Listen, I'll start of with the positive so that the negative contrast seems more critical.
The positive is simple, and simply this:
Mino events are less pressure, your own pace, and often less hectic, hopefully they devote this time to fixing bugs and glitches.
( Hahahaha)
The negatives?
Well, most of the ambience is gone, give us something... Anything. If you gave krustyland visitors a festive look or switched them with previous years carolers or NPCs that would have been creative!
Lack of Friendship incentives means it's just another 4hr grindfest. I don't mind, but it's not everyone's cup of tea.
You remember the Naughty or Nice gift box Friend visit from a couple years back? That was Nice, I think it was Naughty of EA not to add something similar this year.
The prizes are ok, and no crafting means players can get whatever they want...but you could have used this event template for any other EVENT!
DID YOU LEARN NOTHING FROM THE PAGAN EVENT?
Fine, the "Winter Solstice" event?
I wrote a somewhat detailed bit of info last time, yup I know about the winter solstice, I know he wasn't born in December I know.
Frankly I don't care about holidays either, yup, I don't really care.
If you care about someone you don't do things once a year, you do it as often as you'd like, daily reminders or some surprise at an unexpected time!
For me all holidays are, are simply days I count until the sale aisle at a store restock on seasonal candies and stuff.
However that isn't to say I can't enjoy the festive look on trees, or streets!
It can be annoying to hear the same song day in and day out, but for a month? I can bear it.
It's interesting, to say the least, but not the smartest time to experiment with ideas.
Opening up a new water attraction at a water park in order to incentivize sales is not a bad idea, Opening up a new water attraction at a water park in the winter makes no sense at all (unless it's a skating rink, and this event dear sirs, is no skating rink!)
