I disagree
I think these events are wonderful little windows that show the game's potential in different lights. I would never have thought about playing in different ways to accomplish some of these challenges. I've had more than one "you can do that?!" moments while trying to tackle the challenges.
I appreciate the effort and the thought behind each one, even the ones I can't quite seem to manage. Sad face is that I just don't have a lot of time to play, however, nothing I've seen that's been given away so far that would make the game easier. Meaning I don't have to stress about finishing it.

I'm not sure what is planned on re-releasing opportunities to play the challenges, only know that its been said it will happen. So for what its worth: How about re-releasing or, (-insert word meaning side-by-side here-) releasing the challenges as little free DLC packets?

In any case, Thank You Amplitude for making another game that is cutting into my Endless play time! xD

I dislike the events so much that I actively do NOT play the game when one is active.

That way I do not count as an active player when an event is live.

I at least try to actively show that I dislike the events by lowering the player count whenever an event is active (even when it is only -1).

If you like the events I'm totally OK with that. 

It just is not for me and it is something that I do not want to see in the games I play.

And to be clear: The tasks of the events are fine. I just don't like that they are time limited.

I'm not sad either. I just play something else in the meantime :)

SpikedWallMan wrote:
y the same token though, you are assuming that the the 22 users in this thread are somehow NOT representative of those 2K players either.

:)

[While banging my head on keyboard] No, I do not assume such a verdict; I'm only politely reminding you not to assume such a verdict.

Rest of the player base may very well feel exactly the same way as you do. We just don't know. This thread or any other thread you mentioned is not a good sampling data, because a) it's not big enough and b) it's not diverse enough due to natural tendency of forum posts populating such boards with negative feedback.

I'm not arguing to try to change your mind about these events. As a player you have every right to dislike something and express it openly.

Now, if you'll excuse me, Venetian Empire awaits me to rule the world with rich nerds, while also conquering the whole world as a side exercise.

Not trying to assume anything, or at least not too much, I'm just gonna reflect on my own feelings towards the events:

I really don't like them how they are right now. 

I like the game as it is and I enjoy playing my 4x games slowly. The general ideas of the events are cool enough, the thing that we can unlock more personas is great, but the timed aspects about them annoys me to no end, as I have expressed in these forums before. I saw the Holi event and its (for long games at least) unfortunate and overtuned tasks and stuck with something else (there was a fairly big game just out at the time about an old ring). Which all in all put me off from really trying to get the persona. Seing the next timed event now, albeit much easier, doesn't add to my drive to play the game, but rather pushes me away from it.

I'd really love to return to the game at my own pace, play at my own pace and unlock the personas through that. And, God forbid, in this micro-transaction heavy time with live in, I'd probably even pay a few bucks for a collection of personas as well, rather than have them like this, annoying and timed. 

I didn't realize that this could even be a point of contention until I came to the forums.

I just loaded the game, saw that an event was active, and played through the challenges. No big deal.

Sure, it'd be cool if they gave multiple opportunities to grab some of the content, opened it up again sometime down the road, maybe even permanently... but I'd also be content with no events at all. I know this because up until the most recent event started I didn't even realize there were events :'D

Amathul wrote:

Not trying to assume anything, or at least not too much, I'm just gonna reflect on my own feelings towards the events:

I really don't like them how they are right now. 

I like the game as it is and I enjoy playing my 4x games slowly. The general ideas of the events are cool enough, the thing that we can unlock more personas is great, but the timed aspects about them annoys me to no end, as I have expressed in these forums before. I saw the Holi event and its (for long games at least) unfortunate and overtuned tasks and stuck with something else (there was a fairly big game just out at the time about an old ring). Which all in all put me off from really trying to get the persona. Seing the next timed event now, albeit much easier, doesn't add to my drive to play the game, but rather pushes me away from it.

I'd really love to return to the game at my own pace, play at my own pace and unlock the personas through that. And, God forbid, in this micro-transaction heavy time with live in, I'd probably even pay a few bucks for a collection of personas as well, rather than have them like this, annoying and timed. 

Agreed, I like the events just hate it being timed for the exact same reason as you. Was also hooked on that game about a old ring lol

I don't get why these events are timed. This is not an MMO, it's a 4X game. You can introduce the event challenge and run with it. Make the player work for the reward whenever they want, there's no reason they should miss out on content due to high tempo work schedules or educational demands. It's a very simple concept. I purposely don't play the event because I think it is dumb to incentivize a pointless practice with my player count.