Agreed. Whoever thought event tickets after farming and gearing up multiple characters to multiple relic levels was a good idea simply does not play the game. And then you run the risk of "wasting" them on the event due to bad RNG - is horrible from a player experience point of view. On top of all of that, players are basically wasting time to unlock a GL that is easily beaten by the one(s) they and others already have on their rosters.
CG really needs to seriously rethink "GL event tickets". The relic levels and massive requirements already pace the GL releases enough.