and tedious doing daily quests to get 1/10th of the way to 1/6th of the mounts. Every 3 days you get more shards, but still, this process is slooooow. People lose interest (myself included).
[*]What can we do to make the event better for next year?
- Change farming for event skins.
I am going to echo sentiments here and say that it is time to remove 1/550 event spawns from the game. When I think about this event, the most notable skin i'm going to remember is Pawniard. This is a problem because it's a skin not related to the event. Not only is it the most interesting skin (in my opinion) but it is a tier 8-9 pokemon that has an event skin, is repel-trickable, and is way more manageable to try and get one with a rarity of 1/100. Why would I spend any time farming for a larvesta that is harder to encounter, I can't use a money sink (repel trick) if i want to try and get one, and then has an even higher chance of being event skinned? To quote another user who posted before me, Clones and Halloween mons are better designed. Make them tier 9.5. But make it 1/20. Or make it t8 and make it 1/100. -1/550 is simply too ridiculous for anyone other than those willing to commit hours and hours a day to the game. Again, this comes down to the difference between something being difficult and something being tedious.
I would reduce the number of skins and make them more of the focus. This event had Exeggcute, Kangaskhan, Munchlax, Larvesta, Feebas, all of the Togepi's, Azurill and all of their corresponding families. This would mean I need to have on average 6600 encounters of just these pokemon to possibly get all of them. This number isn't awful until you consider that all but two of these are tier 8/9. and even the "common" ones are still uncommon encounters. Reduce the odds, reduce the amount of skins, and make two or three of them the focus for a couple weeks.
Skins are not new content. I am not saying every event needs to have new content, and me saying this is not a bash on staff/artists who work hard to make them and implement them, however with the current rates as they are, when you get no skin, all you have done is farm for a pokemon, which you can do whether there is an event or not.
[*]Were any parts of the event (or the whole thing) so terrible that we should delete them and forget they were ever added?
Remove multiple dailies for Easter Tokens. Having to farm a T8 mon then grind out 6 brushes to get a whopping 200 tokens took too much time and made the event feel like more work. Have a boss (Little cup), a daily (brushes) and an interactive (rocks).
I firmly believe the whole philosophy about farming for skins needs to be addressed.
I believe that you guys deserve a commendation in spite of all that I have suggested (and will likely hear from others) - asking for feedback like this is new and I think demonstrates that you are taking the communities consideration seriously. It is appreciated.