They've added how many new buildings, characters and skins? Even for a recycled event an old player is still going to get more new and fresh content out of this one than they did the wild west.
And yes it is a long event, but unlike the wild west, between the bonut rounds and the fighting, at least there's something to do between acts. It's not going to be another event of three 5 to 6 day periods of waiting like the last long one, so at least they tried to improve that. I'd much rather be battling, leveling up superheroes and collecting donuts than just smashing bandits and waiting like before.
That said, they really need someone on staff who tests and plays the expansions because their numbers are waaaay off this time.
I should get the final act 1 prize today, leaving 7 days of collecting donuts. It was way too easy to get those prizes even without using the losing exploit and those that really took advantage of it finished up days ago.
I'm pretty sure I'll have Burns' mansion finished by the end of act 1. If it was meant to last the whole event, it's falling way short.
On the flip side - unless they make changes soon, only a few of us will actually get the top social prize. At least 50% of my friends list has already missed the very tight window of needed fights to hit the final prize.
I'm pretty sure we're going to see panic on the boards next week over not being able to craft everything. A good number of people aren't going to be able to craft all the act 1 crafting prizes.
Overall I am really enjoying the event but I will fully agree that their math was way off on this one. It's like riding in a car with one tire twice as large as it should be and one tire half the size of what it should be.