If you could improve one facet of the event, what would it be?
The breezy shards were really nice, but the late addition of the additional vendors was a bit irritating when they were only vaguely hinted at on the discord. I expect there are more than a few people who would rather have had the 33 rare candies or whatever combination of items they could buy.
What was your favorite part of the event?
The Shaymin quest line. However this was also absolutely terrifying because with the numerous disconnects, I was petrified of a DC mid Shaymin fight, regardless of the existence of the master ball.
What was your least favorite part of the event?
The constant disconnects while hunting event special pokemon. This isn't a troll, this on going issue cost me regular Larvesta, a shiny pokemon and put me off farming event pokemon overall. After a while I just gave up farming and didn't bother with the latest Darth Vadar bisharp.
What can we do to make the event better for next year?
Aside from server stability, I expect the full knowledge of all events and rewards will make the event much smoother, so players will have easier access to all that information.
I wouldn't dislike more breezy shards, but I wasn't ever certain how they worked. If they reset at a certain time on the server, or x amount of hours after I mined them. This could be clearer or I didn't look hard enough. If these shards or Easter tokens were available through more daily quests, that'd also be cool. Perhaps the quests could be included in future token events or even other events offering several rewards. These rewards could be anything from ev-berries and candies, to tokens where enough can be redeemed for an event pokemon of choice, incentivizing doing it daily. So on a 14 week event, perhaps 10 tokens for the pokemon. The scaling on the rewards needs to be boosted, as a tier 8 pokemon farmed for approximately 200 tokens can feel very unrewarding if unlucky on spawn.
A slight increase in the event pokemon spawn rate would be appreciated. I understand that something so desirable has to be kept rare due to the exceptional demand, but given their scarcity, the chance of finding one that isn't just event-special but also useful, was very small. It would certainly be an added incentive to farm harder.
A clear end date, set before the event even begins so players know how much time they have. The event could be extended due to extended maintenance etc,, but otherwise it would be good so people know if they have to rush something or can plan accordingly.
Were any parts of the event (or the whole thing) so terrible that we should delete them and forget they were ever added?
I'd either like the event to be rolled out all at once, or the staggered release to be clearly timetabled by admin on a masterthread and discord for complete transparancy and player easy. I wasn't particularly excited waiting for sudden releases of more of the event. I completely appreciate the work that goes in to the game but would just prefer to see what was coming when as part of the event.